Technical Product Owner | On-site/Hybrid in Clark, Dayshift

KMC Solutions; Mabalacat; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

KMC Solutions is seeking a Product Owner to own and prioritize the backlog for a dedicated software delivery team. You will translate high-level goals into actionable work, work closely with engineers and designers, and ensure increments deliver measurable value.

Responsibilities include backlog ownership, planning, acceptance criteria, and collaboration across product, design, and engineering. On-site at Clark, Pampanga, with initial on-site arrangement and later hybrid flexibility.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Product Owner, Agile Business Analyst, or similar delivery roles
• Proven backlog ownership and prioritization experience
• Strong skills in writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
• Ability to decompose complex initiatives into deliverable increments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication
• Understanding of SDLC and engineering trade-offs
• Technical literacy to discuss system design
• Willingness to work onsite in Clark, Pampanga, or relocate

Responsibilities

• Own, prioritize, and maintain the team's product backlog
• Define business problems, outcomes, and success measures; build clear user stories and criteria
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, designers, and stakeholders across discovery to release
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and value-based sequencing
• Define acceptance criteria and validate deliverables against requirements
• Create structured requirements for human and AI-assisted development workflows

Skills

Backlog ownership

User stories

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

SDLC understanding

Analytical thinking

Technical literacy

Onsite work Clark

Job description

We are looking for a Product Owner to own and prioritize the backlog of a dedicated software delivery team.

This role is focused on execution and delivery rather than market-facing product strategy. You will work closely with engineers, designers, and stakeholders to transform high-level product goals into clear, actionable work that can be delivered efficiently and effectively.

You will be responsible for backlog management, story decomposition, prioritization, acceptance criteria, sprint readiness, and ensuring that product increments deliver measurable value.

You'll be embedded within the team and remain involved from idea conception through delivery and release.

Job Responsibilities

Backlog Ownership

• Own, prioritize, and maintain the team's product backlog

• Evaluate, classify, and prioritize incoming requests and initiatives

• Ensure backlog items are defined, sized, and ready for development

• Communicate prioritization decisions and trade-offs clearly

Product Definition and Planning

• Define business problems, desired outcomes, and success measures

• Create clear user stories and acceptance criteria

• Break down large initiatives into manageable, deliverable increments

• Work closely with stakeholders to refine requirements and priorities

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with software engineers, architects, and designers

• Participate in discovery, planning, implementation, testing, and release activities

• Collaborate with product management to align team execution with broader product goals

• Facilitate communication across product, design, and engineering teams

Agile Delivery

• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and prioritization activities

• Ensure work is sequenced based on business value and delivery readiness

• Support the team throughout development and release cycles

• Continuously refine processes to improve delivery effectiveness

Acceptance and Quality Management

• Define and maintain clear acceptance criteria

• Validate completed work against agreed requirements

• Accept or reject delivered work based on quality and business expectations

• Ensure completed features meet customer and business needs

AI-Enabled Product Delivery

• Create clear, structured requirements suitable for both human developers and AI-assisted development workflows

• Continuously improve how work is documented and specified

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI tools and automation within product delivery processes

Skill Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Agile Business Analyst, or similar product delivery role

• Proven experience owning and prioritizing a software development backlog

• Strong experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements

• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments

• Ability to decompose complex initiatives into smaller, deliverable increments

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Experience collaborating closely with software engineers and UX/UI designers

• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities

• Technical literacy sufficient to understand system discussions and engineering trade-offs

• Willingness to work onsite in Clark, Pampanga or relocate if necessary

Work Location: West Aeropark, Clark

Work Shift: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PH Time, Monday - Friday

Arrangement: On-site for the initial months, with eventual flexibility for hybrid