> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Forward Deployed Product Manager (FDPM) Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c1ed36a686206add Accenture posts a FDE role to plan what the customer deploys first in Columbus, OH and 3 more, at $59,100–$156,800 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. Lead discovery and mobilization and stand up the agentic harness Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) First seen Oct 13, 2026 · open on Workday as of Nov 8, 2026 **$59,100–$156,800** *annualized* Columbus, OH +3 Hybrid Lead discovery and mobilization and stand up the agentic harness - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fc1ed36a686206add&placement=top) - [View posting at Accenture](https://accenture.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/AccentureCareers/job/Columbus-400-W-Nationwide-Blvd-Corp/Forward-Deployed-Product-Manager--FDPM-_R00363664-1) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $59K–$157K Below the median Midpoint $108K · median $190K This job $59K to $157K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Plans what the customer deploys first Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Up to 75%** - **Coding**: Prototypes and scripts - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **3+ years** product, technical-product, or delivery leadership with technical fluency and client-facing delivery - **1+ years** AI-first skills, including building agents, spec-driven development, context engineering, and prototyping with AI - **1+ years** generative AI and LLM fundamentals - **12+ years** work experience as an alternative to a bachelor's degree - **6+ years** work experience required with an associate degree as an alternative education path Background - **Software engineering** - **Implementation and data engineering** Visa - **No visa sponsorship** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 1+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Columbus, OH · Atlanta, GA · +2 more. Could you work in one of these? The posting says no visa sponsorship. Do you need one? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Columbus, OH · Atlanta, GA · Tampa, FL · Dallas, TX - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Hybrid with three days per week in the office in Columbus, Atlanta, Tampa, or Dallas. - **Visa sponsorship**: Not available - **Travel**: Up to 75% - **Pay**: ## More like this [BlackRock](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/blackrock) ### [Forward Deployed Business Analyst, Associate - BTO](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/215a18b796bead8d) New York, NY · Atlanta, GA Hybrid 12d ago $95,000–$137,500 [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Legal Engineer, Legal Products Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec42914b1144c712) Frisco, TX · New York, NY Hybrid 12d ago $94,900–$203,000 [Sia](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sia) ### [Consultant / Senior Consultant - Forward-Deployed Business Analyst (Financial Services)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/902d89236ae62ee4) Charlotte, NC · New York, NY · +5 more Hybrid 10d ago $80,000–$116,000 - [Other jobs at Accenture (43)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture) ## The job description from Accenture ### We are The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) is the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000* people across 24 countries, ATCs will provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. ### Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems leveraging Innovation, Intelligence, Industry insights, new IT and new technology skills. Now, with the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. ### The value for our clients and our people For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges ### You are An AI-native Forward Deployed Product Manager who leads a single AI delivery team built on an agentic harness (the orchestration environment of agents, skills, specs, and context that produces and runs the product). You turn business problems into the specs the harness executes, run the loop yourself, and demonstrate the working product and its value directly to clients. You build and skill your own agents, engineer the context the harness reasons over, and prototype to shape a product fast. You are technically fluent and hands-on, without replacing the engineering accountability for production code and operations. **Building agents**: hands-on experience creating and skilling AI agents (skills, tools, and context / markdown files). **Spec-driven development**: writing specifications and driving development from them. **Context engineering**: curating the knowledge, retrieval, and memory an AI system reasons over. **Vibe coding and prototyping**: building clickable prototypes and concepts with AI tools. **Generative AI and LLM fundamentals**: working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, prompt engineering, AI agents, and agentic workflows. **Product or delivery leadership**: experience leading product management, technical product management, delivery management, or business analysis in complex environments. **Technical fluency**: APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, and modern architectures; able to discuss interaction and dependency points with engineers (without owning the implementation). **Client-facing delivery**: ability to run client demos and communicate product value independently. **Leadership through influence**: ability to lead without authority, make decisions under ambiguity, and operate effectively in evolving client environments. ### The Work You will embed with a client delivery team and lead one harness team end to end: from discovery and mobilization, through writing the specs and business requirements the harness runs on, to running demos of the working product and the harness itself. You manage the team to stakeholder expectations; the stakeholder-leadership seat sits with the Senior Forward Deployed Product Manager. ### Responsibilities **Lead discovery and mobilization (first ~2 weeks)**: assess what the team and client need, break down the problem, and stand up the agentic harness for the product.· **Build and skill AI agents for the harness**: create agent skills and tools, author markdown / context files, and engineer the context the harness reasons over.· **Write specifications and drive spec-driven development**: author clear, open specs the AI harness can pick up and iterate on.· **Prototype and vibe-code to shape the product**: build clickable prototypes and concepts with AI to align stakeholders quickly (concepts and UI, not production code).· **Partner with stakeholders on requirements**: gather and continuously refine evolving business requirements into the technical form the harness executes and iterates.· **Run the harness and run demos independently**: show the working product, the value delivered, and how the harness operates at each step, without needing an engineer on the call.· **Shape and prioritize the feature pipeline**: features within a sprint, epics across sprints, keeping the delivery runway healthy.· **Manage the team to stakeholder expectations**: own delivery commitments and keep the team aligned to what stakeholders expect.· **This is hybrid role and will require three days per week in the office; travel 25% to 75% per business need.** **Hiring locations: Columbus, OH; Atlanta, GA; Tampa, FL; or Dallas, TX**. ### Here’s What You Need - A minimum of three years of experience of product, technical-product or delivery leadership experience with technical fluency (APIs, integrations, cloud) and strong client-facing delivery. - A minimum of one year of experience with AI-first skills (building agents, spec-driven development, context engineering and prototyping with AI). - A minimum of one year of experience with GenAI and LLM fundamentals - Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.) ### Preferred Qualifications - Hands-on expertise with enterprise AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex; relevant certifications a plus. - Experience in regulated industries or environments with significant privacy, security, compliance, or risk requirements. - Product management, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related professional certification. Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/23/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture Role Location Annual Salary Range California $70,350 to $196,000 Colorado $63,800 to $169,300 Connecticut $63,800 to $169,300 District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300 Illinois $59,100 to $169,300 Maine $54,400 to $144,300 Maryland $63,800 to $169,300 Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300 Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300 New York $66,300 to $196,000 New Jersey $68,000 to $196,000 Ohio $59,100 to $156,800 Virginia $59,100 to $180,300 Washington $80,200 to $180,300 ### About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com * **What We Believe*** *We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. 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