Spruce Systems delivers AI site audits for commercial landscaping teams. More visibility, more quotes, less windshield time — without extra work for crews. Backed by a16z.
About the role
We are seeking a Forward Deployed Product Manager to sit alongside our government customers during discovery, architecture, and design, sometimes while engineering is building, and help them work out what they actually need and why. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 6–10+ years of product experience at startups or on new product initiatives. Former founder or founding-team operator is the ideal profile
- Zero-to-one experience: you have taken a product from nothing to shipped, or identified and pursued entirely new opportunities
- Meaningful experience in education, workforce development, or adjacent sectors
- A real interest in workforce development and expanding opportunity through technology
- Experience in government or another highly regulated environment
- Customer-embedded experience: forward-deployed product, solutions PM, implementation, or founder-led delivery all count
More about this role
Travel: Depending on the assigned engagement, substantial travel to state government partner sites may be expected
Clearance: Must be eligible and able to pass a government background check
Our mission is to let users control their data across the web. We build privacy-preserving, standards-based digital identity and credentialing systems that help governments and institutions increase access to important services and benefits programs while reducing fraud. We believe the right approach to product management is critical to combining high standards of usability, security, and privacy into a seamless user experience and driving broad adoption.
We are seeking a Forward Deployed Product Manager to sit alongside our government customers during discovery, architecture, and design, sometimes while engineering is building, and help them work out what they actually need and why.
You will support specific deployments, from statewide identity programs to large-scale education and workforce credentialing initiatives. Each must be localized to its own ecosystem: stakeholders, user demographics, regulations, and program objectives. Even as we sell a product to a customer, we treat the overall...
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