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title: 'Associate Forward-Deployed Product Manager at Tailor'
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# Associate Forward-Deployed Product Manager at Tailor

- **Company:** Tailor
- **Location:** North, United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tailor/eecdce4d-f714-4989-9c7e-75d34df59560

## Job description

## About Tailor

Tailor is a pioneer in Headless ERP technology. Our platform empowers companies to build internal workflows that adapt to their unique needs — faster, smarter, and developer-first.

## About the Role

We're looking for an Associate Forward-Deployed Product Manager to own the day-to-day execution of live client implementations. You'll be the first line of communication with our clients and the person keeping the project moving — coordinating directly with the internal development team, tracking progress and blockers, running testing and training, and making sure what was committed is what gets delivered. You'll work collaboratively with the Account Manager and Senior PM (Forward-Deployed Product Manager), who own the commercial relationship and solution design; you own the execution. This is a development role designed to grow into the Senior PM role. Progression is based on performance and can be accelerated accordingly.

## What You'll Do

- Own Day-to-Day Client Communications — Manage day-to-day client communications, including question handling, escalation management, and requests to the client, keeping clients informed and unblocked.
- Drive Project Execution & Tracking — Run the execution rhythm of the project: coordinate with the internal development team, maintain project management tools (e.g., GitHub Projects, Jira), and keep status, documentation, and release notes current for internal and client teams.
- Client Data & Gap Analysis — Analyze client data to surface gaps, discrepancies, and risks, and support the Senior PM and engineering in solution architecture and functional gap analysis.
- Testing, Coordination & Go-Live Prep — Validate every release before it reaches the client, coordinate client testing and sign-off, and own go-live readiness. Testing is how we protect client trust — it is a core part of this role.
- Client Training & Enablement — Create training materials and deliver training so client teams are set up to operate the platform independently.
- Influence the Platform Roadmap — Develop deep knowledge of the Tailor platform and translate client feedback into product insights that inform the roadmap.

## What We're Looking For

- 2–5 years of experience in product management in either big tech or a startup, and/or management consulting experience; management consulting strongly preferred
- Proven customer-facing experience, comfortable in front of both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Sharp, structured thinker who is comfortable with ambiguity and eager to learn and grow
- Ownership mindset with an appetite for operational and technical detail
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable with data analysis tools and AI-driven workflows

## Nice to Have

- You build things in your spare time — show us a side project you've vibe coded and walk us through how you approached it
- Exposure to ecommerce or physical-product operations — order, inventory, purchasing, fulfillment, or accounting workflows
- Familiarity with ERP, 3PL, or commerce platforms
- Prior experience onboarding customers onto software

## Compensation & Benefits

- Salary: USD 100,000 to USD 130,000 yearly
- Benefits: Health, dental, vision, flexible PTO, and more

Why Tailor? You'll work directly with the product team on a fast-growing platform solving real operational pain. If you love being the voice of the customer, reducing friction, and making teams more effective — let's talk. Apply now and help us shape the future of Headless ERP.

## About Tailor

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tailor provides a headless, composable ERP platform for fast-growing ecommerce, omnichannel, and B2B brands, enabling them to customize and automate inventory, fulfillment, finance, and purchasing operations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with a co-HQ in Tokyo, Japan)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Yo Shibata (CEO) and Misato Takahashi (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Software Development
- **Target Customers**: Fast-growing ecommerce, omnichannel, and B2B brands (mid-market and enterprise), as well as manufacturers.
- **Mission/Purpose**: To replace rigid, monolithic legacy ERP systems with a modular, API-first platform that adapts to modern business operations and enables collaboration between humans and AI agents.

