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Product Owner

Manila Permanent Work from Home or Hybrid View Job Description
This role serves as the bridge between business goals, customer needs, and software development teams, translating product strategy into prioritized backlogs, user stories, and actionable requirements while supporting Agile/SAFe delivery processes. It focuses on driving successful delivery of software products by coordinating stakeholders, managing priorities and dependencies, and representing customer needs.
  • Join a global technology and engineering company
  • Upskill and learn from the best developers in the country

About Our Client

A global technology and engineering leader that provides software, automation, and industrial solutions for industries such as energy, manufacturing, life sciences, and infrastructure. The company develops technologies that help businesses improve operational efficiency, reliability, sustainability, and digital transformation in critical industrial environments

Job Description

  • Collaborate with product leadership to understand strategic goals, customer requirements, and roadmap priorities, then translate them into clear guidance for development teams.
  • Support Program Increment (PI) planning by refining features and user stories, identifying dependencies and risks, aligning priorities, and helping define achievable objectives.
  • Manage and prioritize the team backlog to ensure an effective balance between business value, customer needs, technical improvements, defect resolution, and team capacity.
  • Develop detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation to provide teams with clear requirements and expected outcomes.
  • Promote an outcome-driven approach by helping teams understand how features support customer workflows and broader business objectives.
  • Act as the voice of the customer by gathering stakeholder feedback, understanding user needs, and ensuring a high-quality user experience.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams such as development, quality assurance, architecture, security, and operations to manage dependencies and maintain alignment.
  • Validate completed work against defined requirements, participate in demonstrations, collect feedback, and incorporate learnings into future planning activities.
  • Communicate priorities, progress, risks, and decisions effectively with stakeholders and distributed teams across different regions and time zones.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by enhancing Agile and SAFe processes, planning practices, team collaboration, and delivery effectiveness.

The Successful Applicant

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience in product ownership, product management, business analysis, software delivery, or similar roles supporting software development teams.
  • Hands-on experience managing backlogs, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritizing work, and supporting iterative software delivery processes.
  • Solid understanding of Agile and SAFe methodologies, including PI Planning, objectives, feature management, dependency tracking, risk management, demos, and retrospectives.
  • Demonstrated ability to convert business objectives and customer requirements into clear, actionable software requirements while maintaining focus on intended outcomes.
  • Strong skills in planning, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and decision-making.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication abilities, with experience collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Flexibility to work across different time zones and adjust schedules when necessary to support planning sessions and stakeholder collaboration.



Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience serving as a Product Owner for SaaS, cloud-based, or enterprise software solutions.
  • Previous experience working within a SAFe environment and supporting formal Program Increment planning and execution.
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps or other backlog and lifecycle management platforms.
  • Knowledge of industrial automation, SCADA systems, IoT, IIoT, telemetry, operational technology, or related industries.
  • Experience collaborating with globally distributed product and development teams across multiple regions and time zones.
  • Relevant certifications such as SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or equivalent credentials.



What's on Offer

  • A permanent position with of the top technology and engineering companies
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Hybrid work setup in MegaTower
  • Supportive work environment



Contact
Keith Saique
Quote job ref
JN-082026-7083450
Phone number
+63277955039

Job summary

Function
IT
Sub Sector
IT Business Analysis
What is your area of specialisation?
Technology & Telecoms
Location
Manila
Job Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Keith Saique
Consultant contact
+63277955039
Job Reference
JN-082026-7083450
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

Diversity & Inclusion at Michael Page

We don't just accept difference - we celebrate it. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role and are committed to building inclusive, diverse workplaces where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.