Forward Deployed Product Manager (FDPM)

Embed with a client delivery team as an AI-native product leader, building and running an end-to-end agentic “harness” to turn business problems into specs, demos, and delivered product value.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and mobilization (first ~2 weeks): assess team and client needs, decompose the problem, and stand up the agentic harness for the product.
• Build and skill AI agents for the harness: create agent skills and tools, author markdown/context files, and engineer the context the harness uses to reason.
• Write specifications and drive spec-driven development: produce clear, open specs that the AI harness can pick up and iterate on.
• Prototype and vibe-code to shape the product: create clickable prototypes and concepts with AI to align stakeholders (concepts and UI only, not production code).
• Partner with stakeholders on requirements: capture evolving business requirements and continuously refine them into the technical form the harness executes and iterates.
• Run the harness and demos independently: demonstrate the working product, the value delivered, and how the harness operates at each step without needing an engineer on the call.
• Shape and prioritize the feature pipeline: manage features within a sprint, epics across sprints, and keep the delivery runway healthy.
• Manage delivery expectations: own delivery commitments and keep the team aligned with what stakeholders expect.
• Embed end to end: lead one harness team from discovery through spec and business requirement creation to running demos of the working product and the harness itself.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product, technical-product, or delivery leadership with technical fluency (APIs, integrations, cloud) and strong client-facing delivery.
• 1+ year of AI-first experience (building agents, spec-driven development, context engineering, and AI prototyping).
• 1+ year of GenAI and LLM fundamentals.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate Degree, minimum 6 years work experience.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex (relevant certifications are a plus).
• Experience in regulated industries or environments with notable privacy, security, compliance, or risk requirements.
• Professional certification in Product Management, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related areas.

Technologies

• Gen AI, LLM, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings
• Prompt engineering, AI agents, agentic workflows
• APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, modern architectures
• GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex
• Markdown (markdown files)

Work Location and Schedule

• Location: Columbus, OH (hybrid)
• Office: 3 days/week
• Travel: 25%–75% as needed

Compensation

• Salary range: USD 59,100 - 196,000 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off