PFAS Product Manager

Arcwood Environmental, LLC•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

Arcwood is seeking a Manager, PFAS Product Management to lead the incubation, commercialization, and scale-up of PFAS-related service offerings and treatment solutions. The role serves as the business owner for priority PFAS growth initiatives, translating market opportunities into commercial offerings, pilot programs, partnerships, and repeatable operating models. The successful candidate will connect commercial, operational, technical, regulatory, and executive stakeholders to accelerate growth while ensuring solutions are differentiated, profitable, and operationally executable. The role is suited to an entrepreneurial builder who can bring structure, pace, and accountability to opportunities that are still being defined. Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage waste byproducts responsibly for more than 50 years. The company uses waste management expertise and technology across a growing nationwide footprint to protect people, communities, and the environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Business, or a related field.
Five or more years of experience in product management, commercialization, business development, strategy, consulting, or complex program leadership.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without relying on direct authority.
Strong analytical, financial modeling, project management, and executive communication capabilities.
Ability to convert ambiguous opportunities into structured workplans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Experience in environmental services, water treatment, remediation, specialty chemicals, industrial services, or infrastructure markets.
Familiarity with PFAS treatment and destruction technologies, AFFF management, industrial wastewater, remediation, or environmental compliance.
Experience launching a new service, product, capability, or business line.
Experience evaluating and managing technology or channel partnerships.

Responsibilities

Own the roadmap for Arcwood’s PFAS service and treatment portfolio.
Evaluate customer needs, market opportunities, competitive activity, emerging technologies, and regulatory developments to identify growth priorities.
Develop business cases, market assessments, investment recommendations, value propositions, customer segmentation, pricing frameworks, and go-to-market plans.
Lead priority PFAS offerings from concept through launch and early commercial scale-up.
Establish and manage stage gates, launch plans, implementation timelines, decision requirements, and success metrics covering pipeline, pilots, conversion, launch milestones, customer adoption, and profitability.
Coordinate pilot programs, demonstrations, and early customer deployments.
Develop and manage partnerships with technology providers, equipment suppliers, engineering firms, installers, and channel partners.
Create a repeatable operating model and transition proven offerings to the appropriate long-term commercial owner.
Lead cross-functional work across sales, operations, technical, regulatory, finance, legal, supply chain, and external partners.
Drive alignment on priorities, resources, milestones, economics, risks, and critical decisions.
Facilitate executive reviews and provide concise updates on progress, issues, and recommendations.
Ensure commercial and operational readiness before broader market rollout.
Engage directly with customers to understand PFAS management, treatment, disposal, and compliance needs.
Translate voice-of-customer insights into offering design, product enhancements, and new growth opportunities.
Support strategic customer discussions, industry events, and partner meetings.
Enable the commercial organization with clear positioning, sales tools, use cases, and proof points.