Forward Deployed Product Manager

FERMÀT; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + performance bonus + 1

Equity

Health insurance

401(k) with match (US)

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

FERMÀT is the leading commerce AI platform partnering with top brands to deliver dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. We work with enterprises like GNC, Backcountry, and Glossier, driving client value while staying at the cutting edge of agentic commerce.

We’re a 60+ person team with hubs in SF, NYC, and Bangalore. Join us to build the infrastructure of the future of commerce and scale enterprise AI deployments with a high-agency team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in management consulting with complex client relationships.
• Familiar with AI tools and iterative discovery in client workflows.
• Strong problem structuring and communication to produce clear narratives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with enterprise brands to discover, design, and deliver AI-powered commerce solutions.
• Lead discovery sessions and translate findings into proofs of concepts.
• Coordinate delivery across sales, account management, and engineering to ensure successful shipped projects.
• Collaborate with founders and engineering teams to advance AI capabilities in commerce.
• Build playbooks for enterprise AI deployment as we scale.

Skills

Management consulting

Client relationship management

AI tool experience

Structured thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Business degree / MBA

Tools

Claude Code

Replit

Lovable

Job description

FERMÀT is the leading commerce AI platform that partners with the world’s largest brands to deliver dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. Our technology powers the customer journeys behind enterprises like GNC, Backcountry, and Glossier and allows them to deliver best‑in‑class shopper engagement and conversion while enabling them to stay on the cutting edge of what’s possible in agentic commerce. We’re backed by VMG, Bain Capital Ventures, Greylock, and QED, and have been named The Information's #1 commerce startup. We're a 60+ person team based in SF, NYC, and Bangalore - come build the infrastructure of the future of commerce with us!

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with enterprise brands and retailers to discover, design, and deliver AI-powered commerce solutions—you own the full arc from problem to production.
• Run deep discovery sessions with clients to unearth the real problems worth solving, then translate those into proof of concepts using the FERMÀT platform and Claude Code.
• Coordinate delivery across sales, account management, and engineering to make sure what gets built actually ships—and that clients see the value.
• Work shoulder-to-shoulder with our founders and the FDE team to push the frontier of what's possible with AI in commerce, for the world's biggest brands.
• Build and refine our playbook for enterprise AI deployment as we scale—what you learn becomes the standard for the team.

Who You Are

• A high-agency operator who's spent 3+ years in management consulting —you know how to navigate complex client relationships and deliver under pressure.
• Someone who gets genuinely excited about AI tools and jumps into new technology without waiting to be told how. Claude, Replit, Lovable—these are in your daily rotation, not on your to-do list.
• A natural at asking the right questions. You understand that great discovery is what separates a solution that lands from one that misses, and you treat it like a craft.
• Comfortable building in ambiguity and figuring things out yourself. You don't wait for a playbook; you write it.
• Someone whose default way of interacting with SaaS tools is through their MCPs—you'd rather wire up an integration than click through a UI.

Skills To Know

• 5+ years in management consulting (MBB, Big 4, boutique strategy) or investment banking. We’re looking for people at the senior analyst and junior manager level who have had experience with independently owning client relationships
• Demonstrated comfort with AI tools in your actual workflow
• Strong structured thinking and communication skills: you can take a messy client problem and turn it into a clear solution narrative
• Technical curiosity without a computer science or engineering degree— a background that signals that you pick up tools fast is a serious plus
• Experience working across sales, product, and engineering stakeholders in a fast-moving environment

Benefits

• Compensation: $200k base salary + performance bonus + equity
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents
• Retirement benefits:
  • US: 401(k) plan with 4% matching
  • India: Provident Fund with 12% matching
• 4 months of paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO policy (with minimum 5 days PTO / quarter!)