Principal Product Manager

Kpler is hiring a Principal Product Manager to own its North America Inland Transportation Monitoring product from strategy and roadmap through launch and go-to-market. The role develops reliable, data-driven insights for North American inland transportation by translating customer needs into product requirements and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead product discovery to identify unmet customer needs and develop innovative propositions for internal and external customers
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for North America Inland Transportation Monitoring, prioritising development in collaboration with Product and Engineering teams
• Drive the first product release and go-to-market strategy, contributing to positioning, packaging and pricing input, and working with Sales and Marketing to support launch and early adoption
• Ensure seamless data delivery through web applications, APIs and other data distribution pipelines, working closely with Engineering and Data teams
• Establish trusted data standards and methodologies, using recognised external frameworks where relevant to ensure the product becomes a reliable reference source for customers
• Develop product positioning and competitive strategy, monitoring the North American inland transportation landscape and differentiating Kpler through its independent approach and real-time data infrastructure
• Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Data, Sales and Marketing to align teams around product development, customer value and go-to-market execution
• Implement product governance best practices and agile methodologies, maintaining effective prioritisation and delivery processes
• Analyse market feedback, delivery progress and product risks, keeping relevant stakeholders informed of roadmap trade-offs and potential challenges

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of product management or commercial experience in the commodities and transportation industries, or a closely related B2B data/SaaS business, with a track record of delivering products that customers adopt
• Strong understanding of the commodities and transportation data landscape, including the wider competitive environment
• Proven ability to translate customer needs into product direction and deliver solutions in close collaboration with Product and Engineering teams
• Experience with product discovery, roadmap prioritisation and data-product delivery
• Understanding of go-to-market planning, including product positioning, packaging and pricing input
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work with databases and use complex data to develop impactful products
• Experience working across cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven products
• Fluency in English
• A rigorous, problem-solving approach, with the ability to operate independently and take ownership of outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and commercial teams, including senior external stakeholders
• A pragmatic, action-oriented mindset, with the ability to operate in an ambiguous, early-stage environment and iterate towards product-market fit
• Direct experience in pipelines, rail or barges, rather than only adjacent transportation segments
• Experience launching a new product line rather than solely managing an established offering
• An established network across commodities trading houses, producers, operators or funds
• Understanding of the regulatory environment shaping North American pipeline, rail and barge transportation