Working at Breeze Airways is an exciting endeavor and a serious commitment to bring “The World’s Nicest Airline” to life. We work cross-functionally with truly awesome Team Members to deliver on our mission: “To make the world of travel simple, affordable, and convenient. Improving our guests travel experience using technology, ingenuity and kindness.”
Position Summary
The Product Management Senior Manager is responsible for managing a team of product managers, working cross-functionally with the senior management team, and developing a strong vision for all internal software development at Breeze. They are expected to continue to develop and prioritize all Information Systems software development in alignment with business and user needs and requests.
Essential Functions
- Develop the long-term strategy, vision, and priorities for your team
- Own priorities and product roadmap for the entire Information Systems team
- Partner with engineering leads to ensure the team of PM’s, designers, and engineers are operating effectively at all levels
- Manage cross-team dynamics to ensure the entire team is successful, proactively instituting process improvements across your team, e.g., review and provide feedback on roadmaps, strategic plans, and feature specifications
- Communicate status and challenges to upper management and across to stakeholders as you work cross-functionally with other teams to execute features and ensure a cohesive integration across the broader organization
- Present a compelling narrative of the division and company strategy to large groups both internal and external to Breeze
- Foster a product culture within the development team, establishing best practices around discovery, prototyping, continuous and rapid testing, and learning, with a relentless focus on delivering customer value to guests, Team Members, and internal stakeholders
- Manage the performance of your team of Product Managers, including providing regular feedback, holding recurring 1:1’s, writing performance reviews, determining compensation, making promotion decisions, evaluating the team against expectations, leveling up the skill set of your PMs, helping PMs set career goals, coaching through difficult situations, and providing honest critical feedback
- Create a transparent, collaborative, and dynamic team culture, embracing Breeze’s core values and serving as a model to the organization
- Stay up-to-date on product development across the company, identifying dependencies, potential impact to your team, and opportunities to drive larger impact
- Achieve performance measures and adhere to established standards in conjunction with Breeze Aviation Group Values of Safety, Kindness, Integrity, Ingenuity and Excellence
Minimum Qualifications
- 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technology-related field;
or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job
- 10+ years of experience as a product manager, product owner, solution architect, or related technology field
- Strong agile product development and planning skills, with experience planning across dependent products at scale
- High performance orientation, ability to work well under pressure, prioritize projects, meet deadlines, and maintain flexibility
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and time management skills
- Self-starter must have a positive attitude and strong desire for success
- Complete projects on time with minimal supervision, ability to work varied hours when necessary to meet deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Additional training or certification including Agile Methodology or Project Management
- Advanced degree, particularly an MBA
Skills/Abilities
- Ability to translate high-level goals and ideas to on-the-ground realities, specifications, and initiatives
- Able to communicate effectively to a diverse set of stakeholders, and comfortable speaking to a room of engineers or C-suite executives
- Comfortable with making and delivering presentations and using Powerpoint or similar tools
- Exemplifies Breeze’s safety culture, values, and mission
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work with individuals and teams at all levels in the organization
Breeze Airways provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.