Product Owner

768 TP ICAP Management Services Ltd (Philippines Branch); Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP is seeking a Product Owner to translate risk-domain requirements into backlogs and drive engineering teams to deliver in a hybrid setup in the Philippines. You will work with Financial Risk Management, trading desks, and engineering to shape what gets built and when.

Responsibilities include defining stories, aligning with roadmaps, and guiding sprint goals while balancing modernization and operability. Strong communication with business and tech is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as Product Owner or BA in financial services tech.
• Strong stakeholder management with engineers and senior business counterparts.
• Solid grasp of Agile delivery (Scrum/SAFe) and backlog refinement.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the Product Backlog, ensuring user stories are well defined.
• Collaborate with Product/Programme Managers to align with strategy and roadmap.
• Clarify requirements, provide business context, and guide sprint goals for teams.
• Apply customer-centric thinking using feedback and market inputs to refine solutions.
• Lead creation of user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflows or mock-ups.
• Coordinate cross-team delivery, manage dependencies, risks and stakeholder alignment.
• Conduct backlog grooming, prioritisation reviews, and contribute to PI planning and Agile ceremonies.
• Review prototypes, proofs of concept, and increments to ensure business fit.
• Support UAT and ensure outcomes meet customer and business expectations.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Backlog refinement

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Role Overview

TP ICAP's Risk Technology (sitting withing Corporate Functions) function owns the platforms that power market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk management globally. We are delivering a multi-year Risk Technology Roadmap to modernise a legacy estate of Oracle Forms, .NET, and Excel-based systems into a modern AWS serverless platform — while building new capabilities in intraday exposure monitoring, margin prediction, and automated alerting. The roadmap spans multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery is accelerating through AI-assisted engineering. We need a Product Owner who can translate complex risk domain requirements into prioritised backlogs and drive engineering teams to deliver at pace. You will sit at the intersection of business and technology — working with Financial Risk Management, trading desks, and engineering teams to shape what gets built and when. This is a hands‑on role for someone comfortable making prioritisation decisions that balance strategic modernisation with immediate operational needs.

Role Responsibilities

Own and prioritise the Product Backlog, ensuring user stories are well defined and meet the agreed Definition of Ready.

Collaborate with Product/Programme Managers to align delivery with product strategy and roadmap.

Support development teams by clarifying requirements, providing business context, and guiding sprint goals.

Apply customer‑centric thinking using feedback, usability insights, and market inputs to validate and refine solutions.

Lead creation of user stories, acceptance criteria, and relevant artefacts such as workflows or mock‑ups.

Coordinate cross‑team delivery, managing dependencies, risks, and stakeholder alignment.

Conduct backlog grooming, prioritisation reviews, and contribute to PI planning and Agile ceremonies.

Review prototypes, proofs of concept, and completed increments to ensure they meet business needs.

Support UAT and ensure functional outcomes meet customer and business expectations.

Experience / Competences Essential

Proven experience as a Product Owner or BA in financial services technology, ideally within risk, post-trade, or capital markets. Strong stakeholder management — able to engage credibly with both engineers and senior business stakeholders. Solid grasp of Agile delivery (Scrum or SAFe), including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and acceptance criteria. Ability to decompose complex requirements into well‑defined, deliverable user stories. Comfortable working with Jira and Confluence as core delivery tools. Clear communicator who can translate between business language and technical detail without losing either. Experience working within or alongside multi‑year transformation programmes with cross‑team dependencies.

Desired

Understanding of front‑to‑back trade lifecycle or complex enterprise technology workflows.

Experience in financial markets, trading, broking, or liquidity solutions.

Understanding of market risk, credit risk, or liquidity risk concepts (exposure, VaR, margin, limits).

Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) or authentication frameworks (e.g., OAuth2, Okta).

Prior involvement in SAFe Agile environments.

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Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute.

At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background.

TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

Location

Location Philippines - Ecoprime Building - Taguig City

Work with us

Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter. You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that’s there to set you up for success.

More About Us

TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client‑focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client‑facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know‑how we have as a Group. Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know‑how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow. Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth. And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future. TP ICAP. We connect.