Product Manager
Location: Remote (Philippines)
Schedule: Graveyard Shift
Salary:$500 USD / month
Employment Type: Full-time
About Yibby
Yibby is an AI-powered gift-recommendation chatbot that helps people find the perfect gift for anyone in seconds.
Users tell Yibby who they're shopping for for example, my dad, born in 1980, loves anime, birthday gift and Yibby suggests thoughtful, personalized gifts based on interests, demographics, personality, seasonality, and more.
Yibby's recommendation engine is powered by a curated gift database and supported through affiliate partnerships with Amazon, Target, Etsy, TikTok Shop, and others.
Our mission:Make gift-giving joyful, personal, and effortless.
About the Role
We're hiring a Product Manager who will also serve as Yibby's Gift Master the human curator responsible for making sure Yibby recommends amazing, high-quality gifts.
This is a hands-on role focused on building and maintaining the universe of gifts that Yibby can recommend. You will ensure that every item in our system is:
- A genuinely great gift
- High-quality
- In-stock and up to date
- Seasonally appropriate
- Eligible for strong affiliate commissions
- Matched to the correct recipient profiles and occasions
Your responsibilities include:
1. Curating the Gift Catalog
- Evaluating products across major affiliate marketplaces
- Determining which items make excellent gifts (vs. generic products)
- Tagging and categorizing gifts by age, interests, hobbies, personality, and special occasions
- Prioritizing high-commission, high-delight items
2. Optimizing Based on Business Goals
- Filtering out low-commission, low-quality, or unavailable items
- Tracking seasonal trends and upcoming holidays
- Identifying trending items, viral products, and new releases
3. Maintaining the Gift Database
- Creating structured attributes and metadata for each product
- Improving the taxonomy of categories, tags, and matching logic
- Ensuring the recommendation engine has the right inputs to select great gifts
4. Reviewing Gift Content
You will collaborate with Yibby's content team responsible for producing:
- Product photos
- Lifestyle images
- Short videos
- AI-generated UGC or demos
Your role is to ensure the content is accurate, appealing, and suited to the gifting scenario.
5. Working with Product & Engineering
- Presenting new gift categories or seasonal collections
- Partnering with engineering to refine the recommendation engine
- Translating product ideas into structured requirements or data needs
Yibby currently does not have a dedicated UX designer, so you will sometimes use AI tools or simple mockups to visualize flows, data structures, or tagging systems.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in product management, e-commerce, merchandising, or similar
- Strong research skills and attention to detail
- An instinct for what makes a great gift
- Excellent written English and communication skills
- Comfort using AI tools for research or content creation
- Highly organized with the ability to work independently
Bonus Points
- Experience with affiliate programs (Amazon Associates, TikTok Shop, etc.)
- Background in e-commerce catalog management
- Knowledge of gifting behavior, consumer trends, or product psychology
- Experience reviewing or creating product photos or short-form content
- Interest in recommendation systems or personalization engines
Compensation
- $500 USD/month
- Fully remote (Philippines-based)
- Strong growth opportunity within a fast-moving AI startup
- Your work will directly shape the gifts Yibby recommends to thousands of users
