Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run \"Business Resource Group\" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with groundbreaking technology to make United the best airline in the history of aviation.

United's Digital Technology team crafts, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job overview and responsibilities

Product Owner - IT holds a central position in each of the product/application development cycle with an in depth solid understanding of Airlines operations. A key strategist in developing functionality, based on full grasp of specific business functions, taking into account all of the associated business & technical dependencies involved. Excellent communicator with outstanding analytical skills in order to collaborate with business users, technology teams and leadership in an Agile environment. Drives agile development & testing teams by crafting detailed requirements in the form of user stories from inception to delivery. Builds vision and create roadmaps, based on business priorities, supervise and manage progress of the product delivery. High-level knowledge of the system design architecture to facilitate discussions needed for systematic updates to technical components, that deliver key functionalities to the user. Possesses deep knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, DevOps & Quality Assurance processes.

Translates high level business requirements into detailed requirements (user stories) to be consumed by development pods in each sprint, while ensuring stories and features are added iteratively to the product to add overall valueManages a story backlog to ensure readiness of user stories for the upcoming sprint and builds acceptance criteria that is clear, concise and actionableContributes to overall definition of strategy and scope, including working with business team members to understand ‘why’ we are working on something before development beginsWorks with User Experience (UX) analysts to ensure prototypes convey story intentWorks with Dev and QA to understand the boundaries of any given storyQualificationsRequiredBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience is4-5 years digital technology experience requiredDemonstrate outstanding knowledge of: SDLC processes, Agile & Scrum Knowledge, Business/System requirements, DevOps Process and Airline OperationsHigh-level understanding of Cloud ComputingAble to Work with distributed teams (on shore and off) requiredMust be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorshipPreferred2-3 Agile/Scrum experience preferredPrior Experience in Airport Operations and an understanding of how United Operations workKnowledge TFS/Client or related tools