Senior Technical Product Manager, Internal Software

Job Overview

Fervo is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager, Internal Software to lead the development of internal software tools across the company. This person will be the connective tissue between Fervo's internal users and the engineers building the tools they need.

This is not a traditional product role focused on an external customer or a single product surface. You will work across teams including engineering, construction, drilling, completions, supply chain, finance, and operations to understand how work gets done, identify the workflows that slow execution, and turn ambiguous internal needs into clear, actionable product requirements.

The ideal candidate is a former software engineer or deeply technical product manager who can code, partner credibly with engineers, and move comfortably between product strategy and software execution. You do not need experience in geothermal, energy, power plants, drilling, or construction. You do need strong software judgment, sharp product instincts, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to build useful tools quickly in a fast-moving environment.

This is a founding role for Fervo's internal software function. In the near term, you will own product direction, technical scoping, delivery, adoption, and build‑vs‑buy decisions. Over time, this role has the potential to evolve into leadership of Fervo's internal software development team as the function scales.

Own internal software product development from idea to adoption

• Embed with teams across Fervo to understand their workflows, pain points, operating rhythms, and decision‑making needs.
• Translate bottlenecks into clear product requirements, technical specs, user stories, and success criteria.
• Design for a connected software ecosystem, not one‑off applications; ensure tools can integrate with existing systems, data sources, and future internal platforms.
• Measure success through adoption, workflow improvement, and business impact; not just shipping features.

Partner deeply with engineering

• Work closely with software engineers, contractors, and technical partners to scope, sequence, and deliver internal tools.
• Bring enough software fluency to evaluate technical tradeoffs, ask strong questions, and make pragmatic decisions around implementation.
• Write clear technical product requirements that help engineering teams move quickly with minimal rework.
• Own delivery cadence, backlog management, sprint planning, stakeholder updates, and risk escalation.
• Contribute technically where useful; especially in early prototyping, agentic coding workflows, technical review, or lightweight implementation support.

Build tools for fast‑moving internal teams

• Develop software that improves how Fervo manages complex work across engineering, construction, project execution, documentation, scheduling, modeling, procurement, and operations.
• Identify where internal teams rely on manual processes, disconnected data, or inefficient tools.
• Build products that are simple, usable, and practical; the goal is not elegant software for its own sake, but tools that make Fervo faster and better.
• Sit with users before and after launch to understand what is working, what is not, and what should change.
• Create feedback loops that drive continuous product improvement.

Make build‑vs‑buy decisions

• Audit Fervo's current internal software stack and identify where existing tools are sufficient, where they need better integration, and where purpose‑built software would create meaningful leverage.
• Recommend build, buy, integrate, or retire decisions based on business value, implementation cost, maintainability, and long‑term scalability.
• Serve as Fervo's internal expert on the resource requirements and tradeoffs of developing software in-house.
• Help Fervo avoid both extremes: overbuilding when existing tools are good enough, and tolerating broken workflows when custom software would create real advantage.

Enable AI‑enabled workflows

• Partner with Fervo's AI and machine learning team to integrate internal data, models, and automation into the tools you build.
• Identify opportunities for LLMs and agentic workflows to reduce manual work, including…