# Director of Product Management, Forward Deployed & Strategy

**Company:** [Scale AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/scale-ai)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Product Management
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** APIs, Data Pipelines, SQL, Product Management, Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Management, Technical Oversight, Gtm Alignment, Systems Thinking
**Posted:** 2026-04-30

> Leads team of Product Managers deploying products into complex customer environments, converts field wins into scalable strategy, and partners with Sales/GTM and engineering. Requires 10+ years product leadership with technical acumen in APIs, data pipelines, SQL.

## Job Description

## Core Responsibilities

- Hire, mentor, and deploy PMs across strategic accounts (e.g., Fortune 100, government).
- Identify patterns across deployments; decide which bespoke solutions should move from custom to core product.
- Primary product partner to Sales/GTM leadership to align roadmap with market demand.
- Provide strategic + technical oversight to unblock high-priority deployments in “red zones.”
- Champion the voice of the field within internal EPD teams.

## Ideal Background

- 10+ years of product leadership, including 4+ years managing Product Management teams.
- Experience in forward-deployed models or top-tier technical consulting / implementation.
- High technical IQ: comfort with **APIs**, **data pipelines**, **SQL**; understands how data quality affects model performance.
- Extreme ownership + systems thinking; navigates complex stakeholder landscapes from engineers to C-suite.

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