
Forward-Deployed Product Manager
Tailor
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Gather and Clarify Requirements
- Work directly with clients to understand business needs and pain points
- Translate those needs into clear, prioritized requirements for engineers
- Own the Client Relationship
- Act as the main point of contact for client-facing conversations during onboarding, scoping, and delivery
- Proactively manage expectations, timelines, and feedback loops
- Support Internal Teams
- Provide context and clarity to engineers to help ensure smooth delivery
- Build Repeatable Patterns
- Identify recurring client needs and help formalize templates, docs, or processes to streamline future deployments
- Help improve internal handoff flows, requirement intake, and communication patterns
- Shape the Product Roadmap
- Distill recurring customer insights into strategic themes, prioritized high-impact features, and propose data-driven roadmap that advances Tailor’s vision.
Requirements
- 2+ years in a Software Company
- Relevant experience in a SaaS, ERP, or composable software environment is preferred
- 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.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision
- Flexible PTO
- Bonus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
requirements gatheringproduct managementclient relationship managementdata-driven decision makingSaaSERPcomposable softwarestakeholder engagementprocess improvementtemplate formalization
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsstructured thinkingproblem-solvingclient interactionexpectation managementfeedback managementcollaborationclarity in communicationstrategic thinking