Product Manager – Oil & Gas Technology / Digital Drilling

Product Manager – Oil & Gas Technology / Digital Drilling

Location: Remote – India
Job Type: Full-time
Experience: 5+ years in Product Management/Product Ownership, with strong Oil & Gas industry experience
Compensation: ₹30–35 LPA, depending on experience and suitability

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager with a strong Oil & Gas background to lead digital products supporting drilling operations. Oil & Gas industry experience is mandatory for this role, and experience in drilling, directional drilling, MWD/LWD, geosteering, drilling data, well construction or drilling technology will be highly valued.

You will work with an Australian energy technology company developing digital solutions for the Oil & Gas industry, working closely with customers, drilling professionals, engineers, software developers, data/AI specialists and other technical stakeholders.

This is a true Product Management role. You will be expected to understand customer and operational problems, determine what should be built, define product requirements, prioritise the roadmap and work with engineering teams to deliver products that solve real industry problems.

Key Responsibilities1. Product Discovery & Customer Understanding

• Work directly with Oil & Gas customers and operational users to understand their workflows, challenges and priorities.

• Understand drilling and field operational problems and translate them into product opportunities.

• Conduct customer interviews, discovery sessions and feedback discussions.

• Identify customer needs and distinguish genuine product problems from individual feature requests.

• Research competitors, market developments and emerging technologies in Oil & Gas.

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Develop and maintain product vision, strategy and roadmap.

• Identify and prioritise the most valuable product opportunities.

• Balance customer needs, business priorities, technical feasibility and development capacity.

• Make clear decisions about what to build, what not to build and when to build it.

• Define short-, medium- and long-term product priorities.

1. Product Requirements

• Translate customer and operational problems into clear product requirements.

• Develop PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria and product specifications.

• Work with engineering and technical teams to clarify requirements and resolve ambiguity.

• Define MVPs and phased product releases.

• Ensure that requirements address usability, reliability, security, performance and operational considerations where relevant.

1. Engineering & Technical Collaboration

• Work closely with software engineers, data/AI specialists and technical teams throughout the product lifecycle.

• Understand technical constraints sufficiently to make informed product decisions.

• Participate in technical discussions and evaluate alternative solutions with engineering.

• Balance product value against development effort, technical complexity and delivery timelines.

• Ensure that product decisions are grounded in both customer needs and technical reality.

1. Digital, Data & AI Products

• Work with products involving real-time operational data, analytics, automation and digital workflows.

• Identify appropriate opportunities for AI/ML, automation and advanced analytics.

• Evaluate whether AI genuinely improves the customer problem rather than introducing technology for its own sake.

• Consider data quality, accuracy, reliability, false positives, human oversight and operational consequences when developing AI-enabled features.

1. Product Delivery & Continuous Improvement

• Work with engineering teams through development, testing, release and product improvement.

• Monitor product performance and customer adoption.

• Gather post-release customer feedback and use it to improve the product.

• Define and track meaningful product success metrics.

• Continuously improve usability, functionality and customer value.

Required Experience & QualificationsMandatory

• 5+ years of professional experience in the Oil & Gas industry.

• 5+ years of genuine Product Management or Product Ownership experience.

• Experience working with Oil & Gas products, services, operations or technology.

• Strong understanding of Oil & Gas operational environments.

• Experience working directly with technical/engineering teams.

• Experience with product strategy, roadmap development and prioritisation.

• Experience defining product requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Ability to understand complex technical and operational problems and convert them into practical product solutions.

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

• Ability to work effectively with distributed and international teams.

Highly Preferred Oil & Gas Experience

Candidates with experience in any of the following areas will be particularly valuable:

• Directional Drilling

• MWD / LWD

• Geosteering

• Drilling Engineering

• Well Construction

• Drilling Data

• Real-Time Drilling Data

• Electronic Drilling Recorder (EDR)

• Rig Systems

• Drilling Automation

• Oilfield Digital Technology

• Digital Oilfield

• Remote Operations

• Wellsite Technology

• Drilling Analytics

• AI/ML applications in Oil & Gas

• Industrial IoT and connected field equipment

Technical & Product Skills

Experience with some of the following would be advantageous:

• B2B / enterprise products

• SaaS products

• Real-time data systems

• Data analytics

• AI/ML products

• Industrial IoT

• Automation

• Cloud-based platforms

• API/integration-based products

• Product analytics

• UX/UI collaboration

• Agile product development

• Product discovery and customer research

• Product roadmap and prioritisation frameworks

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who:

• Understands Oil & Gas and can speak confidently with industry professionals.

• Thinks about problems before solutions.

• Is comfortable challenging assumptions and asking customers the right questions.

• Can distinguish between an important customer problem and a request for a particular feature.

• Can make difficult prioritisation decisions.

• Is comfortable saying “not now” or “we should not build this.”

• Can communicate effectively with both Oil & Gas professionals and software/technical teams.

• Has enough technical understanding to work effectively with engineers without needing to be the engineer.

• Is commercially and customer focused.

• Is comfortable working independently in a remote, international environment.

What This Role Is Not

This is not primarily a Project Manager, Scrum Master or Jira/Delivery Coordinator role.

The successful candidate will be expected to own product decisions, including:

• What customer problem should we solve?

• Why is it important?

• Who has the problem?

• What is the best solution?

• What should we build first?

• What should we not build?

• How do we know the product is successful?

Working Arrangement

• Remote position based in India.

• Regular interaction with an Australian-based team and international stakeholders.

• Candidates should be comfortable working with some overlap with Australian business hours.

• The role involves regular collaboration across Product, Engineering, Data/AI and Oil & Gas domain teams.

Compensation

₹30–35 LPA CTC, depending on relevant experience, product capability and suitability for the role.

Exceptional candidates with highly relevant Oil & Gas and drilling-product experience may be considered based on overall fit.

Why Join

• Work on technology solving real problems in the Oil & Gas industry.

• Work at the intersection of energy, real-time data, AI and automation.

• Work with an international technology team.

• Opportunity to influence product strategy and build products used in complex industrial environments.

• Remote working from India with international exposure.

Important – Before Applying

Please apply only if you have professional Oil & Gas industry experience. Candidates without Oil & Gas experience will not be considered for this position.

Pay: ₹3,000,000.00 - ₹3,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Work from home

Application Question(s):

• Have you personally owned or significantly contributed to product strategy, roadmap and prioritisation decisions?

• Briefly describe one product decision where you had to choose what NOT to build or deprioritise, and why.

• What is your expected annual CTC?

Experience:

• Product Management : 5 years (Required)

• Technical/B2B/enterprise: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote