Principal Product Manager
Pubblicato il 10-09-2026 - Octave in Roma
About The Role
Octave partners with the world's leading industrial and engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) organizations to turn ambiguous, high-value problems into productizable AI solutions. We do this through CoLabs — structured, time-boxed co-innovation engagements run in an 11-week cycle across three stage gates, spanning our four portfolio pillars across the asset lifecycle: Design, Build, Operate, and Protect.
The Principal Product Manager (PPM) is the core resource of this model. As a Principal Product Manager, you own a strategic customer relationship in its entirety and are accountable for the outcomes of their CoLab engagement. You sit across the table from senior industrial executives, shape their fuzziest problems into scoped use cases with a clear value hypothesis, and orchestrate a cross-functional squad to prove real value in weeks — not quarters. You are the single point of accountability the customer and Octave leadership both look to for whether an engagement is on track and creating value.
We strongly encourage internal colleagues across EMEA who are excited by this opportunity and bring relevant customer, product, industry, or technical experience to apply. Your knowledge of Octave, our customers, and how we work can be a strong advantage in this role. If you are interested but do not meet every listed qualification, we still encourage you to apply and explore the opportunity with the hiring team.
How The Role Works
Each Principal Product Manager is dedicated to one customer and may run up to two use cases in parallel. Each use case is delivered by a squad — a Technical Lead, an engineering team, and a pillar rep who carries the authority of the relevant portfolio pillar. You don't manage the squad as direct reports; you set direction and own the "what and why," partnering closely with the Technical Lead on the "how." You also serve as the conduit that channels what each engagement learns back into Octave's product pillars.
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