Senior Software Product Manager

NCC Group; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-1 HMO healthcare

13th-month pay

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Transportation allowance

Vacation and sick leave

Job summary

NCC Group in Manila is seeking a Senior Software Product Manager to bridge engineering and business teams, guiding vision, strategy and execution for critical technical initiatives. This role focuses on delivering high-impact software features while aligning technical feasibility with business goals.

You will own the product backlog, articulate requirements, prioritise features, and collaborate with stakeholders across NCC Group globally to deliver robust software solutions and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Minimum experience in either Product Owner or Business Analyst roles with evidence of writing requirements/acceptance criteria.
• Ability to prioritise complex backlogs and work with broad stakeholders across geographies.
• Knowledge of Agile development processes and strong communication skills.
• Willingness to adapt to varying process adoption and deliver.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain product requirements & acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog/release management and refinement across teams.
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps and timelines.
• Produce technical prototypes and proof of concepts as needed.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.
• Deliver product presentations, training and education to stakeholders.
• Conduct competitor and market analysis to inform strategy.

Skills

Product Owner experience

Business Analysis

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Requirements writing

Backlog management

Communication skills

Job description

Senior Software Product Manager

Department: IT

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: PHL Manila

Description

Position Title: Senior Software Product Manager

Location: Taguig City, Metro Manila – 2 days per week onsite

Role Purpose

Are you passionate about driving innovation through technical excellence? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Manager to support business critical technical initiatives. You'll play a crucial role in leading and delivering high-impact features, harnessing your deep understanding of technology.

As a Product Manager specialising in technical projects, you'll serve as the conduit between our engineering team and stakeholders, driving the vision, strategy, and execution of our initiatives. Your expertise will guide the development process, ensuring alignment between technical feasibility, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Summary Your role as a Software Product Manager will be to work extensively with various departments across NCC Group globally to:

• Consistently deliver high-quality, easily understood Product Requirements, which consider customer needs, application context and engineering principles.
• Motivate and lead a dedicated team of engineers, designers, architects and QA Testers
• Be the voice of the customer - Gathering, reviewing, and prioritising feedback to drive continual service and process improvement.

Specifically, you will:

• Confidently and clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders/teams at various levels, articulating product & team progress, focus and direction of travel.
• Install rigorous and persistent prioritisation and re-prioritisation methods across your product backlog and roadmap, predicting and responding to scenarios that arise during product development.
• Accurately assess the realistic business and customer value behind new and existing ideas that come up during the product development.

Be accountable for the effective creation of key Product deliverables such as:

• Product requirements & acceptance criteria
• Backlog/Release management and refinement
• Roadmap creation & maintenance
• Technical prototypes and proof of concepts
• Technical documentation
• Product presentations, training & education
• Competitor & Market analysis

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

What we are looking for in you

Minimum Requirements:

• Been there, done that: We require prior experience in either Product Owner or Business Analyst roles, it doesn’t need to be decades, but it is essential that you bring to the table evidence of writing requirements/acceptance criteria, prioritising complex backlogs, and working with broad internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess & Decide: We don’t need you to be an engineering expert, or to have worked in this specific industry before, but we do need you to possess the ability to quickly assess the technical feasibility, relative cost and risks around solution options, and make good, informed decisions you can stand behind and evidence with data.
• Process Pro & Eye for Detail: You should hold excellent process analysis and mapping skills and want nothing more than to uncover all the detail involved with a requirement in order to distil into the pertinent information your team requires.
• All about Agile: Demonstratable knowledge of Agile development processes is desired – but we also require you to be adaptable to change, particularly where there are varying levels of process adoption, we want you to embrace difference and fundamentally deliver.
• Confident Communicator: Holding a strong ability to clearly communicate with and manage broad stakeholders across multiple departments and geographies is critical to the success of the role.

Desirable Requirements:

• Formal Agile/Scrum Product Owner certification
• A background in, or demonstrated awareness of, Cyber Security products
• An awareness of developing or working with SaaS platforms

Ways of working

• Focusing on Clients and Customers.
• Working as One NCC.
• Always Learning.
• Being Inclusive and Respectful.
• Delivering Brilliantly.

Our company

At NCC Group, our mission is to create a more secure digital future. That mission underpins everything we do, from our work with our incredible clients to groundbreaking research shaping our industry. Our teams' partner with clients across a multitude of industries, delving into, securing new products, and emerging technologies, as well as solving complex security problems. As global leaders in cyber and escrow, NCC Group is a people-powered business seeking the next group of brilliant minds to join our ranks.

Our colleagues are our greatest asset, and NCC Group is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, authenticity, and accountability. We want colleagues to put down roots at NCC Group, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package, as well as opportunities for learning and development and career growth. We believe our people are at their brilliant best when they feel bolstered in all aspects of their well-being, and we offer wellness programs and flexible working arrangements to provide that vital support.

Job Benefits

What do we offer in return?

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world‑class well‑being initiatives and benefits:

• Transportation and rice allowances
• Night differential, overtime pay and holiday pay
• 13th‑month pay and performance‑based bonus plan
• Day‑1 HMO healthcare coverage for you and dependents
• Outpatient medicine reimbursement
• Group life insurance, accidental death & disability cover
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 confidential counselling
• Generous vacation and sick leave, available from Day 1
• Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/civil ceremony, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet.
• Company share plan & Sharesave scheme allowing discounted share purchase through monthly savings