- Raydar
- San Francisco, CA
- Full-Time
- <72 Hours
- $150,000–$255,000
Forward Deployed Product Manager.
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Forward Deployed Product Manager: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a product manager who oversees software deployments for clients from contract signing through full rollout, setting success measures and steering the roadmap along the way.
- The Person:The person will scope requirements, tailor solutions and manage the roadmap for each client deployment, track account health through usage data, and lead steering meetings with senior executives.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has earlier career experience in product roles, advisory work, founding-stage company building or rollout planning, can use AI tools effectively in day-to-day work, and shows executive presence.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Owns a set of client deployments from contract signing through full rollout, setting measures of success and steering the roadmap while advising senior stakeholders. The work pairs hands-on coordination with engineers and close monitoring of account health with executive-level communication.
What you'll do
- Scope requirements, tailor the solution, set success measures and manage the roadmap for each deployment.
- Advise senior executives on technology plans and lead steering meetings on major decisions.
- Turn customer needs into working AI solutions by partnering with engineers to build, test and refine them.
- Track account health through usage data, flag risks early and run retention and expansion plans.
- Lead difficult conversations on compliance, operational change, systems integration and customer experience.
- Give engineering clear, data-backed product feedback that turns customer pain points into roadmap changes.
- Help set playbooks, hiring standards and operating practices for the customer success function as it grows.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Earlier career in product roles, advisory work, founding-stage company building or rollout planning.
- A solid, recognizable university background.
- Ability to use AI tools effectively in day-to-day work.
- Executive presence to build relationships and present confidently to senior business stakeholders.
Bonus points
- Hands-on time working directly with business buyers in an advisory capacity.
- Exposure to building or selling AI agents at a company focused on them.
- Understanding of how autonomous software assistants get rolled out across sizable organizations.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Salary: $150K - $255K
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- New York City Metropolitan Area
- On-site, five days a week
- Full-time