Product Owner – SAFe SaaS | Hybrid Work & Impact

Michael Page; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent position

Competitive compensation

Hybrid work setup in MegaTower

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Michael Page in Manila is seeking a Product Owner to work with product leadership, translate goals into clear software requirements, and guide development teams.

You will refine features for PI planning, manage the backlog, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams across regions in a hybrid setup.

The role requires Agile and SAFe expertise and strong English communication for SaaS or enterprise software delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering software with Agile and SAFe.
• Translating business needs into software requirements.
• Experience with backlog management and iterative software delivery.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Backlog management

User stories

Agile SAFe

Stakeholder engagement

Roadmap prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Michael Page in Manila is seeking a Product Owner to work with product leadership, translate goals into clear software requirements, and guide development teams.

You will refine features for PI planning, manage the backlog, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams across regions in a hybrid setup.

The role requires Agile and SAFe expertise and strong English communication for SaaS or enterprise software delivery.