4M Analytics

Forward Deployed Product Lead

4M Analytics
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in product management and strategic consulting within the B2B SaaS and AI-native sectors, with a strong ability to translate customer needs into actionable product roadmaps and specifications. Proficient in using AI-native tools for rapid prototyping and validating concepts with stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product ManagementAI-Native Tools PrototypingStrategic ConsultingCustomer EngagementB2B SaaS Experience

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Run continuous discovery with Utility Owner customers through calls, site visits, and workflow shadowing
  • Build first-hand understanding of customer pain points, workflows, and business drivers
  • Map the market landscape and identify major pain points and budget opportunities
  • Synthesize customer feedback into a scalable product roadmap and productization strategy
  • Define the Utility Owners segment strategy, including target sub-segments, positioning, and market-entry wedge
  • Partner with the CEO, Chief Growth Officer, and engineering leadership
  • Use AI-native tools such as Claude and Cursor to prototype demonstrable Alpha products rapidly
  • Validate prototypes with customers and hand proven concepts to Engineering for production
  • Translate validated concepts into production-ready specifications and remain involved through handoff
  • Define and track segment success metrics including adoption, revenue, and land-and-expand
  • Partner with Growth on go-to-market execution
  • Develop fluency in civil infrastructure, damage prevention, and the regulatory landscape

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Relevant educational background (BA/BS/BE/MBA) in business, computer science, architecture, industrial engineering, or a related field
  • 7+ years of experience spanning reputed management consulting and/or product management at a B2B SaaS, data, or AI-native company
  • Ability to independently design, prototype, and ship working software using modern AI tools
  • Understanding of AI-generated software sufficient to reason about and correct it; not solely dependent on “vibe coding”
  • Comfort operating in a 0-to-1, forward-deployed capacity with executives and customers
  • Strategic consulting ability to decompose complex business problems
  • Hands-on ability to build solutions independently
  • Sharp, credible communication translating between customer needs and engineering
  • Comfort working with the CEO, Chief Growth Officer, engineering leadership, and customers
  • Flexibility to travel on-site to customers as needed and to the Austin, TX offices
  • Genuine enthusiasm for an AI-first product-building culture

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Opportunity to grow into owning broader product areas, leading new segments, or shaping the company’s AI-product strategy
  • Direct impact on mission-critical utility infrastructure and damage prevention
  • Foundational hire with broad ownership and career growth trajectory
  • AI-first product culture with access to modern AI tools such as Claude and Cursor
  • Flexible travel/on-site customer engagement and Austin office collaboration

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Hard Skills
PrototypingSoftware DesignProduct RoadmappingMarket AnalysisData Analysis
Soft Skills
Sharp CommunicationIndependent Problem SolvingCustomer-Centric MindsetFlexibilityCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
ClaudeCursorAI-Generated Software
Industry Keywords
Civil InfrastructureDamage PreventionRegulatory LandscapeB2BMarket-Entry Strategy