Associate Product Manager

Associate Product Manager

AECO Energy | Lead the Energy Transition in the Philippines

Reports to: Product Manager

Department: Marketing

Functional Support: Product, Technology, Operations, Commercial, Sales, and Customer-Facing Teams

Type: Full-time, Hybrid

THE OPPORTUNITY

Help build products that make energy decisions smarter.

AECO Energy is looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our growing Product team in the Philippines. This is an exciting opportunity to build your Product Management career at the intersection of customer needs, technology, data, and business strategy.

You will work closely with the Product Manager and cross-functional teams to take products and features from idea to delivery and continuous improvement. Your responsibilities will include translating customer and business needs into product requirements, managing the product backlog, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, supporting releases, analyzing product performance, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

This is not a purely administrative product role. Your work will directly influence what we build, how we build it, and how customers experience our products. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to the full product lifecycle from understanding customer problems and validating ideas to development, testing, release, adoption, and continuous improvement.

If you’re curious, customer-focused, and passionate about using technology to solve real business problems, this could be the opportunity for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Help Build and Improve Products

• Support the Product Manager across the product lifecycle—from discovery and planning to development, launch, and improvement.
• Translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements.
• Gather customer feedback, research market trends, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support product roadmap planning and feature prioritization.
• Help improve product usability, customer experience, and business value.

Own and Manage the Product Backlog

• Maintain and organize the product backlog with the Product Manager and stakeholders.
• Help prioritize features, enhancements, bugs, and technical improvements based on customer value and business priorities.
• Write clear and actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure backlog items are ready for development and regularly updated.

Partner with Technology and Cross-Functional Teams

• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Developers, Designers, QA, Operations, Sales, Commercial, and other teams.
• Participate in Agile activities such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Clarify requirements, coordinate dependencies, and help resolve delivery issues.
• Work with QA and Technology to ensure features meet agreed requirements.

Support Product Releases and Launches

• Support planning and coordination of product and feature releases.
• Assist with testing, release documentation, communications, and launch activities.
• Monitor new releases, gather feedback, and identify areas for improvement.
• Support product demonstrations, training, and internal product materials when needed.

Use Data and Customer Insights to Drive Decisions

• Monitor product usage, adoption, performance, and customer feedback.
• Analyze data to identify trends, issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and insights to support product decisions.
• Help track key product success metrics.

Conduct Market and Customer Research

• Research customer needs, market trends, competitors, and emerging technologies.
• Identify customer pain points and potential product opportunities.
• Support evaluation of new product ideas and features.

Improve Product Processes

• Identify ways to improve product workflows, documentation, communication, and delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across Product and Technology teams.
• Take ownership of assigned product initiatives and follow them through to completion.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You don’t need extensive Product Management experience. What matters is your ability to understand problems, ask the right questions, communicate clearly, work with different teams, and turn ideas into practical solutions. You may come from Product Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Technology, Customer Experience, Operations, Consulting, or a similar background.

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Marketing, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Technology, Operations, Customer Experience, or a related role.
• Strong interest in digital products, technology, and solving customer and business problems.
• Basic understanding of product or software development lifecycles.
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Customer-focused mindset with a strong sense of ownership.

Your Product Toolkit:

• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of product backlogs and Agile ceremonies.
• Ability to analyze data and turn insights into actionable recommendations.
• Exposure to customer, market, or competitor research.
• Familiarity with product discovery, roadmap planning, or feature prioritization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Notion, Miro, Figma, or similar platforms is an advantage.
• Basic understanding of software, APIs, web technologies, or system integrations is an advantage.

Preferred Experience:

These are nice-to-have, but not required:

• Experience supporting digital, SaaS, web, mobile, or software products.
• Experience working in an Agile Product or Technology environment.
• Exposure to product roadmap planning, feature prioritization, or product analytics.
• Experience with customer research, usability testing, or competitor analysis.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Technology, Operations, Sales, or Customer Experience.
• Experience working across multiple markets or regions.
• Exposure to energy, utilities, sustainability, technology, or B2B industries.
• Familiarity with quality management or regulated business environments.

