Product Manager - Signal ERP (Planned Maintenance & Procurement)

About Signal Ocean

Signal Ocean is the technology arm of the Signal Group. Our primary product, The Signal Ocean Platform, helps shipping and commodities professionals navigate their complex decision making. Driven by advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence, our technology suite provides tailored, exclusive insights that support our clients in achieving performance and efficiency.

Building on that foundation, we are now building Signal ERP: a modern, AI-native ship management suite for the technical side of shipping. It brings a vessel’s maintenance, purchasing, safety management and voyage operations into one connected product, used ashore by fleet and technical teams and aboard by the crew, with ship and shore kept in sync even when the vessel is offline.

Requirements

About the role

We are looking for an experienced, curious and hands-on Product Manager to own two of Signal ERP’s core modules: first the Planned Maintenance System (PMS), then Procurement. You will join our team in London/Athens.

PMS is where a fleet’s equipment lives: component libraries, maintenance jobs, running hours, spares and the approvals that flow between ship and office. Procurement picks up where maintenance leaves off: requisitions, enquiries and quotes, purchase orders, deliveries, vendors and budgets. You will shape each module into a product that technical superintendents, chief engineers and purchasing teams choose to work in, and make the two of them feel like one flow from “this pump needs a seal” to “the seal is on board”.

You will build deep knowledge of how ship management companies run their technical departments, bridge business needs and technical possibilities, and work day to day with engineers, designers and the people who will use the product. We are early in this product’s life, so you will have unusual room to define it, and unusual responsibility for getting it right with our first customers.

At Signal, we are committed to finding people who are respectful, inclusive, and team players, embodying these values in every role.

What you will do in this role

• Own the product vision, roadmap and backlog for PMS and Procurement, aligned with the wider Signal ERP strategy and company objectives
• Build a deep understanding of fleet maintenance and purchasing practice through discovery with superintendents, chief engineers, purchasing managers and crew, including time with customers and, where useful, aboard vessels
• Define the workflows the modules must support, from maintenance planning and running-hours readings to requisitions, quotes, orders and goods receipt, including approvals, ship/shore roles and what happens when the vessel is offline
• Translate product needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, working closely with engineering and design on feasibility, sequencing and trade-offs
• Shape how AI assists the user in these modules, deciding where an assistant should recommend, draft or act, and where a person must stay in the loop
• Drive delivery: remove blockers, facilitate cross-team communication and keep engineering, design and stakeholders aligned through the development lifecycle
• Lead user acceptance testing with real ship-management users and validate features before release
• Work with sales, customer success and marketing on positioning, demos, onboarding and release communication for the first customers
• Monitor product usage and performance through analytics and produce internal reports that inform decisions
• Keep an eye on the established PMS and procurement products in the market and on class, flag and regulatory requirements that shape what ship managers need
• Contribute to a positive, curious and high-performing team culture

What you bring to the team

• 5+ years of product management experience on B2B SaaS or enterprise software, with at least one product or module you have owned end to end
• Experience with workflow-heavy, multi-role business products (ERP, maintenance, procurement, asset management or similar); experience with a PMS, purchasing or ship-management system is a strong plus
• Knowledge of the maritime industry, ideally technical management or ship operations, or a demonstrated ability to learn a specialised domain fast
• Strong analytical and data skills, including hands-on SQL; Python or BI tooling is welcome
• Working experience with agile methodologies (Kanban or Scrum) and tools such as JIRA and Productboard
• Comfortable with collaborative discovery tools (e.g. FigJam) for story mapping, ideation and facilitating cross-functional sessions
• Interest in applying AI to operational workflows and a clear-eyed view of where it helps and where it does not
• Excellent communication, presentation and organisational skills, with a collaborative mindset and a willingness to support the team
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (the company’s working language)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a technical or maritime field, or equivalent hands-on experience; a marine engineering or seagoing background is a plus

Benefits

What we offer

• Generous compensation with additional performance incentives.
• Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced people with deep knowledge in software engineering, data science and the shipping business who are always eager to mentor.
• Signal’s hybrid remote work policy currently includes 6 working days at premises per month, during which happy hour events take place.
• 2-4 weeks of onboarding training to prepare you for your new role, with the opportunity to meet about 30 trainers while diving deep into our products and the shipping world.
• Career growth opportunities and a structured development discussion every 4 months.
• Personal learning budget for training, seminars and conferences (750 to 2000 EUR annually depending on seniority).
• Regular team bonding events and activities.

Strict adherence to Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and Non-Compete provisions is expected.
All applications will be considered under the terms and conditions of confidentiality in accordance with the regulations of personal data protection.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. At Signal, we believe that diversity of opinions, approaches and viewpoints is key to our innovation and success and we encourage that with our hiring, development and rewards practices. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation,