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Director, Operational Technology

Kodiak Gas Services

Houston, Texas

Job description

Overview

In this role you will lead the commercialization of technology products and drive feature innovation, shaping OT solutions for internal operations. You will operate at the crossroads of product, engineering, and go-to-market to turn cutting-edge capabilities into scalable, revenue-generating solutions. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to improve efficiency and impact across the company, while ensuring reliability, security, and scalability. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity in a mission-driven, growth-focused organization.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and execute strategies for technology products from beta to full-scale release, including commercialization aspects
  • Partner with Sales and Operations to define pricing and positioning for target customers
  • Build relationships with key customers and partners to drive adoption and inform the product roadmap
  • Establish product success metrics and hold teams accountable for results
  • Own and prioritize the OT roadmap, balancing feature development with platform stability and scalability
  • Translate customer needs into actionable product requirements with IT and Operations teams
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement using usage data, feedback, and competitive intelligence
  • Assess workflows to identify high-impact OT opportunities for efficiency and outcomes
  • Design, develop, and implement OT systems that integrate with existing operations platforms
  • Evaluate and select third-party OT platforms and technologies aligned with company goals
  • Establish governance, security, and monitoring to ensure reliable, scalable, and compliant OT solutions
  • Partner with operations to ensure adoption, provide change management support, and measure impact
  • Create feedback loops between internal deployments and external product development to sharpen the roadmap
  • Establish processes and tooling to enable scalable product development from ideation to deployment
  • Manage vendor and technology partner relationships in the OT stack
  • Ensure compliance, security, and reliability throughout the product and OT lifecycle
Key requirements
  • 5+ years in product management, technology operations, or related field
  • Proven track record commercializing AI, ML, or data-driven SaaS products from concept to revenue
  • Hands-on experience designing and implementing OT solutions at scale
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML product development lifecycle including training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • exceptional communication
  • leadership
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • AI/ML product development lifecycle
  • MLOps tooling
  • cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)

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