Associate Product and Delivery Manager

Elinnov Technologies, Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Elinnov Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Associate Product and Delivery Manager to oversee end-to-end planning, delivery of digital products, software projects, and operational initiatives. You will collaborate with clients, stakeholders, developers, QA, and cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, structured problem-solving, clear communication, and proactive risk management to keep timelines and outcomes on track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, Business Admin, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years in project management, product ops, or software delivery roles.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders and managing issues or changing requirements.
• Experience with Agile or Scrum delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects, workstreams, or major initiatives from planning to closure.
• Develop delivery plans, timelines, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate meetings and Agile delivery activities.
• Communicate status, risks, blockers, decisions, and changes clearly.
• Identify opportunities to improve governance, workflows, and documentation; apply automation where possible.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Project coordination

Agile delivery

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business Admin or related field

Job description

The Associate Product and Delivery Manager supports the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of digital products, software projects, and operational initiatives. You will work closely with clients, business stakeholders, developers, quality assurance engineers, technical leads, and other cross-functional teams. The role requires strong ownership, structured problem-solving, effective stakeholder communication, and the ability to identify and escape delivery risks before they affect committed timelines or outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product and Business Analysis

• Gather, analyze, clarify, and document business and product requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into structured user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional documentation.
• Support backlog creation, refinement, prioritization, and maintenance in coordination with product, delivery, and technical teams.
• Conduct basic product, process, user, and competitor research to support product decisions and recommendations.
• Participate in solution discussions to ensure that proposed implementations address the intended business objectives.
• Support the preparation and maintenance of product and delivery documentations.

2. Project Planning and Delivery Management

• Independently manage assigned projects, workstreams, or major initiatives from planning through implementation and closure.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, timelines, milestones, action items, dependencies, and completion criteria.
• Coordinate meetings, and Agile delivery activities.
• Track deliverables and commitments across development, quality assurance, infrastructure, data, and business teams.
• Support project closure by ensuring that required approvals, completion documents, and outstanding actions are properly addressed.

3. Stakeholder Communication and Coordination

• Serve as a coordination point for assigned projects and initiatives.
• Facilitate discussions between business stakeholders, clients, and internal teams.
• Communicate project status, risks, blockers, dependencies, decisions, and changes in a clear and timely manner.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by aligning scope, timelines, priorities, responsibilities, and delivery constraints.
• Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, action trackers, project updates, executive summaries, and status reports.
• Follow through on decisions and ensure that agreed actions are assigned, documented, and completed.
• Handle disagreements and delivery conflicts professionally through clear communication, objective assessment, and structured resolution.

4. Risk, Issue, and Change Management

• Maintain visibility over project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Anticipate risks that may affect scope, schedule, quality, cost, or stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and track appropriate mitigation and contingency actions.
• Coordinate the resolution of project issues by identifying owners, deadlines, impacts, and next steps.
• Support the assessment and documentation of change requests, including business justification, scope impact, delivery impact, risks, and dependencies.

5. Process Improvement and Operational Excellence

• Identify opportunities to improve project governance, delivery workflows, reporting, documentation, and team coordination.
• Use automation, artificial intelligence, and productivity tools where appropriate to improve quality, efficiency, consistency, and traceability.
• Participate in retrospectives, knowledge-sharing activities, and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 1-3 years of relevant experience in project management or coordination, product management or product operations, business analysis, software delivery, technology consulting, quality assurance, or implementation coordination.
• Experience supporting or independently managing a project, major initiative, or workstream from planning through completion.
• Experience working with cross-functional software development teams.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders and managing project issues, delivery delays, or changing requirements.
• Practical experience with Agile or Scrum-based delivery environments.