Forward Deployed Product Manager (FDPM)
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About the Role
LotusFlare is seeking a Forward Deployed Product Manager to work at the intersection of clients, business objectives, and engineering teams. You will drive strategic discovery, technical alignment, and high-velocity project execution for telecom clients.
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Responsibilities
- Embed proactively within client teams to understand and document real world workflows, integration realities, and system pain points
- Translate chaotic business demands into clean, high impact platform solutions aligned with LotusFlare DNO Cloud product catalog
- Act as primary interface and trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders and product owners
- Enforce a strict, gated 'Requirements Locked' blueprinting process to protect project P&L
- Lead technical alignment workshops to map backend systems, define REST APIs, outline JSON schemas, and structure data flows
- Author comprehensive Technical Requirements Documents (TRD) and Product Requirements Documents (PRD)
- Drive high velocity tactical sprint execution, backlog refinement, and agile planning ceremonies
- Run interactive feedback sessions with client end users to demonstrate builds and gather feedback
- Proactively surface cross team dependencies and execute resolution strategies
- Collaborate with QA teams and client testing leads to drive end to end user acceptance testing
- Act as lead coordinator during high priority production incidents
Requirements
- 5+ years of software implementation experience as a Technical Product Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer/Architect, Management/Technical Consultant, or Senior Technical Project Manager
- Strong foundational fluency in cloud native microservices architectures, REST APIs, JSON schemas, containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes), and database technologies
- Robust knowledge of telecom frameworks (BSS/OSS architecture) with hands on experience in digital transformation programs
- Intense, entrepreneurial ownership mindset with ability to operate with extreme autonomy
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated competency or high enthusiasm for integrating Generative AI developer environments and tools
- Flexibility to collaborate across international time zones and willingness to travel
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Position Summary
- The Forward Deployed Product Manager (FDPM) at LotusFlare is a high impact role positioning elite professionals at the intersection of external clients, strategic business objectives, and internal platform engineering teams.
- The FDPM operates as an entrepreneurial, technical product manager embedded directly within a client's environment.
- You are a unique blend of technical product manager, data strategist, solution architect, and execution engine.
Three Core Pillars
- Strategic Discovery & Value Mapping: Embed deeply within client operations to identify hidden system gaps and high value business problems.
- Technical Analysis & Data Scoping: Operate as a Technical Analyst and 'Solution Architect Light', driving technical alignment workshops.
- High Velocity Project Execution: Act as primary operational anchor for absolute scope delivery, orchestrating cross functional tracks.
Core Responsibilities
- Embed proactively within the client team to understand and document real world workflows, integration realities, and system pain points.
- Translate chaotic, unstructured business demands into clean, high impact platform solutions.
- Act as primary interface and trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders and product owners.
- Enforce a strict, gated 'Requirements Locked' blueprinting process to protect project P&L.
- Lead technical alignment workshops, partnering with internal engineers and client architects.
- Author comprehensive Technical Requirements Documents (TRD) and Product Requirements Documents (PRD).
- Establish a tight loop back to the Core Product team to improve the SaaS platform.
- Pioneer an AI native operational model using LLMs and advanced prompting environments.
- Drive high velocity tactical sprint execution, backlog refinement, and agile planning ceremonies.
- Run highly interactive, iterative feedback sessions directly with client end users.
- Deconstruct high level project milestones into detailed, fully groomed tasks.
- Proactively surface cross team technical dependencies and execute resolution strategies.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of software implementation experience as a Technical Product Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer/Architect, Management/Technical Consultant, or Senior Technical Project Manager.
- Strong foundational fluency in cloud native microservices architectures, REST APIs, JSON schemas, containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes), and database technologies.
- Robust knowledge of telecom frameworks (BSS/OSS architecture) with hands on experience in digital transformation programs.
- Intense, entrepreneurial ownership mindset with ability to operate with extreme autonomy.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated competency or high enthusiasm for integrating Generative AI developer environments and tools.
- Flexibility to collaborate across international time zones and willingness to travel.
Benefits We Have For You
- Yearly bonus.
- Paid lunches.
- MultiSport card.
- Private medical insurance.
- Reimbursement of accountant assistance expenses.
- ZUS coverage.
- Paid sick leaves.
- 21 working days of vacation, public holidays.
- Training and workshops.
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