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# Senior Product Manager, Cruise Liners & Port Operations at Kpler

- **Company:** Kpler
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-23
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/kpler/277d7691-3890-4953-9fac-8503c1f36061

## Job description

At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.

Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 850 experts from 69 countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own the product strategy and roadmap for Cruise Liners and Port Operations, prioritising customer needs and commercial opportunities while making trade-offs between the two products explicit.
- Lead market discovery with cruise operators, port authorities, harbour masters and terminal operators, gathering requirements and translating customer needs into product priorities.
- Drive delivery across both products, maintaining clear roadmaps, delivery cadences and launch plans, with a pragmatic approach focused on launching initial capabilities and iterating based on feedback.
- Establish trusted data and benchmarking methodologies for both products, developing an independent view of cruise itineraries, fuel and emissions, alongside consistent port call-cycle measurement and performance benchmarking.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Data, Sales, Product Marketing and other product teams to align delivery, reuse shared data and emissions capabilities, and develop early data and distribution partnerships.
- Define the Cruise Liners product direction, delivering fleet itinerary intelligence based on live, observed vessel movements that reflects actual sailed journeys rather than published schedules.
- Build the Port Operations product, providing port authorities with a reliable, live view of vessel activity using Kpler’s AIS receiver network and mapped port and berth data.
- Develop product positioning and competitive strategy, identifying opportunities to differentiate Kpler’s independent, first-party observed data from existing cruise analytics and port operations offerings.
- Drive go-to-market execution for both products, working with Product Marketing on positioning, packaging, pricing input and launch planning, and establishing repeatable customer discovery and design partnerships.

## Skills & Experience

- 6–10 years of senior product or commercial experience in maritime data, cruise or travel, ports, or an adjacent B2B data/SaaS business, with a proven track record of delivering products that customers adopt.
- Working fluency in at least one of cruise or port operations, with the ability to develop expertise quickly in the other.
- Direct experience in the cruise or ports industry, with an established network among operators, port authorities and terminals.
- Experience translating customer needs into product strategy and working closely with product and engineering teams to deliver solutions.
- Experience managing multiple products or workstreams simultaneously, balancing competing priorities and maintaining delivery momentum.
- Strong product discovery and roadmap prioritisation skills, with the ability to engage customers and translate market insights into actionable product requirements.
- Experience working with data and engineering teams to deliver data-driven products.
- Understanding of go-to-market planning, including product positioning, packaging and pricing input.
- Familiarity with maritime and trade data concepts, including AIS, port calls and voyage legs.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and commercial teams and senior external stakeholders.
- A self-directed approach, with strong ownership, sound judgement and a pragmatic bias towards action.
- Comfort working in an ambiguous, early-stage environment, with a build-and-iterate mindset.

## Nice to have

- Experience launching a new product line or building a product from concept to market, rather than solely managing an established offering.
- Understanding of the regulatory environment shaping maritime and port operations, including the EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, CII and green port incentive schemes.
- Experience establishing customer design partnerships and building relationships with industry stakeholders to support product discovery and adoption.

We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We make things happen We act decisively and with purpose, going the extra mile.

We build
together We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges.

We are here to help We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach.

Our People Pledge

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.

By applying, I confirm that I have read and accept the Staff Privacy Notice

## About Kpler

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Kpler is a data and analytics platform providing real-time intelligence on global commodity flows, vessel movements, and physical trade.
- **Entity Type**: Private (PE-backed; primarily founder- and employee-owned)
- **Headquarters**: Brussels, Belgium
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Two engineers (names not publicly listed) who started the company in a kitchen

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Maritime and commodity trade intelligence; data & analytics (classified as Technology, Information and Media)
- **Target customers**: B2B — commodity traders, analysts, shipping professionals, energy companies, supply chain operators, and financial institutions across 40+ markets (liquids, gas, dry bulk, freight, power)
- **Mission**: "Serve as the definitive intelligence platform for global physical trade, driving real-time decisions"

