Manager IT Product

Job Summary

The Manager IT Product is responsible for leading the IT product team and facilitating cross functional teams to support product delivery and system operations using industry best practices, guiding solution design that aligns with the IT strategic roadmap, and delivering value to business stakeholders. The Product Manager owns the product life cycle for the IT product managing the resource allocation and backlog prioritization, and closely partnering with the Product Owner and business stakeholders providing insight, feedback, and strategic recommendations regarding product performance, quality, and utilization capability.  Provides servant leadership to an agile team by educating and coaching team members and stakeholders to maximize efficiencies, delivering incremental customer value, and embracing continuous improvement.  This position will be part of the Information Technology team.

Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Utilizes deep understanding of the business stakeholder’s needs to develop new feature requests, schedules release timelines and manages sprints appropriately.


• Partners with product owners to create products to address customer needs.


• Oversees IT product throughout the entire product life cycle


• Manages the backlog to align with product roadmap


• Manages testing to detect and fix issues to make necessary improvements


• Champions the product and advocates for the product team members


• Allocates resources to appropriate sprint to achieve work packages


• Manages the health and performance of the team and the product


• Tracks and reports product performance


• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand integration and resources across products


• Performs marketplaces research, metrics, and analytics to evaluate product performance


• Lead, coach, and develop a team of diverse IT professionals and building cross-functional partnerships across the business.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study or equivalent combination of education and work experience


• 8 to 10 years Information Technology, program management, or relevant technical experience


• 5+ years’ work experience leading a team.


• PMP and Agile/Scrum certifications preferred


• Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle


• Embrace a Servant Leadership mentality


• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement, encourage collaboration and communicate effectively (written and verbal) across multiple levels in the organization.


• Ability to effectively manage competing work demands and multiple initiatives at the same time.


• Preference for experience in the aviation industry.


• Experience leading teams in AI-assisted software development is preferred.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: 

• Directs Work: Provides direction, delegates, and removes obstacles to get work done.


• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipates the needs of multiple stakeholders.


• Builds Effective teams: Builds strong effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.


• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demean in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.


• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  Work beyond 40 hours per week may be required. 

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our Benefits: Cirrus provides a range of exciting benefits, including:

• 401(k) Plan: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after 90 days, with 100% vesting.


• Employer-Paid Coverages: Group term life, short- and long-term disability insurance.


• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, vision, dental, with additional dependent coverage options.


• Free Health Tracking: With rewards for meeting health goals.


• Generous PTO: 120 hours accrued within the first year.


• Employee Referral Bonus: For referring talented candidates.


• Career Development: Tuition reimbursement and professional growth opportunities.


• Exclusive Discounts: Access to partner and marketplace discounts.


• Community & Engagement: Company and employee clubs at various locations.

These benefits are designed to support your well-being, growth, and enjoyment at Cirrus!