Product Manager – Engineering

ABOUT GESTURE

Gesture is where technology meets humanity, a place where innovation, emotion, and impact collide. We're a fast-growing tech company using AI, machine learning, and intelligent logistics to power a first-of-its-kind platform that connects people and brands through real-world, tangible experiences. From our mobile app to our B2B Reach
360 platform, Gesture blends data, emotion, and automation to build the future of human connection, at scale.

Inside our NYC headquarters, you'll find an environment that moves with the pace and precision of Silicon Valley but with the heart of something far greater. We run on cutting-edge tools, creative experimentation, and raw ambition. Every project, every feature, every release you work on here matters because it's seen, felt, and experienced by real people around the world. At Gesture, you'll work alongside some of the smartest, most driven operators, engineers, and creatives in the industry, people who think big, move fast, and care deeply about the work they do.

This is a front-row seat to the future of connection. If you want to help build something that's changing how the world interacts, welcome to Gesture.

Gesture is investing aggressively in AI-driven intelligence to power the next generation of marketing and commerce using a gift-centric approach. Our roadmap focuses on building intelligence that anticipates, adapts, and compounds predicting intent, optimizing campaigns in real time, and delivering deeply personalized experiences driven by real-world behavior, through systems that continuously learn and improve with every interaction.

This is not surface-level automation. We're building intelligence directly into the core of how our mobile app and B2B platform are planned, executed, and measured  Gesture, you're not joining a static app company. You're joining a team building the infrastructure for how people and brands connect in a post-digital-fatigue world.

Gesture's engineering team is shipping fast across our mobile app and B2B platform, and we need someone who can turn ambiguity into a clear, prioritized roadmap translating what the business and customers need into what engineering actually builds next.

This role sits between the CEO/leadership and the engineering team. You are the person who makes sure the right things get built, in the right order, for the right reasons. You are not a note-taker in standups. You own the "what" and the "why" so engineering can own the "how."

We're open to structuring this as a fractional Head of Product engagement to start, with a path to full-time as scope and trust grow.

• The product roadmap for our mobile app and/or B2B platform, prioritized against business and revenue goals
• Translating CEO and leadership vision into clear specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria engineering can execute against
• The backlog: grooming, prioritizing, and making the hard calls about what doesn't get built this sprint
• Sprint planning and delivery cadence in partnership with engineering leads
• Bridging engineering with Sales, B2B, and Consumer teams so product decisions reflect real customer and market needs
• QA of shipped features against the original intent, closing the loop between what was asked for and what was delivered
• AI/data product surface: matching logic, data enrichment strategy, and analytics offerings

Let's be clear:

• This is not a project coordinator role that just schedules meetings and updates a Jira board
• This is not a role for someone who needs a fully-staffed PM org to be effective
• This is not a "build slides about the roadmap" job you own the roadmap
• This is not a role for people uncomfortable saying no to stakeholders, including leadership

I. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Build and maintain a prioritized roadmap for engineering, grounded in business impact
• Partner with the CEO and engineering leads to translate high-level vision into concrete, sequenced initiatives
• Continuously reassess priorities as the business and market shift

II. Execution & Delivery

• Write clear specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Run or support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release cadence
• Track delivery against plan and flag risk early, not after it's a fire

III. Cross-Functional Translation

• Act as the connective tissue between engineering and Sales, B2B, and Consumer Mobile App teams
• Gather and synthesize feedback from customer-facing teams into actionable product requirements
• Represent the "why" behind engineering priorities to the rest of the company

IV. Quality & Feedback Loop

• Validate shipped work against original intent before it's called "done"
• Build a lightweight process for gathering user/customer feedback post-launch
• Identify recurring gaps between what was requested and what was built, and fix the process causing them

In 30 days:
You understand the current roadmap, the engineering team's workflow, and where the…