Product Owner

About Penbrothers

Penbrothers is an HR & remote talent management partner and one of the fastest-growing companies in the Philippines. We provide talented Filipinos with global opportunities in high-growth startups and dynamic companies, from the comfort of their own homes.

About the Client

Our client is one one of the world’s leading entertainment providers, with tens of millions of players and thousands of employees across the globe. They are well positioned strategically for future growth in an evolving global sector. In the Philippines, they have 100+ employees working on various applications and systems to support and optimize their global operations.

About the Role

The Associate Product Owner supports the management of one or more product backlogs and helps guide teams toward delivering business value. Working closely with a Senior Product Owner, the role focuses on translating product vision into clear requirements, prioritizing backlog items, and ensuring accurate communication between Product Management, stakeholders, and development teams. The position requires strong analytical, collaboration, and communication skills, involvement in agile ceremonies, and the ability to break down features into actionable user stories while supporting efficient software delivery and team performance.

What Youll Do

• Identify needs and help define requirements with Product Management
• Ensure requirements and user stories meet a level of detail that allows the Teams to produce quality work, that achieves the product goal
• Consider the customer and customer experience in all requirements and user stories
• Define and prioritize features and document accurately, supported by a Senior Product Owner when required
• Backlogs
• Support the ownership of the team backlog and represent the stakeholders whose
• requirements it contains
• Ensure Teams have backlogs of ‘ready’ work
• Ensure backlogs represent the product strategic priorities but also consider the release of commercial value as early as possible
• Contribute to backlog review and product processes with the Product Ownership group
• Regular review of your backlog(s) with a Senior Product Owner
• Ensure the backlog is always up to date, available and understood
• Agile Processes
• Work with the team to refine, estimate and plan the work in the backlog
• Be the voice of the customer at every stage
• Own the acceptance of a feature
• Continually learn and develop your agile knowledge
• Reporting
• Produce reports to be shared with teams and stakeholders

What You Bring

• Experience in software delivery
• Basic knowledge of agile delivery processes/frameworks
• Able to produce clear, consumable documentation
• Desire to contribute in a high-tempo environment
• Data driven
• Exceptional time management
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
• Strong organizational skill with high attention to detail
• Competencies / Behaviors
• Agile Thinker
• Drives results
• Self-Aware
• Can Do Attitude
• Personable
• Problem Solver
• Creative
• Pragmatic
• Detail oriented
• Relationship builder
• Dynamic

Our Hiring Process

We utilize AI tools to enhance hiring efficiency and ensure a fair evaluation. Consequently, candidates will engage with an AI Interviewer, supervised by Human Talent Acquisition Experts who will support your entire application journey.

Our AI Expectations: While we encourage you to use AI for CV refinement and research, we require that all interviews and assessments be completed through your own authentic effort. The use of real-time AI assistance during interviews or to complete skills tests is strictly prohibited to ensure a fair and genuine evaluation of your capabilities.

What You’ll Get

At Penbrothers, we are obsessed with creating positive employee experiences. Here you’ll find an environment that nurtures learning and provides opportunities for growth. You’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on fast-growing startups and dynamic companies.

· Meaningful work & Growth: We take every opportunity to stretch ourselves and deliver an excellent client experience.

· Employee as our biggest asset: We are genuinely invested in our people’s career and welfare.

· Global reach & local impact: Get to work with high-growth startups and dynamic companies from the comfort of your own home.

· Powering global startups: We’ve created 1,400 Filipino jobs that empower global start-ups to focus on growth.