What Makes This Exceptional

Learn Product Management by Doing

Get hands-on experience across product discovery, backlog management, Agile delivery, product launches, and continuous improvement.

Work on Products That Matter

Help improve products and experiences that support real customers, commercial operations, and energy-related business needs.

Work Across Business & Technology

Collaborate with Product, Technology, Operations, Sales, Commercial, and customer-facing teams to understand how products create value.

Build End-to-End Product Skills

Gain practical experience across the full product lifecycle:

Discovery → Requirements → Prioritization → Development → Launch → Measurement → Improvement

Grow Your Product Career

Learn from experienced Product leaders and cross-functional teams while building the skills to grow your career in Product Management.

Help Shape the Future of Energy

Work in a fast-changing industry where technology, innovation, and sustainability are transforming how businesses manage energy.

LIFE AT AECO ENERGY

Smart. Rigorous. Trustworthy.

At AECO Energy, our values are simple: Seek long-term success over short-term wins, Apply rigor to everything we do AND Honor our commitments. These principles shape how we work with customers, partners, and colleagues.

For an Associate Product Manager, this means:

Smart - Ask the right questions, understand the problem before jumping to a solution, learn continuously, and use data and technology to make better decisions.

Rigorous - Challenge assumptions, understand requirements deeply, validate information, define clear outcomes, and ensure that the products we build solve the right problems.

Trustworthy - Take ownership, communicate transparently, follow through on commitments, and build strong relationships with customers and colleagues.

We value people who take ownership, collaborate openly, challenge constructively, learn quickly, and continuously look for better ways to create value.

JOIN AN AWARD-WINNING ENERGY COMPANY

Join AECO Energy, a growing energy company recognized for innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Our achievements include:

• 2024 Gold Stevie® Award for Innovation in Energy & Sustainability
• 2024 Tech Startup of the Year – Services Category
• CEO of the Year – Asia CEO Awards 2024

You will join a growing business with real customers, real products, real commercial opportunities, and ambitious plans for the future. As AECO expands across markets, we need people who can connect customer needs, business objectives, technology, and data to create products that deliver meaningful value.

This is where your Product Management journey can begin.

THE PITCH

You don’t just want to work on projects you want to build products that people actually use.

You’re curious about what problem we’re solving, who we’re solving it for, and how we can make it better.

You enjoy understanding customer needs, solving complex problems, working with different teams, and turning ideas into products that create real value.

You don’t need to know everything about Product Management. What matters is your curiosity to learn, ability to execute, and ownership to make things better.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Working Environment

This is a full-time hybrid position based in the Philippines.

You’ll work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment with teams across Product, Technology, Operations, Sales, Commercial, and Customer Experience. The role involves: product management, analytical, and computer-based work, working with business systems, product tools, dashboards, and data, participating in virtual and in-person meetings, workshops, agile ceremonies, and presentations, collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, handling confidential customer and business information, managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and occasional flexibility to support product launches, critical issues, or time-sensitive business needs.

Remote / Hybrid Work Requirements

As part of the company's remote/hybrid working arrangement, the successful candidate must maintain a suitable home-office environment that supports secure, reliable, and confidential work. You must have: a personally owned computer under the company's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) arrangement, minimum Intel Core i5 processor or equivalent, minimum 8 GB RAM, stable internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 Mbps, a suitable and secure workspace that allows confidential company and workforce information to be accessed without unauthorized viewing or disclosure.

HOW TO APPLY

If you're excited about building products, solving meaningful customer problems, working with technology, and developing a career in Product Management, we'd love to hear from you.

Click Apply Now and submit your updated résumé through JobStreet. You may also send your application directly to ••••@aecoenergy.com.

Applications will be assessed based on relevant qualifications, experience, product or technology exposure, analytical capability, communication skills, stakeholder management, problem-solving ability, and overall fit for the role. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process.

Thank you for considering a career with AECO Energy. We look forward to learning more about how you think, how you solve problems, and how you can help us build better products.

To learn more about AECO Energy, our culture, and our business, please visit www.aecoenergy.ph.