Product Manager - Oil and Gas

Poka EN • Montreal • 1w ago

At Poka, we’re transforming how frontline teams operate, learn, and solve problems.

Our connected worker platform is purpose-built for manufacturing, empowering frontline workers to share knowledge, collaborate in real-time, and drive continuous improvement. Think of it as the missing digital link, bringing the human interface into the stack of the Smart Factory, generating the right data and insights that drive entirely new scales of process improvements.

We’re proud to support global leaders like Nestlé, Bosch, Mars, and Danone in their digital transformation journeys and as part of the IFS family, our reach and impact continue to grow globally.

We are hiring an Oil & Gas Product Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping Poka’s impact in the Oil & Gas industry! With your industry knowledge, you will lead delivery for a strategic, multi-site Oil & Gas customer on our connected-worker platform. You’ll own the product relationship, translate client needs into clear requirements, and collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering and Design to deliver high-quality product features that raise customer satisfaction.

This role will work with the Daily Management team, ensuring strong alignment with operational priorities and seamless execution across functions.

This is a unique opportunity that allows you to apply your Oil & Gas expertise to help establish Poka’s blueprint for this industry - transforming one customer’s success into repeatable wins for the sector.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Strategic account delivery – Be the main point of contact for one of our largest Oil & Gas customers. Oversee the full rollout of our solution, keeping track of progress, anticipating risks, and ensuring alignment with customer expectations. Make sure key milestones are met and that final sign-off is secured from the customer.
Building strong relationships – Act as the voice of the product with the customer. Translate their operational needs into clear priorities and collaborate closely with technical teams such as Engineering and Design, while ensuring the customer’s needs remain front and center.
Feature delivery & stakeholder coordination – Lead workshops with customer stakeholders to better understand their challenges and goals. Document the scope of the client’s needs and what constraints exist. Make sure requirements are clear and quality standards are defined.
Vision & roadmap – Work with our team to define how Poka can best serve the Oil & Gas sector over time. Identify the most valuable use cases, help prioritize them, and guide how we invest in new features, integrations, and insights. Keep track of success measures and market signals to make sure our vision stays relevant.
Market & portfolio insights – Collect and maintain data on market trends, product performance, capability positioning, and competitors to inform roadmap and investment decisions.
Product champion & stakeholder enablement - Serve as the product expert for internal collaborators and customers. Clearly communicate the value, equip our teams with the right messaging, and represent the product in executive meetings. Collect feedback from all sides and feed it back into product improvements.

YOUR EXPERIENCE MUST INCLUDE:

Oil & Gas field experience - Several years in upstream/midstream operations or projects (e.g., production operations, maintenance/integrity, turnarounds/TARs, brownfield mods, HSE initiatives); comfortable with site realities: PPE, permits, contractor ecosystems, limited connectivity, and multilingual crews.
Demonstrated leadership - You create clarity, bring people together, and keep momentum in real plant conditions. You earn trust by aligning teams on outcomes that matter.
Languages - Professional English and French required.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART:

Communication & stakeholder management - Strong communicator who can write clearly, provide concise executive updates, and engage credibly with both frontline users and senior leaders.
Data fluency - Comfortable defining success metrics/OKRs and using analytics and feedback to guide decisions.
Willingness to travel - locally or internationally 10% of the time - Travel includes customer meetings, attending roadshows and seminars, team-building activities, etc.

What we offer:

Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Generous vacation policy upon arrival.
Hybrid work policy - Work from the office one day a week if you live within a 40km radius to our Quebec City office or a 15 km radius to our Montreal office.
100% remote work if you do not live within the radiuses mentioned above.
Truly flexible schedule and the possibility of taking every Friday afternoon off.
Group insurance from day one (dental, medication, invalidity, travel, etc.).
Telemedicine service.
Matching GRSP with Wealthsimple after your first year.
MacBook Pro and $500 allowance for your home office.
Tasty snacks (Fresh fruits, snacks, coffee, tea, etc.)
Generous referral bonus.
Whatever you need to keep learning and evolve professionally.