Service
Forward Deployed Product Management
Who it is for
Founders and product leaders with an AI feature or agent to ship who need senior product management before, or alongside, engineering capacity.
When clients call
- An AI idea with executive backing but no written requirements or success measures
- A backlog of AI requests with no agreed priority order
- Engineering ready to build while the product definition is still changing
- A forward deployed engineering engagement that needs product direction to start
Scope
- Discovery with stakeholders, customers and engineering to define the problem and constraints
- Product requirements and acceptance criteria for the AI feature or agent in scope
- Prioritised backlog sequenced by value, risk and dependency
- Evaluation criteria and success measures for model behaviour, agreed before build
- Handover into forward deployed AI engineering, with requirements traceable through delivery
Method and standards
- Dual-track discovery and delivery practice
- NIST AI RMF 1.0 measurement functions
- ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI system lifecycle
Deliverables
- Product requirements document with acceptance criteria
- Prioritised backlog with owners
- Evaluation and success-measure plan
- Engineering handover pack and decision log
Engagement arrangements
Dates, responsibilities and any ongoing review cadence are agreed in the written scope. Retesting is included where stated in that scope.
What happens after the scoping call
Written scope and fixed-fee proposal within one business day of your scoping call. The scope names the standards applied, the deliverables, the dates and the people doing the work.
Questions
Who leads the product work?+
A named senior product manager leads the engagement, with their background supplied in the proposal. Responsibilities, availability and cadence are agreed in the written scope.
How does this connect to forward deployed AI engineering?+
Product management defines what to build and in what order; forward deployed AI engineering builds and secures it. Each is scoped separately, and either can stand alone.
Does this replace our product team?+
No. The engagement adds senior product capacity inside your team for the agreed scope. Product ownership and roadmap authority stay with you.
How is the fee set?+
The written proposal defines the fixed fee, responsibilities and deliverables. Any change to scope is agreed in writing before additional work begins. Ongoing advisory includes an agreed review cadence and availability.
How is our evidence handled?+
Evidence is held under NDA, encrypted at rest and in transit, restricted to the named engagement team and destroyed on the schedule stated in the scope. It is never used to train any model.
Tell us what changed.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. Written scope and fixed-fee proposal within one business day of your scoping call.
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