Remote Product Development Manager, Consumer Goods

Adaptive Teams; Philippines; Remote; PHP 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptive Teams is seeking a Product Development Project Manager for a fully remote role based in the Philippines. You will own costing, pricing, timelines, and project plans while bridging our China-based product team with Sales, ensuring visibility across milestones and launches.

The role emphasizes product development over software or IT, with a focus on consumer goods and e-commerce. Strong Excel/Sheets skills and experience with overseas suppliers are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Project management experience in consumer product development, ideally physical goods sold through retail or e-commerce.
• Experience managing product timelines from concept through sampling, production, and launch.
• Strong understanding of product costing, pricing, and margins.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills: you're comfortable building and maintaining cost models.
• Experience building Gantt charts and project plans (Smartsheet, Monday, Asana, MS Project, or similar).
• Experience working with overseas suppliers or manufacturing teams, especially in China, is a strong plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; you keep busy teams informed without being asked.
• Highly organized and comfortable juggling many products at different stages.
• Background in software, IT, or localization project management alone is not a fit for this role.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the product cost calculator, including materials, manufacturing, packaging, freight, and landed costs.
• Build and update pricing models to support margin targets and sales decisions.
• Create and manage product development timelines and Gantt charts across multiple projects.
• Coordinate daily with the China team to track samples, approvals, revisions, and production milestones.
• Keep Sales updated on product status, launch dates, costs, and changes.
• Flag delays, cost changes, and risks early, and propose solutions.
• Organize project documentation, trackers, and status reports.
• Run regular check-ins to keep stakeholders aligned and decisions moving.
• Improve processes and tools so product development runs smoothly as the portfolio grows.

Skills

Project management

Product development

Costing & pricing

Timelines & Gantt

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Organizational skills

Retail/e-commerce knowledge

Tools

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Asana

MS Project

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Adaptive Teams is seeking a Product Development Project Manager for a fully remote role based in the Philippines. You will own costing, pricing, timelines, and project plans while bridging our China-based product team with Sales, ensuring visibility across milestones and launches.

The role emphasizes product development over software or IT, with a focus on consumer goods and e-commerce. Strong Excel/Sheets skills and experience with overseas suppliers are highly valued.