## Products & Services
- **Tailor (Headless ERP Platform)**: The core offering is a modular, composable ERP system that separates the frontend (user interface) from the backend (core ERP logic). It allows businesses to use out-of-the-box modules or build custom solutions on a low-code platform. Key modules include:
    - **Omnichannel Order Management**: Unify orders from Shopify, Amazon, in-store, and wholesale channels.
    - **Inventory Management**: Track stock levels, forecast demand, and automate replenishment.
    - **Warehouse Management**: Streamline picking, packing, and shipping with barcode scanning and label printing.
    - **Purchase Management**: Automate purchasing with smart reorder suggestions.
    - **Production Management**: Support for make-to-stock and make-to-order manufacturing.
    - **Cost Accounting**: Real-time cost tracking with automated invoice syncing (QuickBooks, Xero, Sage).
- **Omakase (AI Agent)**: An AI agent that automates workflows such as summarizing customer histories, reconciling purchase orders with supplier PDFs, updating ERP records, and triggering workflows. The system is designed to handle approximately 50% of operational load with a goal of reaching 90% automation.

## Market Standing
- **Total Funding**: $48.4M across 6 rounds (including a $22M Series A led by NEA, ANRI, JIC VGI, Spiral Capital, and Y Combinator) [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: $7.5M in annual revenue (as of latest available data) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailortech)
- **Key Metric (Headcount)**: ~50 employees (grew from 10 in 2022), with a 93.6% YoY headcount growth rate. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailortech)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (S22 Batch), NEA (New Enterprise Associates), ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments, Spiral Capital. Partners include Shopify, ShipStation, Loop, QuickBooks, and Nvidia Inception Program. [tailor.tech](https://www.tailor.tech/about)
- **Growth Signals**: Raised $22M Series A in June 2025 for U.S. expansion and product development; expanding beyond retail/ecommerce into B2B sectors; active job postings have increased by 1400% year-over-year; operates in 9 countries. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailortech)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Headless & Composable Architecture**: Unlike monolithic legacy ERPs (SAP, Oracle), Tailor allows customers to swap modules without disrupting operations, enabling rapid customization and scaling.
- **API-First & Low-Code Platform**: Offers a developer-friendly environment to build custom integrations and applications, making it 10x faster to implement than traditional systems.
- **AI-Native**: Built from the ground up with AI agents (Omakase) to automate operational tasks, targeting 90% automation of manual workflows.
- **Dual HQ in US & Japan**: Strong presence in both the US and Japanese markets, with deep local expertise and support.

## Strategic Focus
- **U.S. Expansion**: Building a dedicated go-to-market team and deepening presence among mid-sized and enterprise customers in the U.S. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)
- **Product Development**: Extending ERP modules and AI capabilities, with a focus on making the platform programmable for a world where humans and AI agents collaborate. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)
- **Scaling Japan Operations**: Expanding delivery and customer success teams to support existing strong market traction in Japan. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)
- **B2B Expansion**: Moving beyond its original retail/ecommerce focus to serve the more complex needs of B2B operations. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a remote-first, distributed team with a strong emphasis on deep technical expertise (team includes core contributors to Go and open-source libraries, Ph.D.s in CS, and former McKinsey/Oracle/Accenture leads). [tailor.tech](https://www.tailor.tech/about)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: "Working from everywhere" — a distributed team with local presence where customers operate. Most roles are US-Remote, with specific roles in Australia and Japan. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tailor/jobs)
- **Notable Perks**: Backed by Y Combinator; offers a modern, sleek UI (no clunky 1999 interfaces); transparent pricing with no user fees; hands-on implementation and support included.
- **Engineering Culture**: Emphasizes building at startup speed with enterprise insight. The team is building a low-code platform, AI agent infrastructure, and a headless architecture — appealing to engineers who want to work on complex, foundational infrastructure problems.
- **Growth Trajectory**: High-growth stage (50 people, $7.5M revenue, fresh $22M Series A) — offering significant ownership and impact for early hires.

## Sources
1. [tailor.tech (Official Website)](https://www.tailor.tech/)
2. [tailor.tech (About Page)](https://www.tailor.tech/about)
3. [Y Combinator (Tailor Jobs)](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/tailor/jobs)
4. [LinkedIn (Tailor Company Page)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailortech)
5. [TechCrunch (Series A Funding)](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tailor-a-headless-erp-startup-raises-22m-series-a/)

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