PRODUCT MGR

Weatherford•Houston, TX

About The Position

Own the strategy, roadmap, and modernization of Weatherford’s CygNet SCADA platform, providing the product leadership and foundation that support commercial success in partnership with Sales and Commercial teams. CygNet is a live, revenue-generating industrial software platform used across upstream (incl. production optimization), midstream, and industrial operations to monitor, control, and manage field assets and operational data. The Product Manager is responsible for driving modernization across HMI, historian capabilities, operational data services, system integrations, user workflows, and platform architecture while maintaining operational reliability and customer continuity. This role defines product vision, roadmap priorities, modernization sequencing, and business outcomes aligned with portfolio strategy, approved budgets, customer needs, architecture standards, and Weatherford governance requirements. The Product Manager works closely with Engineering Leads, Technical Product Leads, Product Owners, UX, and Architecture teams to modernize the platform architecture and deliver scalable, reliable, and commercially competitive software solutions. The role is accountable for product adoption readiness, customer satisfaction, ROI, lifecycle performance, progress in modernization, and market competitiveness. The Product Manager must maintain a strong awareness of customer needs, industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor platforms to ensure CygNet remains commercially competitive and aligned with market expectations. This role requires a commercially aware and technically capable product leader who can operate effectively across complex stakeholder environments, identify risks early, prioritize effectively, and communicate clearly with technical and business leadership. This role also plays a critical organizational leadership function by interfacing regularly with senior leadership, aligning stakeholders around priorities and tradeoffs, and helping create the conditions for the engineering team to stay focused on execution. In this capacity, the Product Manager serves as an internal voice of the customer for the CygNet engineering team, ensuring they have the context, clarity, prioritization, and organizational support needed to do their best work.

Requirements

6+ years of Product Management experience in enterprise software, industrial software, SCADA, operational technology, or related environments
Experience managing live customer-facing software products with measurable business outcomes
Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, business cases, and investment priorities
Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools to manage product backlogs, sprint planning, release tracking, and delivery workflows
Experience working closely with QA teams to support test planning, acceptance criteria validation, release readiness, and product quality
Experience working closely with Engineering and technical teams in complex software environments
Experience managing product budgets and tracking ROI
Experience leading cross-functional teams and working with Product Owners
Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices, including Scrum and Kanban
Experience gathering customer feedback and translating insights into product priorities
Experience presenting roadmap updates, risks, and recommendations to leadership stakeholders
Experience operating within structured governance or product delivery frameworks
Strong product strategy, roadmap planning, and prioritization capability
Ability to balance customer needs, business goals, modernization priorities, and technical constraints
Strong understanding of Agile software delivery practices
Ability to work effectively with Engineering, QA, UX, and Architecture teams throughout the product lifecycle
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Strong understanding of SCADA systems, HMI platforms, historian systems, telemetry systems, alarms, and industrial workflows
Understanding of operational technology environments, high availability systems, and operational reliability requirements
Understanding of software modernization approaches and enterprise software architectures
Strong customer and market awareness
Ability to translate customer feedback and market trends into product priorities
Strong business and financial acumen

Nice To Haves

Experience with industrial software, SCADA, HMI, historian systems, or operational technology platforms
Experience in modernizing legacy or client-server software platforms
Experience with cloud, hybrid, or streaming data architecture
Experience in oil and gas, energy, utilities, or industrial automation industries
Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline

Responsibilities

Define product vision and roadmap aligned to portfolio strategy and customer needs
Develop multi-year roadmaps tied to measurable business outcomes
Define product positioning, differentiation, and modernization priorities
Make lifecycle decisions, including invest, modernize, maintain, or retire
Align roadmap priorities with funding, capacity, and business goals
Develop business cases for new initiatives, modernization efforts, and strategic investments
Track ROI, financial performance, and set up and track budget utilization
Quantify revenue impact, customer value, and operational benefits
Escalate budget risks, funding gaps, or major tradeoffs early
Support pricing, packaging, and commercialization discussions
Maintain strong understanding of customer workflows, operational challenges, market trends, and competitor platforms
Partner with Customer Success, Support, Services, Commercial, and operational teams to gather feedback and identify improvement opportunities
Ensure customer and market feedback are reflected in roadmap decisions
Support, attend, or lead as appropriate strategic customer engagements (e.g., customer advisory boards, roadmap discussions, user groups)
Monitor market trends and competitive positioning to support product strategy and modernization priorities
Translate product strategy into prioritized backlogs and delivery plans
Partner closely with Engineering, Design, QA, and Architecture teams throughout the product lifecycle
Ensure compliance with Weatherford delivery, security, architecture, and quality standards
Balance feature delivery, platform stability, modernization efforts, and technical enhancements
Participate in sprint planning, release planning, reviews, and validation activities
Accept delivered features against the defined business and success criteria
Provide strategic direction and prioritization guidance to Product Owners
Align backlog sequencing with roadmap priorities and delivery capacity
Review backlog quality, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Monitor delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment
Support resolution of conflicting priorities and scope ambiguity
Support Commercial teams during strategic customer pursuits and roadmap discussions
Partner with Marketing to ensure product messaging accurately reflects capabilities and roadmap maturity
Contribute to pricing, packaging, and positioning discussions
Represent Weatherford and the CygNet platform in strategic customer engagements, industry events, conferences, and executive presentations to support product positioning, customer relationships, and market awareness
Support conferences, customer presentations, and promotional activities where required
Partner with internal training and enablement teams to support Commercial, Services, and customer education
Ensure new releases are supported with clear training and rollout materials
Support customer adoption and modernization readiness initiatives