Technical Product Manager
About CruxOCM CruxOCM is the leading automation company in heavy industry, specifically targeting the energy sector. We are a venture capital-backed company dedicated to transforming this industry. Control room operators require the most effective tools to perform their jobs safely and efficiently, while minimizing environmental impact and maximizing revenue. Considering that pilots have autopilot software, it's time for control room operators to have a comparable solution. \n
About the Role
We are looking for a Technical Product Manager who will bridge the gap between software engineering and the oil & gas industry. You will be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of advanced software integration and automation solutions, ensuring seamless integration with industrial systems and workflows. You will act as the primary conduit between our internal engineering teams and our external industrial partners. The Technical Product Manager, reporting to the Product Manager Lead, is a key role that blends leadership skills, personal skills, and technical expertise. You will join a team focused on delivering robust solutions to improve pipeline operations within customer control room environments. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams (Deployment, Support, Sales, Finance, Product, and Engineering) to ensure alignment on customer requirements, project delivery, and the product roadmap. Job Responsibilities Agile leadership: Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, story pointing, sprint reviews, and team retrospectives to foster a culture of continuous improvement with best Agile practices. Project management: Manage multiple concurrent projects, develop comprehensive project plans, defining milestones, align timeline with customers, optimizing resource allocation, and identifying critical paths. Dependency management: Proactively identify and resolve technical or procedural dependencies and blockers to maintain delivery velocity. Productivity champion: Identify opportunities for internal productivity improvements through tooling, standardizing processes, developing playbook and documentation, automating tests, deployment scripts, productizing custom development, etc. Quality Assurance: Ensure all deliverables meet the high safety and reliability standards required for heavy industry environments. External Coordination: Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, managing expectations and providing transparent progress updates. Relationship Building: Develop deep, trust-based relationships with client-side technical leads and plant managers. Internal Synergy: Align cross-functional teams to ensure a unified delivery approach.
Requirements
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Chemical, Electrical, or related field. Experience: 5+ years of combined experience in engineering, product development, or technical program/project management. Technical Acumen: Ability to discuss design tradeoffs, system architecture, and debugging with engineers. (Desirable) Domain Knowledge: oil and gas, hydraulic theory, fluid dynamics, advanced control
What We Offer
Competitive compensation package, including equity Comprehensive health benefits Remote-first work environment Flexible work arrangements Professional development opportunities Growth-mindset culture A diverse and inclusive environment \n Apply To This Job