PM, Hardware

Gantri; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, vision benefits

Equity options

Professional development

Job summary

Gantri is seeking a Product Manager for Physical Product in California to own requirements, schedules, roadmaps, and testing, turning strategy into shipped products.

Your focus includes launching Wireless and Low programs and supporting Gantri Made and the 2027 Creator Release, while collaborating with design, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and marketing to keep launches on track.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product or program management experience in physical consumer products (lighting, furniture, home goods, or electronics).
• Proven track record shipping physical products from concept through mass production with contract manufacturers and overseas vendors.
• Strong writer of PRDs and product requirements linking business and user outcomes to clear, testable requirements.
• Knowledge of hardware development phases (EVT/DVT/PVT), BOMs, unit cost, and certification; experience with connected or battery-powered products is a plus.
• Experience planning and running user testing and turning qualitative/quantitative feedback into product decisions.
• Comfort owning schedules, budgets, and capacity plans with strong spreadsheet and PM skills.
• Excellent communication skills to align designers, engineers, vendors, and executives around clear decisions.
• Highly organized and able to run several programs in a fast-moving startup.
• Passion for design, sustainability, and new manufacturing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve Gantri’s physical product strategy translating company goals, market signals, and user insights into priorities.
• Write and maintain PRDs and product requirements as the single source of truth for ID, PDE, EE/firmware, sourcing, manufacturing, QA, and marketing.
• Own program schedules and requirements across EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, tracking milestones, dependencies, risks and gate reviews.
• Plan and run user testing, including in-home testing with employees and customers, turning findings into requirement changes.
• Prioritize and build product roadmaps, and lead budget planning for physical product programs, tracking spend against plan.
• Manage team capacity, balancing resources across design, engineering, and sourcing and flagging conflicts early.
• Drive launch readiness and ongoing development of Wireless and Low programs across product, operations, marketing, sales, and customer experience.
• Support Gantri Made products and the 2027 Creator Release from brief through launch in partnership with designers and brands.
• Build scalable processes and documentation (PRD templates, gate reviews, decision logs) that grow with the team.

Skills

Product management

Hardware knowledge

PRD writing

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

Sustainability

Design-for-manufacture

Cross-functional leadership

Execution discipline

Job description

About Gantri

Gantri is the first digital manufacturer for design. We enable any designer or brand to create high-quality, sustainable design products 10x faster with no minimums. We manufacture at our Digital Factory in California on-demand at industrial-scale efficiency and ship directly to the end customer. Gantri is the most awarded design manufacturer in America.

Role

We’re seeking an exceptional Product Manager, Physical Product to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to Gantri’s physical product programs. You will own the product requirements, schedules, roadmaps, and testing that turn Gantri’s product strategy into shipped products.

Your near-term focus will be launching and developing our Wireless and Low programs, and supporting the development of new Gantri Made products and our 2027 Creator Release. Over time, you’ll help shape the physical product strategy as Gantri expands beyond lighting into furniture, metal, and other categories.

This is a hands-on, execution-oriented role for a product manager who loves physical products and thrives on making complex programs run on time. You’ll operate at the intersection of industrial design, product design engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and marketing—working with internal teams and external partners and vendors to keep requirements clear, decisions moving, and launches on track.

You will report to the Head of Product and collaborate closely with design, engineering, operations, sales, and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Help define and evolve Gantri’s physical product strategy, translating company goals, market signals, and user insights into category, collection, and program priorities.
• Write and maintain PRDs and product requirements that serve as the single source of truth for ID, PDE, EE/firmware, sourcing, manufacturing, QA, and marketing.
• Own program schedules and requirements across development phases (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP), tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, and gate reviews with internal teams and external partners.
  • Launch types
    • ICR
    • Made
    • Custom Art
    • Component
    • Category
• Plan and run user testing—including in-home testing with employees and customers—and turn the findings into clear requirement changes.
• Prioritize and build product roadmaps, and lead budget planning for physical product programs, tracking spend against plan.
• Manage team capacity, balancing resourcing across design, engineering, and sourcing and flagging conflicts early.
• Drive the launch and ongoing development of the Wireless and Low programs, coordinating launch readiness across product, operations, marketing, sales, and customer experience.
• Support the development of new Gantri Made products and the 2027 Creator Release, from brief through launch, in partnership with designers, brands, and internal teams.
• Build scalable processes and documentation (PRD templates, gate reviews, decision logs) that grow with the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product or program management experience in physical consumer products—ideally lighting, furniture, home goods, or consumer electronics.
• Proven track record shipping physical products from concept through mass production, including work with contract manufacturers and overseas vendors.
• Strong writer of PRDs and product requirements that connect business and user outcomes to clear, testable requirements.
• Working knowledge of hardware development phases (EVT/DVT/PVT), BOMs, unit cost, and certification; experience with connected or battery-powered products is a plus.
• Experience planning and running user testing and turning qualitative and quantitative feedback into product decisions.
• Comfort owning schedules, budgets, and capacity plans, with strong spreadsheet and project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align designers, engineers, vendors, and executives around clear decisions.
• Highly organized and able to run several programs at once in a fast-moving startup.
• Passion for design, sustainability, and new approaches to manufacturing.

Why Gantri?

• Be part of a company reimagining how design meets manufacturing.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping the building blocks of Gantri products.
• Drive innovation on our next-generation digital manufacturing platform.
• Advance sustainable design practices in real-world production.
• Work in a fast-growing, design-driven environment.
• Bring visionary concepts to life at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off and flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Professional development opportunities and learning stipend
• Collaborative, creative, and sustainability-focused work environment
• Access to Gantri-designed products and innovation initiative

Gantri, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.