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# Forward Deployed Product Manager at Code and Theory

- **Company:** Code and Theory
- **Location:** Austin Texas, United States / New York New York, United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://www.codeandtheory.com/careers/8843433002?gh_jid=8843433002

## Job description

The Machine is the agentic operating system for marketing, built by Code and Theory. It plugs into the tools marketing teams use and turns disconnected workflows into a single intelligent system, connecting brand strategy, creative production, and media performance. The Machine helps power agencies across Stagwell's network and world-leading brands.

We're looking for a Forward Deployed Product Manager who will be embedded directly in implementation pods, turning client and internal needs into clear, actionable product requirements during platform rollouts. This person bridges product, delivery, and implementation teams throughout rollout — defining workflows, prototyping solutions, and shaping how The Machine's agents behave in real-world use.

They own discrete workstreams end-to-end, translating ambiguous business needs into structured requirements that implementation engineers can act on without dropping specificity along the way. They're comfortable moving between client context, product thinking, and delivery realities, and are increasingly the person who creates structure where none exists rather than waiting for someone else to define it.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Gather and clarify business requirements directly from clients and internal stakeholders during implementations
- Translate ambiguous workflows into structured requirements, user stories, and briefs that a delivery team can work from
- Prototype flows, prompts, and lightweight solutions to validate direction quickly, before investing in full builds
- Partner with Technical Account Managers to keep implementations moving and unblock decisions in real time
- Work closely with implementation engineers to refine solutions in-market as real usage surfaces new edge cases
- Identify recurring workflow patterns across deployments and feed them back into the core product roadmap
- Document decisions, edge cases, and process changes as the team learns, so knowledge doesn't live in one person's head
- Support discovery, solution design, and handoff across multiple concurrent deployments
- Identify and proactively communicate risks, blockers, and trade-offs as they emerge
- Stay current with modern AI tooling and bring new prototyping and prompting techniques back into the team's practice

## WHAT YOU'LL NEED

- 2–5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, solutions consulting, forward-deployed, or implementation roles — ideally from a startup, SaaS, or technical services environment
- A track record of owning workstreams independently and delivering high-quality work on complex, ambiguous projects with limited supervision
- Strong systems thinking and workflow intuition, with the judgment to make good calls on incomplete information
- Hands-on comfort with prototyping, prompting, and workflow design using modern AI tools — you're technical and curious, not just directionally aware
- Excellent communication skills, able to move fluidly between technical and non-technical stakeholders and between client context and internal delivery realities
- High ownership and a bias to action — you're more likely to write the playbook than wait for one
- Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments spanning product, delivery, and engineering

## ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.

The compensation range for this role is $70,000 – $140,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location.

## About Code and Theory

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Code and Theory is a technology-first creative network that partners with businesses to solve complex challenges in consumer behavior, emerging tech, and AI.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Stagwell Group, acquired in 2016)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Digital creative agency, business consulting, technology services
- Target customers: B2B, enterprise clients (e.g., Amazon, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, NBC, NFL, Yeti)
- Mission: “To redefine what is possible to create lasting impact and drive long-term growth” [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)

## Products & Services
- **Transformational Technology**: Building best-in-class platforms and technical infrastructure, often extending into connected physical expressions [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/).
- **Integrated Marketing**: Delivering the right messages to new and existing customers across the entire ecosystem [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/).
- **Data, Analytics and Research**: Data-driven approach enabling understanding of end-to-end consumer journeys, powering work from start to finish [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/).
- **Business & Organizational Consulting**: Helping clients reinvent technical infrastructure and roadmap to deliver for today’s and tomorrow’s needs [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/).
- **Services, Platforms & Products**: Defining and delivering products, services, and communications, as well as designing the business itself [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (subsidiary of Stagwell, a publicly traded company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $30.5M (LinkedIn estimate, 2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company Stagwell Group; key clients include Amazon, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, NBC, NFL, Yeti [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
- **Growth Signals**: 540 employees (+0.3% YoY), operates in 15 countries, active job postings (10), recent AI transformation hires (Head of AI, AI Transformation Lead) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)

## Competitive Advantages
- Balanced workforce: 50% creative, 50% engineers, enabling seamless integration of creativity and technology [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
- Strong client roster across industries (finance, healthcare, tech, media)
- Deep expertise in publishing – embedded in 135+ newsrooms over the past decade [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
- Part of Stagwell network, providing global footprint and resources

## Strategic Focus
- AI transformation: dedicated roles like Head of AI and AI Transformation Lead [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
- Expanding data and analytics capabilities
- Continued growth in integrated marketing and business consulting

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “not typical,” with emphasis on smart, interesting, forward-thinking people. Open door policy, flexible work schedule, hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site) [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
- **Perks**: 401(K) matching, generous parental leave, family medical leave, dental/vision/disability insurance, FSA, paid holidays, generous PTO, company-sponsored happy hours [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
- **Professional Development**: Job training & conferences, mentorship program, promote from within [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
- **Diversity**: Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff, diversity manifesto, documented equal pay policy [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
- **Locations**: New York (HQ), Manila, Bengaluru, plus other global offices [codeandtheory.com](https://www.codeandtheory.com/location/new-york)
- **Salary Examples**: Junior Creative Strategist ~$93k, Senior Strategist ~$144k, Brand Strategist ~$112k [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
- **Active Hiring**: 10 open positions (e.g., Senior Recruiter, AI roles, Engineering, Marketing) [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/codeandtheory)

## Sources
1. [Code and Theory Website](https://www.codeandtheory.com/)
2. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeandtheory)
3. [Built In NYC Profile](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/code-and-theory)
4. [Careers Page (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/codeandtheory)

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