Forward Deployed Product Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Product workstream within client engagements.

• Lead product workstreams comprehensively on enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Evaluate existing client product-team operations and design future-state Product Development Life Cycles (PDLCs).

• Guide product managers in transitioning from specification authors to strategic orchestrators of AI-assisted development.

• Conduct discovery sessions with client stakeholders and transform delivery backlogs into approved Sprint Charters.

• Draft specifications that drive the development of prototypes and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).

• Create PM training curricula and facilitate enablement sessions.

• Identify client expansion opportunities during the delivery phase.

• Define and enhance product-facing agents for idea consolidation, specification generation, PM workflow automation, and agent prioritization.

• Offer field feedback on agent design, prompt configuration, and scoping frameworks.

• Share responsibility for product specification artifacts related to Caylent’s intellectual property.

• Enhance product workstream methodologies, scoping frameworks, and future-state design templates.

• Assist in pre-sales discussions regarding product definition, sprint structure, or PDLC maturity evaluation.

• Integrate with client product and engineering teams from project kickoff through handoff.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of product management experience, including significant time in client-facing, embedded, or consulting roles.

• Proven experience collaborating directly with product teams on discovery processes, PDLC design, and specification practices.

• Experience or demonstrated proficiency in utilizing Agentic AI to aid in product management tasks.

• Exceptional facilitation skills when working with product and engineering stakeholders.

• Ability to produce clear, executable specifications.

• Technical fluency to scope prototypes with engineers, discuss architectural feasibility, engage in spec-to-build handoffs, and contribute to architecture lock sessions.

• Current legal authorization to work in the country where the position is located.

• Caylent is unable to sponsor visa or work permit applications.

• Preferred: experience in professional services, management consulting, or embedded advisory roles.

• Preferred: background in redesigning product functions within another organization.

• Preferred: knowledge of AI-native product workflows, including specification-driven development, LLM-assisted requirements generation, or agentic product tooling.

• Preferred: experience in private equity portfolio company environments or enterprise engineering organizations undergoing modernization.

• Preferred: hands-on experience with Claude Code or similar AI-assisted development tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical Insurance for you and qualifying dependents.

• 100% remote work opportunity.

• 401k plan with company matching up to 4% and immediate vesting.

• Competitive phantom equity options.

• Company-issued laptop.

• Dental and Vision insurance coverage.

• Term Disability Insurance provided.

• Term Life Insurance included.

• Flexible Spending Account available.

• Equipment & Office Stipend offered.

• Annual stipend for Learning and Development initiatives.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off following a 90-day probationary period.

• 10 Paid Holidays throughout the year.

• Bonuses, commissions, equity, and additional incentives may be provided alongside base salary.

• Up to 50% travel may be required, depending on business needs.