# Product Manager, Forward Deployed at Exa

> Onsite · United States · Unspecified · Product · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aexa%3A521540d5-697e-4020-aa83-cd2f60e144a2 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Exa](https://alderhq.app/companies/exa)
- Location text: San Francisco, California
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, California")
- Posted: 2026-09-26 (42 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/exa/521540d5-697e-4020-aa83-cd2f60e144a2

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $155k–$275k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 192): p25 $180k, median $214k, p75 $260k

## Description (the employer's text)

### 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.

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