Position Title: Manager Software Engineering – Customer Experience (LSC, OSC, SSC)
Position Summary
The Manager, Software Engineering – Customer Experience (CEX) is the technical point of contact for all customer reservation products in the designated area of responsibility. The Manager is responsible for planned initiatives, projects, and ongoing IT services, customer product delivery as well as business partner management. The Manager leads, coaches and develops a team of engineers focused on customer product delivery. The Manager will be involved in operational support of all customer products within scope of responsibility.
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
- Manage a portfolio of products from conception to retirement (e.g. Passenger domain, Robotic applications, passenger event consuming applications, notification center, etc.)
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers (including tech leads) as well as business partners
- Ensure that the software engineering team delivers with consistency, high quality and predictability
- Create and promote a work environment focused on engineering excellence to attract, develop and encourage a culture of technical innovation
- Partner with product management and marketing teams and help develop the product vision and roadmap
- Manage towards achieving product goals, contribute to product strategy and develop a product focused software engineering team
- Develop the technology roadmap for products in their area of responsibility to ensure security, reliability and scalability
- Leads the development of policies, standards and guidelines for building and supporting IT products
- Establish frameworks, design and integration patterns as well as guide the software development performed by business partners
- Responsible for developing, maintaining and reporting a financial and resource plan for their area of responsibility
- Act as the escalation point for operational support to assigned portfolio applications with around the clock accessibility
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing organization to negotiate business partner contracts and service level agreements which aligns with business unit’s requirements and expectations
- Manage production and non-production environments through change control management
- Ensure work practices are in line with all audits, security and regulatory requirements
- Partner with other IT Managers to ensure alignment and drive efficiencies
- Take a significant role in leading and coaching direct team and/or indirect crewmembers to support the engagement, growth and development of Succession plan for the IT department
- Other duties as assigned