Forward Deployed Product Manager

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