Product Manager Airport Products

Position Summary

The Product Manager – IT Airport Products is a key member of the IT Airport Products team, and reports to the Manager – IT Airport Products. The Product Manager will be responsible for helping to define the overall product strategy and growing JetBlue’s Technology systems. The Product Manager will serve as an internal subject matter expert on IT Airport Products and industry trends while ensuring that the company effectively engages with appropriate technology consumers as we continuously expand our value-added services.

The IT Product Manager should have an understanding of the Airport Products landscape and will focus on delivering viable solutions that contribute to enhance the customer and crewmember experience. The Product Manager – IT Airport Products is comfortable working on high profile assignments, is motivated by determining new ways to improve processes, excels at detail-oriented projects, can manage changing priorities and perform well under stress and time constraints, and whose personal values match JetBlue’s values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun.

Essential Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between Airport Products and other teams and internal/external matrix partners to determine prioritization of items, lead business requirements development, review current/approaching releases, and ensure compliance with IT standards and procedures
• Work and collaborate closely with technology business partners and matrix partners to discover and understand the solution, define the vision and scope and a release model that best supports the product and business needs
• Maintain a rolling eighteen-month roadmap in collaboration with matrix partners to ensure that prioritized capabilities are being delivered in a consistent and timely manner
• Manage the overall product development lifecycle through the phases of Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver
• Identify Product Quality metrics that are met and/or exceeded by continuous improvement to ensure minimum disruption of business functions
• Participate in the Acceptance Testing and Quality control to ensure end products meet the business vision
• Work closely with Inflight as a point of escalation for project and product related risks, issues across all environments
• Partner with other IT Product Managers to ensure alignment and best practices across the organization
• Research, prototype and recommend emerging technologies integration into JetBlue’s core business functions
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Diploma
• Two (2) years of experience with Airport Products (i.e. Self Boarding & Biometrics, Common Use, Self Service Bag Drop)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word and Visio
• Knowledge of technology fundamentals and concepts (Microsoft technologies preferred)
• Knowledge of IT disciplines and interdependencies
• Strong knowledge of airport technology trends; industry background
• Ability to rapidly resolve issues and recognize when escalation is necessary
• Strong business partner management, negotiation and resolution skills
• Excellent problem solving and structured thinking skills
• Flexibility, agility and change management skills
• Ability to tailor communication style to different audiences, and to exercise good judgment in frequency and nature of communications to different parties (senior management, stakeholders, team members, etc.)
• Available for occasional overnight travel (20%)
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test
• Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located
• Authorization to work in the US is required. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline OR equivalent work experience
• Manages/supports cross-functional, medium-large-scale projects with internal teams and external business partners
• Knowledge of budget processes and ability to manage and track large project budgets
• Knowledge & experience of project cost tracking
• Knowledge of budget creation and management
• Knowledge of the airline industry

Crewmember Expectations:

• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Potential need to work flexible hours and be available to respond on short-notice
• Able to maintain a professional appearance
• When working or traveling on JetBlue flights, and if time permits, all capable crewmembers are asked to assist with light cleaning of the aircraft
• Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the JetBlue culture, that is, exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun
• Promote JetBlue’s #1 value of safety as a Safety Ambassador, supporting JetBlue’s Safety Management System (SMS) components, Safety Policy and behavioral standards
• Identify safety and/or security concerns, issues, incidents or hazards that should be reported and report them whenever possible and by any means necessary including JetBlue’s confidential reporting systems (Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) or Safety Action Report (SAR))
• The use of ChatGPT or any other automated tool during the interview process will disqualify a candidate from being considered for the position.

Equipment:

• Computer and other office equipment

Work Environment:

• Traditional office environment

Physical Effort:

• Generally not required, or up to 10 pounds occasionally, 0 pounds frequently. (Sedentary)

Compensation:

The base pay range for this position is between $90,500.00 and $128,600.00 per year. Base pay is one component of JetBlue’s total compensation package, which may also include access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, crewmember stock purchase plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, free space available travel on JetBlue, and more.