Forward-Deployed Product Manager - FDPM (US Remote)
$130,000–$170,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Gather and clarify client requirements by working directly with stakeholders to understand business needs and pain points. Translate those needs into clear, prioritized requirements for engineers while acting as the main point of contact for client-facing conversations during onboarding, scoping, and delivery. Proactively manage expectations, timelines, and feedback loops to ensure alignment between requested features and shipped deliverables. Build repeatable patterns by identifying recurring client needs to formalize templates and streamline future deployments. Shape the product roadmap by distilling customer insights into strategic themes and proposing data-driven features. Based in or willing to be frequently present in Los Angeles with ~20% travel.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years in a Software Company
- 5+ years in product management, solutions, customer success, or consulting roles with strong client interaction
- Proven ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Exceptional communication skills
- Organized, structured thinker who can reduce ambiguity
- Technically fluent enough to collaborate with engineers and ask the right questions
- Based in or willing to be frequently present in Los Angeles
- ~20% travel
- Travel requirements/expectations. 15-20%
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant experience in a SaaS, ERP, or composable software environment is preferred, especially with an understanding of modular solutions, low-code platforms, or customer-centric software deployments
- Experience with ERP, internal tools, or operational SaaS products
- Familiarity with APIs, data workflows, or developer platforms
- Consulting or customer onboarding background
- Comfortable supporting multiple stakeholders and balancing competing priorities
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