## Products & Services
- **Kpler Platform**: Subscription-based real-time cargo tracking and commodity flow analytics covering 40+ markets, including vessel movements, volumes, product grades, buyers/sellers, and forecasted destinations.
- **MarineTraffic**: World's leading ship tracking and maritime intelligence provider, acquired as a Kpler brand.
- **Inbox**: Collaborative communication platform designed specifically for the maritime and global supply chain industry.
- **Kpler APIs & Data Integrations**: Developer portal for embedding trade-flow and maritime data into applications, plus an Excel Add-In, Cloud DB, and Snowflake-native data solutions.
- **Kpler MCP (Beta)**: Model Context Protocol integration that lets large language models translate plain-language requests into precise API calls, returning answers as narrative, charts, or CSV.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$201.6M** across funding rounds, most recently a Private Equity round (April 2022) led by Insight Partners and Five Arrows Growth Capital, followed by a secondary market round (June 2026) led by Sixth Street.
- **Annual Revenue**: LinkedIn's data provider reports **EUR 6.7M** — this figure appears significantly understated relative to the company's scale (850+ employees, profitable since launch) and should be treated as an unreliable estimate.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Insight Partners, Five Arrows Growth Capital, Sixth Street
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **+22.1% YoY** (data provider reports 599 employees; company site reports 850+ employees and 69 nationalities)
  - Acquisitions: **FleetMon** (March 2023) and **COR-e** (September 2022), plus MarineTraffic
  - **54 active job postings**; job postings up **+116% YoY**
  - Expanding into power markets with dedicated Data Engineer and ML Engineer roles
  - Processes **1.3bn+ AIS signals per day** with a global network of agents and experts

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary datasets**: 1.3bn+ AIS signals per day and 245k–255k+ tracked assets/experts create a defensible data moat.
- **First-mover in LNG**: Revolutionized the LNG market with the first cargo-tracking solution in 2014.
- **Profitable from the start**: Remains primarily owned by founders and team members, allowing long-term product focus.
- **Global footprint**: Operations in 10+ countries with workforce distributed across 34+ countries, providing on-the-ground intelligence and 24/7 coverage.
- **Brand portfolio**: MarineTraffic and FleetMon extend reach across maritime and supply chain segments.

## Strategic Focus
- Building a "singular platform for global trade intelligence" that consolidates commodities, freight, and maritime data.
- Expanding into **power markets** and adjacent commodity verticals.
- Investing in **AI/ML capabilities**, including the MCP beta for LLM-driven data access and ML engineering hires.
- Deepening **data integrations** (APIs, Snowflake, Cloud DB, Excel) to embed Kpler data into customer workflows.

## Why Work Here
- **Flexibility**: Hybrid, fully remote, or on-site options; employees can work from central office spaces, sponsored co-working hubs, or fully remote.
- **Perks**: WFH monthly allowance for electricity and wi-fi, top-of-range office equipment and setup budget, health insurance coverage.
- **Leave**: Global maternity, parental, medical, festival, and compassionate leave policies.
- **Culture**: 69 nationalities across the company; regular online and on-site social events; described as "globally minded, flexibility-driven, and innovation-fueled."
- **Employer rating**: 3.7/5 from 158 reviews on LinkedIn — Work-Life 3.7, Compensation 3.7, Culture 3.2, Career 3.5.
- **Salary benchmarks** (from LinkedIn data): Account Manager ~$99,343/yr, Account Executive ~$111,985/yr, Data Engineer ~€60,000/yr.
- **Talent pool**: Frequently hires from competitors and adjacent data providers including MarineTraffic, Spire, Wood Mackenzie, S&P Global, Argus Media, and Bloomberg.

## Sources
1. [kpler.com — Careers](https://www.kpler.com/company/careers)
2. [kpler.com — About Us](https://www.kpler.com/company/about-us)
3. [linkedin.com — Kpler](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpler)
4. [jobs.lever.co — Kpler](https://jobs.lever.co/kpler)
5. [kpler.com — Homepage](https://www.kpler.com/?r=0)

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