Product Owner Manager

Globe Telecom; Taguig; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Globe Telecom is seeking a skilled Product Owner based in Metro Manila to manage and prioritize the product backlog, translate business strategies into development tasks, and drive the sprint planning process. You will work closely with product management and the development team to deliver data-driven features and digital experiences that enhance customer satisfaction.

This senior individual contributor role requires 5+ years of total experience with 3+ in the field, preferably in tech,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Business, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of total work experience, and 3 years related to the field.
• Preferably from Technology, Financial Services/Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications, Retail, E-commerce, Healthcare, or data-intensive industries.
• Individual Contributor with strong Senior Product Owner/Product Manager experience; limited people-management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Translate the Business Owners strategies to tasks for development.
• Break epics into user stories.
• Arrange and prioritize sprints.
• Evaluate progress at each stage of development.
• Stay accessible and answer Development Team's questions about the reasoning for user stories or tasks.
• Serve as a liaison between product and development like a Scrum Master.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Data Science/Business/Engineering/Statistics/Math

Job description

Job Description

At Globe, our goal is to create a wonderful world for our people, business, and nation. By uniting people of passion who believe they can make a difference, we are confident that we can achieve this goal.

The Product Owner is focused on looking after the execution, planning, growth and sustaining parts of the development lifecycle. They are part of the SCRUM team and can also be rebranded as “Product Backlog Manager”. He/She plays the role of the Team Protector whose mains responsibility is to keep a healthy backlog prioritized User Stories, so that the scrum team can continuously detail, develop, implement and deploy these stories.

Work with product management and a development team to deliver features and services that solve customer problems. Work closely with internal departments to ensure that Globe provides superb technology, tools, products and services. Craft and manage a unified solution, bringing together customer experience management and best-in-class digital experience technology.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the product backlog
• Translate the Business Owners strategies to tasks for development
• Break epics into user stories
• Arrange and prioritize sprints
• Evaluate progress at each stage of development
• Stay accessible and answer Development Team’s questions about the reasoning for user stories or tasks
• Serve as a liaison between product and development just like a Scrum Master

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Business, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus but not required. Certifications in Agile/Scrum, Product Management, or Data Analytics are advantageous.
• At least 5 years of total work experience, and 3 years related to the field
• Preferably from Technology, Financial Services/Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications, Retail, E-commerce, Healthcare, or other data-intensive industries. Industry experience is less important than demonstrated experience delivering Data/Analytics products.
• This is an Individual Contributor. Ideally, a strong Senior Product Owner/Product Manager who has led cross‑functional teams but has limited formal people‑management experience

Equal Opportunity Employer

Globe’s hiring process promotes equal opportunity to applicants, Any form of discrimination is not tolerated throughout the entire employee lifecycle, including the hiring process such as in posting vacancies, selecting, and interviewing applicants.

Globe’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy Commitment can be accessed here

Make Your Passion Part of Your Profession. Attracting the best and brightest Talents is pivotal to our success. If you are ready to share our purpose of Creating a Globe of Good, explore opportunities with us.