Product Manager, Forward Deployed AI

Hybrid Work Environment: We believe in the value of in-person collaboration. This role requires team members to work from our Chicago office two days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely on other days.

Your Mission

Sparetech helps industrial manufacturers get control of their spare parts. Our platform cleans, enriches and connects spare parts data so maintenance, procurement and engineering teams find the right part, avoid duplicate stock and keep plants running. Now we are building the next layer: AI agents that don't just organize parts data but act on it.

Your mission is to prove these AI capabilities with a few of our largest US customers, then ship them for all. You will work in two places: on the plant floor with strategic manufacturing accounts, and in the core product with our engineers. You find a high-value problem, prototype an AI-powered solution on real customer data, own the outcome, and turn what worked into capabilities every customer benefits from.

We offer you the opportunity to

• Work where the problems are: Run discovery on-site at customer plants and offices with maintenance, reliability, procurement and IT leaders, and agree on scope and success criteria before any code is written.

• Deliver live results, not slide decks: Lead focused engagements of 6 to 12 weeks that end in a workflow customers use every day.

• Build it yourself: Test ideas in days, not quarters, by creating working prototypes on real customer data with AI coding and prototyping tools.

• Turn field wins into platform capabilities: Shape reusable, configurable features that handle each customer's data, business rules, permissions and systems, such as SAP and IBM Maximo.

• Set the bar for AI quality: Define with Engineering how we measure and improve accuracy, latency, cost and failure handling in matching and enrichment.

• Design AI people can trust: Create agent experiences with the right level of autonomy, clear confirmations, transparent actions and clean handoffs to humans.

• Own the product answer: Decide what gets built, what gets declined and what goes on the core roadmap, and help define how forward-deployed product work runs at Sparetech.

• Grow with momentum: Join right after our Series B and help lead the AI transformation of how manufacturers manage spare parts.

Become a part of our team if you

• Bring product experience: Have 3 to 5 years of product management experience and have owned B2B products from discovery through launch and iteration.

• Have shipped AI: Have delivered AI-powered products such as LLM applications, agents, workflow automation or data products, and know where language models excel, where they fail and how to evaluate them.

• Build things yourself: Turn messy problems into working prototypes and feel comfortable with data, APIs and AI coding tools.

• Earn trust with enterprise customers: Run discovery with senior operations and IT leaders, scope problems decisively and say no without losing the room.

• Deliver outcomes: Have led time-boxed, outcome-based work where the result was a live system.

• Think in platforms: Tell a one-off request from a pattern and design for configuration rather than custom builds.

• Thrive in ambiguity: Move fast, make decisions with incomplete information, and write and speak clearly in English.

• Travel when it matters: Are based in the Chicago area and can travel about 25% of the time, with heavier periods around kickoffs and go-lives.

• Bonus points: Bring experience in manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain or industrial procurement, familiarity with SAP, IBM Maximo or master data management, a background in forward-deployed, solutions engineering, consulting or founder roles, or experience with entity matching, data enrichment or search problems.

You can expect

Our base salary is just one component of the competitive total rewards strategy. We value the well-being and professional growth of our team. That's why we offer:

• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation, plus public holidays.

• Hybrid Work Model: Enjoy a flexible work setup, typically spending two days per week in our Chicago office.

• Professional Development: An annual training budget of $1,000 to support your growth in a dynamic, startup environment.

• Ownership Mindset: Participate in our VSOP program and contribute directly to the growth and success of a fast-scaling company.

• Healthcare Coverage: Healthcare benefits to help support you and your family.

• Make a Visible Impact: Be part of a team where your ideas matter and where you'll help build the foundations, processes, and culture that support our continued growth in North America.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan: Save for retirement through our 401(k) program with automatic enrollment and discretionary employer contributions.

About SPARETECH

SPARETECH's vision is to empower the zero-waste industrial sharing economy by enabling maintenance and procurement teams at manufacturing leaders like Bosch, Porsche, and Nestlé to reduce MRO spend and optimize inventory through accurate part information, internal transparency, and market visibility.

To achieve this, we have built, and continue to build, an AI-powered MRO software that connects all players in the spare parts ecosystem, from manufacturers and suppliers to the people working behind the machines. By facilitating the exchange of data, knowledge, and expertise, we create shared visibility that empowers smarter decisions, reduces waste, and drives seamless collaboration. This connected spare parts intelligence unlocks value that extends far beyond software.

Backed by Insight Partners , SPARETECH is accelerating its growth with a strong focus on product innovation and team excellence. We take pride in our inclusive and collaborative culture, as well as our energetic and committed team.