Principal Product Manager

About the role

Octave is seeking a Principal Product Manager to serve as a key leader of the Tempo Operations Management product team. The Principal Product Manager will operate across product management, customer engagement, innovation, competitive positioning, pricing/commercialisation, and sales/marketing enablement, with responsibilities shifting in emphasis as product development cycles and roadmap delivery evolve. This role will engage continuously with internal stakeholders and customers to deliver a market-leading Operations Management solution.

Responsibilities

• Product Management:
  • Act as the Operations Management subject-matter expert supporting engineering, marketing, field sales, partners, and customers
  • Plan and own the product roadmap and release plan based on market, customer, and competitive guidance
  • Define and champion the product vision and roadmap, translating market insights and strategic objectives into clear feature direction for engineering
  • Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, ensuring engineering efforts remain aligned with strategic market outcomes
  • Collaborate with engineering to ensure market problems are addressed by delivered capabilities
  • Measure product performance and drive improvement programs for usage, user experience, operating costs, and operational efficiency
  • Drive business outcomes such as improved win rates, better quality, larger pipelines, and improved revenue and investment profiles
  • Lead cross-functional alignment with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer support to ensure alignment with product goals
  • Set and measure key metrics to ensure the product meets quality standards, internal requirements, and external regulatory requirements
• Customer Engagement & Innovation:
  • Manage user forums and strategic steering board accountabilities for product segments and quarterly communications to ensure continuous improvement and implementation of customer feedback
  • Guide the enhancement request process and execute new feature ramp-up engagements to drive continuous product innovation
  • Research and assess advanced analytical approaches leveraging AI to advance strategic product initiatives
• Sales & Marketing Enablement:
  • Provide subject-matter expertise to sales and technical enablement to ensure field teams are fully trained in product capabilities
  • Contribute to the creation of product marketing materials such as brochures, videos, and other media
  • Act as a subject-matter expert and thought leader in customer-facing webinars and external presentations
  • Engage with marketing and strategy teams in the execution of the product customer advocacy program
  • Engage with analysts and analyst relations to provide brand positioning and extract market movements

Education / Qualifications

• 10 years in frontline operational roles or 3 years in an operational leadership role in an industrial facility
• Additional consideration for prior roles such as plant manager, operations manager, superintendent, or supervisory roles in operations or production
• Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or Process Safety or equivalent industrial experience
• Experience with industrial regulations, regulatory frameworks, and recommended practices around Process Safety Management, Control of Work, Management of Change, and Critical Communications
• Strong business analysis skills including requirements gathering, documentation (requirements and technical), and process mapping
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills
• Membership in professional bodies with leadership or technical committee roles considered a plus
• Previous product management or product owner roles for industrial technology considered a plus
• Familiarity with cloud-based deployment models and subscription-based entitlement models
• Familiarity with advanced analytical techniques including machine learning, automated text classification, and large language models
• Experience managing multiple product solutions within a broader solution portfolio
• Familiarity with The Pragmatic Framework for product management (preferably certified) or similar product management frameworks
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude and Copilot

About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle—Design, Build, Operate, and Protect—where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option. Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions, and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience, and incident response where it matters most. Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries.