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Manager, Forward Deployed Services

DOSS.COM - San Francisco, CA, USA - In-office - posted 2026-10-16

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DOSS is building an AI-native operations cloud platform for physical product businesses to manage procurement, inventory, orders, fulfillment, and finance in real time. The company recently raised a $55M Series B and is trusted by fast-growing operators to run critical operations. As Manager of Forward Deployed Services, you will lead a team of Forward Deployed Product Managers (FDPMs) managing DOSS's most complex, high-value client relationships. This is a player-coach role where you stay deeply hands-on while leading your team through the full post-sales lifecycle. Key responsibilities include: - Leading a team of FDPMs across upper mid-market and enterprise clients, accountable for team output, client outcomes, and individual development - Staying hands-on across discovery, design, implementation, and go-live phases — not delegating from above but working alongside your team - Owning success of DOSS's most complex client relationships; your portfolio directly reflects team execution - Conducting cross-functional deep dives to map end-to-end business processes and workflows across customer organizations - Driving new product capabilities that support DOSS's push into upper mid-market and enterprise segments - Setting best-in-class standards and building/improving processes across the team - Translating process flows into product design and configuration within the DOSS platform - Partnering with technical teams on integrations and data migrations - Leading portfolio through UAT, training, and go-live support; building relationships that drive retention and expansion - Coaching FDPMs on client management, problem-solving frameworks, and delivery quality - Driving automation and AI-forward improvements to product and customer lifecycle processes Requirements: - 5+ years of leadership experience in engineering, consulting, finance, operations, product operations, or technical program management (leading or mentoring others) - ERP experience is a major plus but not required - Systems thinker who can traverse interconnected people, process, and technology domains and teach others to do the same - Player-coach mentality: lead by doing, roll up sleeves, model the work, hold the bar - Thrived in high-pressure environments (startups, consulting, finance) - Technical from first principles: can grok hard engineering and logic problems from intuition and break them down for your team - Intellectual firepower: cut through noise, synthesize fast, make good calls under ambiguity - Strong analytical mindset; SQL experience is a plus but not required

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