[Hiring] Forward Deployed Product Manager @Valtech

Role Description

As a Forward Deployed Product Manager at Valtech, you embed inside a small, senior FDE pod and lead the redesign of how AI shows up in your client's business. You don't hand over strategy decks or shepherd long backlogs. You sit alongside your client, learn the real workflow, and build the experience that turns AI investment into outcomes that stick.

• Embed inside a Forward Deployed Experience Pod, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the client to learn the real workflow before you redesign it.
• Own the workflow, KPIs, and alignment for your pod. Define success metrics with the executive sponsor at week one, then build until you hit them. Measure outcomes against KPIs, not features shipped.
• Redesign the human experience around AI, not the other way around.
• Break a complex business problem into composable, shippable work the pod can ship in days, not quarters. Production progress every day.
• Work in your client's stack alongside the Forward Deployed Engineer and Forward Deployed Experience Designer in your pod.
• Pair with the Valtech leadership and your client's executive sponsor(s) to clear the path in real time. Legal, compliance, architecture, risk, governance, internal politics.
• Govern, secure, and measure outcomes from day one. AI in production demands real attention to evals, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop design. You own the framework that proves the solution works and keeps working after the pod rolls off.
• Transfer ownership cleanly. By the end of the engagement, the domain expert is set up to run the solution long-term without the pod. Documentation, conventions, and the team rituals that sustain the change are part of what you ship.
• Surface the next opportunity from inside the work. Embedded pods see what's broken next before anyone else does. You bring that signal back, so the pod earns its way into the next problem rather than waiting for procurement.
• Contribute to the evolution of Valtech's FDE practice. Every pod is a learning loop. Share what works, what didn't, and the patterns that should harden into how we deploy across clients.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a senior Product Manager in a digital consultancy, product organization, or embedded-team environment, with a track record of shipping production software, not just running discovery.
• T-shaped skill profile. Product is your deep specialty, but you have enough hands-on experience in engineering and UX design to be a contributor in these spaces, not just conversant.
• Proven experience taking AI or ML solutions from concept into production, not just pilot.
• Hands-on fluency with modern AI tooling across the SDLC.
• Strong executive presence paired with hands-on credibility.
• Proven ability to break ambiguous business problems into composable, shippable units of work and sequence them for daily progress.
• Solid commercial awareness.
• Experience in modern delivery environments.
• A track record of leaving teams stronger than you found them.

Requirements

• Built for ambiguity. You head into the unknown without waiting for a brief, a backlog, or permission.
• T-shaped by instinct, not just resume.
• A polyglot communicator.
• Deeply curious about AI as a craft, not as a buzzword.
• Outcome-obsessed.
• Boundless initiative and a bias toward action, balanced with the judgment to know when the right move is to stop, learn, and align before building more.

Benefits

• This is a full-time position based in Montreal/Toronto.
• The offered salary range is 100,000 - 135,000 CAD annually, depending on experience and location.
• Comprehensive insurance plan, where you can choose the module that best suits your needs—Gold, Silver, or Bronze.
• Dialogue via Sun Life provides virtual healthcare services.
• A $500 Personal Spending Account.
• A retirement plan where Valtech will match 100% of your RRSP contributions through a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
• Access to a flexible vacation under Valtech's policy.
• Personal Technology Reimbursement – $30/month for every employee-offered on day 1.
• We close during the winter holidays and offer flexible scheduling throughout the year.