Lead Product Manager

cloud software group•Texas - Home Office, TX

20h•$148,000 - $253,080

About The Position

Spotfire is looking for a Product Manager to lead their Energy vertical. This role involves owning the product strategy and roadmap for tools and workflows serving oil & gas and energy customers across the entire value chain, from upstream to downstream and adjacent workflows. The Product Manager will collaborate closely with Customers, Engineering, Field/Sales Engineering, and other vertical and platform product leads to ensure Spotfire is the premier analytics platform for the oil & gas lifecycle. The role requires understanding and championing the customer, defining and executing product strategy, and driving product development and delivery. Key characteristics sought include customer obsession, technical competence, business acumen, design sense, strong communication skills, data-driven decision making, prioritization skills, collaboration abilities, leadership qualities, learning agility, strategic thinking, and an execution focus.

Requirements

Experience in product management for analytics, data science, or engineering software, ideally with exposure to the oil & gas / energy industry across more than one part of the value chain.
Working knowledge of common oil & gas analytical workflows — such as decline curve analysis, reserves/production forecasting, or production surveillance/optimization — is a strong plus; deep expertise in every area isn't required, but genuine familiarity with the domain is important.
Comfort engaging directly with technical, domain-expert customers (reservoir, production, process engineers, data scientists) and translating their workflows into product requirements.
A track record of shipping features end-to-end — from customer discovery and requirements definition through engineering collaboration to GA and field enablement.
Ability to operate independently across a distributed, cross-functional org — coordinating with engineering, field/sales engineering, marketing, and other product leads without needing heavy oversight.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable producing clear, structured status updates and roadmap materials, and delivering customer-facing demos.
Familiarity with (or willingness to quickly learn) Spotfire, and comfort with data/analytics concepts such as statistical modeling, forecasting, and industry-specific data sources (LAS, Petrel, OpenWorks, Aries or similar).

Nice To Haves

Experience partnering with external software vendors/platforms to build joint integrations (e.g., third-party engineering tools used in the energy sector).

Responsibilities

Own the problem definition, business case, prioritization, and success metrics for the Energy vertical.
Conduct thorough customer research across the oil & gas value chain to discover needs, pain points, and issues Spotfire can address.
Build relationships with key customers, validating product direction through continuous collaboration and iterative discovery.
Publish clear, actionable customer interview notes and insights.
Advocate for energy customers throughout the product development process and across product initiatives.
Own and evolve the vision and roadmap for the Energy vertical, aligned with company objectives.
Prioritize features and initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and technical feasibility.
Align engineering, marketing, customer success, sales, and field engineering around the product strategy.
Collaborate with engineering, design, and marketing to bring energy-specific end-to-end industry workflows to market successfully, and coordinate with adjacent initiatives.
Work closely with product designers and senior engineers in product discovery to explore and validate solutions to the opportunities identified.
Clearly define product requirements and user stories, and prioritize the Energy vertical's backlog.
Support field enablement — demos, use-case-specific assets, and customer-facing presentations.
Represent the Energy vertical in cross-functional planning and roadmap reviews, and communicate status clearly and regularly.