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# Forward-Deployed Product Manager - FDPM (US Remote) at Tailor

- **Company:** Tailor
- **Location:** North, United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tailor/1f91d0b6-b71f-4407-bf13-729f64384e7a

## Job description

Forward-Deployed Product Manager

## 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 a Forward-Deployed Product Manager to serve as the key bridge between our clients and internal product and engineering teams. You’ll play a vital role in extracting requirements, managing communications, and supporting successful deployments led by the technical team. This client-facing, high-context role focuses on clarity, alignment, and speed.

## What You’ll Do

- Gather and Clarify Requirements
- Work directly with clients to understand business needs and pain points
- Translate those needs into clear, prioritized requirements for engineers
- Own the Client Relationship
- Act as the main point of contact for client-facing conversations during onboarding, scoping, and delivery
- Proactively manage expectations, timelines, and feedback loops.
- Support Internal Teams
- Provide context and clarity to engineers to help ensure smooth delivery. Ensure alignment between what was requested, what’s being built, and what’s being shipped.
- Build Repeatable Patterns
- Identify recurring client needs and help formalize templates, docs, or processes to streamline future deployments.
- Help improve internal handoff flows, requirement intake, and communication patterns.
- Shape the Product Roadmap
- Distil recurring customer insights into strategic themes, prioritized high-impact features, and propose data-driven roadmap that advances Tailor’s vision.

## What We’re Looking For

- 2+ years in a Software Company
- Relevant experience in a SaaS, ERP, or composable software environment is preferred, especially with an understanding of modular solutions, low-code platforms, or customer-centric software deployments.
- 5+ years in product management, solutions, customer success, or consulting roles with strong client interaction
- Proven ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience managing customer relationships, translating business needs into actionable product requirements, and facilitating customer-driven product changes.
- Exceptional communication skills — you can make complex things sound simple and actionable.
- Organized, structured thinker who can reduce ambiguity
- Technically fluent enough to collaborate with engineers and ask the right questions
- Based in or willing to be frequently present in Los Angeles. ~20% travel.
- Travel requirements/expectations. 15-20%

## Nice to Have

- Experience with ERP, internal tools, or operational SaaS products
- Familiarity with APIs, data workflows, or developer platforms
- Consulting or customer onboarding background
- Comfortable supporting multiple stakeholders and balancing competing priorities

## Compensation & Benefits

- Salary: $130,000 – $170,000 + Bonus
- 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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