Forward Deployed PM

OneSchema

• $130K — $155K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong technical background in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with development experience.
  • Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and related technologies.
  • 2-5+ years of experience in product management for software engineering tools.
  • Exceptional customer interaction and success focus.
  • Ability to convey intricate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Outcome-driven mindset, prioritizing results over outputs.
  • Proficient in navigating complex customer scenarios to devise innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with a wide range of customers to identify needs and convert interest into sustained usage.
  • Define tailored solutions using advanced AI technology to create compelling demonstrations.
  • Lead onboarding processes including workflow optimization and API integration.
  • Serve as a reliable technical advisor influencing customer AI strategy.
  • Translate customer insights into clear product definitions and feature requests.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure alignment with customer needs.
  • Oversee product roadmap to incorporate customer feedback and requirements.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with diverse clients from startups to large enterprises.
  • Hands-on role with a significant customer interaction component.
  • Chance to shape AI product offerings based on direct customer feedback.
  • Involvement in high-stakes product development that drives customer satisfaction.
  • Collaboration with engineering teams to create impactful AI solutions.
Full Job Description
Overview

The ideal Forward Deployed Product Manager (FDPM) candidate is a customer obsessed AI product manager who thrives on our customers' successful outcomes. You will spend most of your time talking to customers and connecting their technical requirements to the OneSchema product offerings. FDPMs ensure our customers' success by building and delivering solutions that meet their needs. They translate customer feedback into internal product requirements for scalable products that land with customers.

In this role, you'll spend approximately 80% of your time embedded with client accounts, driving product strategy and execution over zoom or on-site, while dedicating the remaining 20% to internal product initiatives that strengthen our overall offering.

Customer Journey
  • Engage directly with customers from fast-moving startups to large enterprises, to identify use cases and convert interest into long-term usage and expansion
  • Define and propose tailored solutions and proof-of-concepts (POCs) using Agents (Codex, Claude Code) to build high quality and interactive demos that demonstrate the value of OneSchema's platform in real customer environments.
  • Lead onboarding and implementation efforts, including fine-tuning workflows, latency benchmarks, API integration, and infrastructure alignment.
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, helping shape their AI strategy using OneSchema infrastructure.


OneSchema Product Roadmap
  • Translate customer insights into structured product definition, identifying common themes and high-leverage feature requests.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams to align customer needs with technical roadmap
  • Drive execution of product development, ensuring that new products land successfully with customers
  • Oversee OneSchema roadmap, ensuring that reflects customer needs


Minimum Requirements:
  • Strong technical background (CS/EECE background and/or production level development experience) or technical product management experience
  • Intimate familiarity with LLMs, fine-tuning, model inference, agents etc.
  • 2 - 5+ years of experience in products for software engineers (hiring at multiple levels for this role)
  • Strong customer interaction skills, deep customer success focus
  • Ability to communicate highly technical concepts to all kinds of audiences including the latest AI developments
  • Focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones
  • Ability to navigate complex customer/technical scenarios and come up with creative solutions


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior experience in technical product management roles with high degree of customer interactions
  • Interest in generative AI or developer tools
  • Early startup or founding experience
  • Prior technical leadership / technical PM experience

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