Product Manager, Forward Deployed
Company websiteexa.ai (Exa, opens in new tab)
Base salary $155K to $275K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About Exa
Exa is building a search engine for the AI era. Our Search API currently powers Agents, Fortune 500s, and AI labs. We're a largely SF-based team of ~150 from Harvard, MIT, Meta, Google Research, ex-founders, and dropouts alike.
About this role
Forward Deployed PM candidates are customer obsessed. Majority of your time will be spent in the field talking to customers and connecting their technical requirements to Exa product offerings. FDPMs ensure our customers’ success by building and delivering solutions that meet their needs.
Minimum requirements
2-8+ years of product management experience building technical or developer-facing products
Strong technical background - CS/EE degree, production engineering experience, or equivalent depth earned on the job.
Ability to communicate highly technical concepts to all kinds of audiences including the latest AI developments
Focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones
Ability to navigate complex customer/technical scenarios and come up with creative solutions
Preferred: Early startup or founding experience + technical PM experience
Key responsibilities
Customer Journey
Engage directly with customers from fast-moving startups to large enterprises, to identify use cases and convert interest into long-term usage and expansion
Help our sales team define + propose tailored solutions and proof-of-value demos that demonstrate Exa’s value
Help GTM team appropriately price our products in custom engagements
Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, often interfacing with executive audience members and engineers alike
Product Roadmap
Identify common themes and high leverage feature requests across customers
Drive execution of product enablement
Exa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, criminal histories consistent with applicable law, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Source: Exa on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($155,000) is above 27% of the 849 Product roles in California listed on this site; 6 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,800; the middle half runs from $151,200 to $205,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingProduct Manager, Forward Deployed$155K to $275K
Field Event Manager$155K to $180K
Design Engineer$150K to $280K
Technical Enablement Manager$150K to $225K
Product Manager, Evals$160K to $300K
Brand Designer$150K to $250K
Product Manager$160K to $300K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Product Manager, Forward Deployed (this listing) | $155K - $275K |
| Field Event Manager | $155K - $180K |
| Design Engineer | $150K - $280K |
| Technical Enablement Manager | $150K - $225K |
| Product Manager, Evals | $160K - $300K |
| Brand Designer | $150K - $250K |
| Product Manager | $160K - $300K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- fields changed
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-26
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco, California
USD 155,000 – 275,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
- Method
- Structured pay field published by the employer
- Checked
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What we verified
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
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