Position Summary
The Manager, Technical Program Management role will provide leadership & oversight of all projects within the IT Infrastructure assigned portfolio. The Manager will be directly responsible for tracking project delivery, resource & budget planning and business partner management. As a manager, you will oversee a team of project managers and play a key role in advancing IT, Infrastructure teams strategic, operations projects, and collaborate with larger organizations within the company.
The Manager works with established priorities and focus to meet business demands, excels when working on complex programs, is motivated to deliver results, and exhibits the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun. The Manager would be an inspirational leader who attracts and retains talent, creates high levels of energy and motivation throughout challenges and obstacles, brings in new talent and proactively manages existing talent to maximize productivity.
Essential Responsibilities
- Lead a team of highly motivated technical project managers, while being detail-oriented and hands-on; team members might be across airports, support centers and remote
- Manage a "portfolio" of projects from discovery to closure including transition to support teams. Projects include the following areas, but not limited to, BlueCity Engineering (e.g. Station openings, Support Center, and BlueCity updates), Workplace Technology (e.g. Software upgrades, collaboration tools, mobile device deployment) and IT Infrastructure projects (Datacenter, Cloud & E-Commerce)
- Actively coach and mentor team members in waterfall & agile methodology practices, and support their career development; lead by example and build trust
- Owns the relationship with business functional area leaders and delivery of IT solutions. Partners with senior leaders to develop and deliver an annual budget plan
- Responsible for developing, maintaining and regularly reporting on both a financial and resource capacity plan for designated areas of responsibility
- Lead optimization efforts with key strategic business partners in order to transform our infrastructure, drive improved efficiency and reduce operational costs
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing to negotiate business partner contracts and service level agreements which aligns with business unit’s requirements and expectations
- Partner with all IT Managers to drive efficiencies and ensure alignment
- Develop and improve the program management and planning processes for effective throughput across teams and broader work streams
- Identify risks, prioritize and collaborate with partners to resolve in a timely manner
- Ensure that JetBlue IT and business standards and procedures are maintained in accordance with Company policies and all audit, security, and regulatory requirements
- Accountable for product and services delivery within assigned business units and across IT
- Take a significant role in the development of crewmembers to support their engagement, growth, and goal achievement
- Other duties as assigned