Senior Forward Deployed Product Builder (AI)

Location: Remote in the United States; flexibility to travel on-site to customers and to the Austin, TX offices as needed.

Company

hirify.global maps subsurface infrastructure and provides reliable, real-time utility data for the construction and infrastructure industry.

What you will do

• Run continuous discovery with utility owner customers through calls, site visits, and workflow shadowing.
• Map the Utility Owners market, identify customer pain points and commercial opportunities, and build a scalable product roadmap.
• Define target sub-segments, positioning, and the market-entry strategy in partnership with executive and engineering leadership.
• Use AI-native tools such as Claude and Cursor to prototype and demonstrate working Alpha products rapidly.
• Translate validated concepts into production-ready requirements and support the handoff to engineering.
• Define and track segment outcomes including adoption, revenue, and land-and-expand growth.

Requirements

• BA, BS, BE, MBA, or another relevant educational background in business, computer science, architecture, or industrial engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in management consulting and/or product management at a B2B SaaS, data, or AI-native company.
• Ability to independently design, prototype, and ship working software with modern AI tools, while understanding and correcting generated output.
• Experience operating in a 0-to-1, forward-deployed role and shaping products directly with executives and customers.
• Strong strategic problem-solving, communication, and customer-to-engineering translation skills.
• Ability to travel to customer sites and the Austin, TX offices as needed.

Nice to have

• Top-tier consulting experience combined with hands-on product experience.
• A side project, startup, or open-source project built substantially with AI tools.
• Experience with utility infrastructure, civil or damage-prevention work, permitting, compliance, fines, or infrastructure project risk.
• Prior engineering experience or a technical degree.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-first product culture centered on prototyping, iteration, and demonstrating functioning software.
• Foundational role with direct reporting to the VP Product and close collaboration with Engineering, the CEO, and the Chief Growth Officer.
• Opportunity to shape a new Utility Owners business segment and grow into broader product or AI strategy ownership.
• Direct impact on utility risk management, damage prevention, and infrastructure safety.