Chief Product Officer

Company Description: DecaPlants is redefining how industrial plants think and operate by applying AI to both low-tech sectors such as textiles, polymers, and pulp & paper, and high-tech sectors including oil & gas, pharma, specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, paints, and emerging CDR and CCUS startups. The company focuses on turning traditional facilities into high-performance "Deca" plants that can operate at significantly higher efficiency and intelligence. DecaPlants engages closely with industrial partners to modernize operations, optimize value chains, and unlock new performance levels. Based in Paris, the team is growing and offers opportunities for individuals who want to help build the future of AI-powered industrial transformation.

Role Description

As the Chief Product Officer for AI-Powered Reindustrialization, you will lead the technical vision and execution for DecaPlants' AI-first platform and products. This is a full-time, on-site role based in Paris, where you will collaborate closely with the Commercial Founders and the team to translate industrial plant needs into scalable software architectures and data-driven solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include defining technical roadmaps, overseeing end-to-end software development, and guiding product development from concept to deployment in live plant environments. You will build and mentor a high-performing engineering and data team, establish robust development standards, and ensure systems are secure, reliable, and designed for industrial-grade performance. The role also involves direct engagement with industrial partners, prioritizing features, managing technical risks, and aligning IT strategy and architecture with DecaPlants' business and market goals.

What you will work on

• Build AI models for industrial process optimization using sensor data.
• Develop scalable ML pipelines, digital twins, and agentic AI systems. Deploy solutions in real industrial environments.
• Shape our product architecture and build the engineering team.

We're looking for someone who has

• Strong expertise in Machine Learning, especially time-series data, physics-informed AI, reinforcement learning, or agentic systems.
• Experience building and deploying ML products with real-world sensor data.
• Passion for climate technology, manufacturing, and solving complex engineering challenges.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and excitement about building a company from day one.
• Excellent communication skills, collaborative mindset, and readiness to take co-founder responsibilities, including ownership of technical strategy and execution.

Practicalities & benefits:

• Remote-first with occasional travel to Paris/Copenhagen for team meetings.
• Travel to customer or manufacturer locations within the UK, EU, Asia or internationally
• Equity-first compensation with the option to tailor the cash-equity mix based on mutual agreement
• As a founding member, you will have influence in shaping future benefits + leave we're defining what makes us work best as a company, so let's talk!