Forward Deployed Product Manager Seattle, WA

Gradial is building the AI-native system of work for enterprise marketing. Our agents turn ideas into live campaigns by executing across the tools, teams, and workflows enterprises already use—from content authoring and campaign assembly to quality assurance and brand compliance. We give marketers and creatives more time to shape brands, understand customers, and create work that moves people.

We’re tackling some of the hardest problems in applied AI: building agent harnesses, sandboxed execution environments, and orchestration that enable agents to plan, act, and verify their work reliably at enterprise scale. We’re growing rapidly, winning Fortune 500 and enterprise customers including AWS, T-Mobile, and Prudential. Our $65 million Series C led by Insight Partners is accelerating that momentum.

Join us to help define how people and AI agents work together. We move with urgency, reason from first principles, and take ownership from idea to customer impact. You’ll shape the product, own consequential problems, and build systems that some of the world’s leading brands depend on every day.

Role Overview

Gradial is hiring a Forward Deployed Product Manager to help enterprise clients activate our AI platform inside complex marketing technology environments. In this role, you’ll work directly with customers to translate business goals into technical implementations, shaping both product usage and roadmap. You’ll support late-stage sales, lead delivery, and ensure measurable impact post-launch - all while feeding critical insights back into product development.

Responsibilities

• Define integration scope, success criteria, and deployment strategy during late-stage sales cycles
• Lead implementation efforts across CMS, DAM, and workflow automation tools in client environments
• Design and validate agent-powered workflows that streamline content creation, personalization, and publishing
• Act as the voice of the customer with Product and Engineering, translating implementation challenges into roadmap opportunities
• Drive go-live, QA, and UAT processes with clear ownership of time-to-value
• Deliver enablement resources, training, and documentation to support long-term adoption
• Build trusted relationships with client-side marketing and technical stakeholders

Requirements

• 7+ years in product, implementation, or consulting roles within enterprise Mar Tech
• Deep experience with CMS and DAM systems (e.g., AEM, Contentful, Sitecore) and content workflow tooling
• Proven success deploying technology into complex client environments with multiple stakeholder groups
• Strong product instincts with the ability to scope features and influence roadmap based on real-world usage
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable aligning cross-functional teams around technical decisions
• Willingness to travel for critical client engagements and cross-functional planning
• Background in management consulting, systems integration, or forward-deployed product roles
• Familiarity with AI-based marketing automation and analytics platforms

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $130,000 – $190,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, this role will be eligible for performance-based bonuses and equity awards. Gradial offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental & vision insurance, 401K retirement plan, paid time off, paid sick leave and other employee wellness programs.

• Performance-based annual bonus
• Meaningful equity awards
• Medical, dental & vision (fully covered for employees with 75% for dependents)
• Fertility & family-planning support
• 401k plan
• Unlimited PTO
• A beautiful Seattle office with a gym, sauna, and bike…