Breeze Airways™

Breeze Airways™

Senior Product Manager

Cottonwood Heights, Utah, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
StatisticsA/B TestingProduct ManagementAgileResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTime Management

About the role

  • Working at Breeze Airways is an exciting endeavor and a serious commitment to bring "The World's Nicest Airline" to life.
  • Improving our guests travel experience using technology, ingenuity and kindness." Breeze is hiring- join us!

Requirements

  • 4-year degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Aviation Management, or a related field
  • or an additional 4+ years of relevant experience.
  • 6+ years of experience in digital product management supporting complex operational or real-time systems.
  • Significant experience in development of mission-critical features and applications.
  • Strong Agile product development and planning skills, with experience planning across dependent products at scale.
  • Working experience with data, monitoring, and operational analytics.
  • Complete projects on time with minimal supervision, ability to work varied hours when necessary to meet deadlines.

Nice to have

  • Additional training or certification including Agile Methodology or Product Management
  • A background in aviation or travel
  • Experience with airline operational systems, including Crew Management, Operations Control Center (OCC/IOC), Flight Operations and Dispatch, and Airport/Ground Operations.
  • Advanced degree (MBA, Master's)
  • Well-versed in Agile product management methodology and tools
  • Knack for simplifying complicated problems
  • Ability to translate high-level goals and ideas to on-the-ground realities, projects, and initiatives
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, and reasoning)

Skills

  • At Breeze, our internal tools are critical to enable scalability of our fast-growing airline.

Compensation

  • 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.

Company info

  • Identify areas of operational opportunity that can be solved through the development of digital solutions. Understanding the needs of frontline operational teams is critical to success.
  • Develop a long-term strategic roadmap for assigned operational products.
  • Maintain a value-based, prioritized backlog of opportunities for your product that aligns to Breeze Airways' business strategy and goals. Develop business cases and models backed by data.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage automation, data-driven decisioning, and emerging AI capabilities to reduce manual effort, improve decision quality, and scale operational performance while maintaining safety and reliability.
  • Use product discovery techniques to move from idea to prototype. Approach operational problems with an open mind and embrace learnings from user research.
  • Gather insights through qualitative and quantitative research into operational behaviors, including field research in the operations control center, airports, and on Breeze flights.
  • Utilize data, including operational performance metrics, system usage statistics, incident and disruption data, and industry reports to inform prioritization and solutions.
  • Stay current with airline operations, aviation technology, and operational best practices, as well as competitors' operational capabilities.
  • Maintain awareness of third-party capabilities that provide viable operational solutions. Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships.
  • Develop and prioritize experimentation, prototyping, and iterative validation approaches including the thoughtful use of automation and data-driven techniques to drive superior operational outcomes.
  • Partner with the engineering manager to deliver the product backlog.
  • Accountable for the creation of user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Utilize story mapping techniques to inform the creation of release plans, with a strong bias towards incremental delivery and iteration.
  • Ensure appropriate measurement and monitoring capabilities are in place to track operational performance and product health, enabling ongoing iteration and improvement.
  • Coordinate with the product development leadership on product development across the company; identifying dependencies, potential impact to the development team, and opportunities to drive a larger impact.
  • Partner with stakeholders across the organization to ensure operational support for product implementation.
  • Make key tradeoff decisions when required, smartly using data when it exists and solid judgment when it doesn't, escalating as appropriate.
  • Engage in constructive conversations with - and deliver tough messages when needed - to key stakeholders, including senior executives, while continually building professional and productive relationships.
  • Provide 24x7 support during system outages or emergencies.
  • Deliver the intended business outcomes.

This listing is sourced directly from Breeze Airways™'s careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.