Position Summary
The Manager, Airport Experience Technology (Front of House) is accountable for the product strategy, development, delivery, and lifecycle of technology solutions supporting airport operations. This individual serves as a key liaison between Technology and airport business stakeholders, aligning product capabilities with operational goals. The Manager leads a team of product-focused crewmembers and is responsible for managing partner relationships, ensuring operational excellence, and driving innovation that enhances the airport experience for both customers and crewmembers.
The Manager is comfortable with maintaining a public profile and building relationships throughout the organization. The Manager is also able to change priorities and focus to meet business demands, excels when working on complex projects, is motivated to deliver results, and exhibits the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun.
Essential Responsibilities
- Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap to support airport operations and customer/crewmember experience.
- Prioritize and deliver iterative product improvements informed by data, user feedback, and strategic alignment.
- Serve as the business relationship owner to align product delivery with operational goals and support key business functions.
- Prioritize product backlogs and coordinate delivery to ensure features are built iteratively and deliver value quickly.
- Drive customer-centricity by championing the voice of the end user (crewmembers and customers) through journey mapping, feedback loops, and usability testing.
- Manage the lifecycle of airport technology solutions, from planning through retirement, ensuring operational excellence and innovation.
- Maintain oversight of production and non-production environments through structured release and change management processes, and serve as the escalation point for operational support of assigned applications.
- Ensure compliance with all audits, security standards, regulatory requirements, and JetBlue policies.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of crewmembers focused on product delivery and operational support, fostering an agile mindset.
- Collaborate across Technology teams to ensure alignment, drive efficiencies, and deliver seamless cross-functional product experiences.
- Manage business partners and collaborate with strategic sourcing, negotiating contracts and service level agreements (SLAs) that meet stakeholder needs and performance expectations.
- Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and resource plans aligned with portfolio and project priorities.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs) to measure product and service performance and mitigate risks related to compliance, technology, and operations.
- Take a significant role in the development of crewmembers to support their engagement, growth, and goal achievement.
- Other duties as assigned