Lead product strategy and execution for Innovapptive's AI-powered Connected Worker Platform, driving operational excellence in asset-intensive industries.

About the Company

Innovapptive is a category-defining SaaS company building the world’s most advanced AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for the industrial sector. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, and backed by Vista Equity Partners (one of the world’s premier software investors) and Tiger Global Management, Innovapptive is on a mission to reimagine how industrial work gets done. The platform connects frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real-time to drive higher safety, reliability, and productivity. Trusted by global enterprises such as Shell, Hess, Cenovus Energy, W.R. Grace, Westlake Chemicals, UNICEF, Kimberly Clark, Scott Miracle-Gro, and Newmont Mining, Innovapptive has delivered over $40 million in annual EBITDA savings at a single enterprise and achieved 10× frontline productivity improvements. With more than 300 employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ, the company is at a pivotal inflection point, aiming to scale to $100M ARR within 3–4 years. Innovapptive is recognized as a Leader in the Frost & Sullivan Industrial Connected Worker Radar, featured by Gartner in “Connected Factory Worker” research, and cited by LNS Research for delivering 3–5× greater value than point solutions.

Role Overview

The Director of Product Management (Operations) will own and scale Innovapptive’s Operations product suite, driving innovation, frontline productivity, operational excellence, and measurable business outcomes for enterprise customers in asset-intensive and manufacturing industries. This role combines strategic product leadership with hands-on execution across discovery, delivery, go-to-market (GTM), and stakeholder management. The Director will mentor product managers, collaborate closely with customers and internal teams, and define product success metrics rooted in data and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and roadmap for an operations/production-focused product suite, ensuring scalability, usability, and measurable impact on frontline productivity and business KPIs.
• Drive the full product lifecycle: customer discovery, requirement definition, prioritization, execution with engineering, post-launch adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with customers, Sales, Customer Success, and Implementation teams to identify operational challenges, validate solutions, and translate complex manufacturing workflows into intuitive product experiences.
• Define and track product success metrics, leveraging data and analytics to drive decisions on feature enhancements, prioritization, and long-term product investments.
• Drive product initiatives focused on production efficiency, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), operational excellence, continuous improvement, and frontline productivity.
• Partner with GTM teams on positioning, pricing, packaging, demos, proposals, and enablement for enterprise customers across manufacturing and industrial operations.
• Mentor and lead Product Managers, fostering a culture of ownership, experimentation, customer focus, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Prepare and present business cases, product proposals, roadmap updates, and product performance to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment with agile delivery practices and contribute to continuous improvement of product processes and rituals.

Tech Stack

• AI/ML Technologies: Generative AI, Computer Vision, Small Language Models (SLMs), Intelligent Orchestration
• Industrial Platforms: MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), Connected Worker platforms, Industrial IoT/IIoT, Smart Manufacturing / Digital Manufacturing
• Operational Systems: OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) systems, Production Monitoring, Continuous Improvement / Lean tools
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Cloud-native SaaS architecture (likely AWS/Azure/GCP), scalable microservices, mobile-first platform
• Data & Analytics: Product analytics, operational KPIs, data-driven decision-making tools
• Product Management Tools: Agile delivery workflows, process management platforms

Innovapptive’s platform integrates cutting-edge technologies to unify OT-IT execution, AI/vision innovation, and field-proven ROI. The Director will work closely with engineering teams using modern SaaS development practices.

10+ years of Product Management experience, including 2-3 years in a Director/Head of Product role. Strong B2B SaaS experience, depth in manufacturing/operations workflows (OEE, MES, IIoT), and proven leadership of cross-functional teams.

Base salary, bonus, medical benefits; opportunity to shape the product at a high-growth SaaS company backed by Vista Equity Partners and Tiger Global Management.