Forward Deployed Product Manager

Doss

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in high-pressure roles (finance, consulting, startups)
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on problem-solving and decision-making
  • Ability to navigate complex systems and drive process improvements
  • Exceptional judgment and reliable track record in past roles
  • Technical familiarity with engineering principles and software implementations

Responsibilities

  • Deliver results on critical initiatives and drive execution of high-scope projects
  • Collaborate with leadership and individual contributors to align strategies
  • Establish and maintain effective processes to enhance operational efficiency
  • Recruit, develop, and mobilize talent within the organization
  • Engage directly with customers to facilitate successful project outcomes

Benefits

  • Cohort-based career accelerator with rapid career growth opportunities
  • Hands-on experience in multiple business functions (Sales, Product, Operations)
  • Direct access to senior leadership and founders for mentorship
  • Performance-based feedback and promotion opportunities every 6 months
  • Increased compensation potential throughout the program (average >50% increase)
Full Job Description
About the Role

DOSS's Forward Deployed Services team is the core engine of DOSS and the success of our customers. This unique role sits at the intersection of product, data, operations, implementation and customer partnership. The team is responsible for the entire post-sales product operations and implementation lifecycle:
  • Discovery: partnering with cross functional client leadership to analyze their operational and financial workflows (flow of goods, information and money) and requirements
  • Product Design: Data model, workflows and integrations
  • Build/Configure on DOSS/ERP platform
  • UAT and Go-live

The Forward Deployed Product Manager will support our push to upper mid-market and enterprise clients, and will have multiple responsibilities:
  • Support e2e ERP lifecycle process and success for 1-2 of our bigger clients
  • Build new product capabilities/solutions within the DOSS ERP platform
  • Contribute to best practices and process improvements across the team

Hands-on ERP implementation experience is required. Our current team comes from a mix of business and technical backgrounds. What we value the most are:
  • Ownership/accountability mindset
  • Customer obsession (including client/stakeholder management)
  • Appetite for operational and technical details
  • Business acumen to zoom out and discuss value drivers
  • Passion for learning quickly


What You'll Do
  • Support e2e post sales customer lifecycle from discovery, design, product implementation and go-live across our bigger clients - you are responsible for ensuring client achieves success and value from DOSS
  • Conduct cross functional deep dives across customer organization to map end-to-end business processes and workflows
  • Build new product capabilities that help support DOSS's push to upper mid market and ENT clients
  • Contribute to best in class practices and processes across the entire team
  • Translate process flows into product design and configuration within the DOSS platform
  • Collaborate with technical teams on integrations and data migrations required for successful implementations
  • Support UAT, training, and go-live support, and build relationships with clients to drive retention and potentially upsell 12; turn our customers to our biggest advocates!!
  • Contribute to initiatives to drive improvements in DOSS product and customer lifecycle processes via automation and AI - we are an AI native company and team


What We're Looking For
  • 2+ years in engineering (industrial, process, computer etc.), consulting, finance, operations, product operations or technical program management at a technology company - ERP experience not required (though if you have experience in that its a plus)
  • Systems Thinker. Everything in our business is highly interconnected across people, process, and technology. In order to make progress you need to be able to traverse it, untangle it, and put it back together.
  • High-Intensity. You have experience in high-pressure roles within startups, consulting, finance etc. - these are your real preferences, not your stated preferences.
  • Technical from 1st Principles. You can grok hard engineering and logic problems from a place of intuition, not memorization.
  • Intellectual Firepower. You cut through noise, synthesize, and get to the right answers fast.
  • Strong analytical mindset; experience with SQL is a plus (but not required)
What You'll Get
  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity
  • 100% Coverage for individuals Premium medical, dental & vision coverage
  • 401(k), immediate eligibility
  • Lunch in-office 5 days/week (and dinner when needed)
  • Flexible/unlimited PTO
  • Commuter (BART/MUNI/CalTrain) and equipment stipends
  • Wellness & Fitness stipend
  • Generous parental leave
  • Relocation assistance available
  • In-office culture in San Francisco

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