Product Manager - Aviation

Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation. At Air Canada, we are passionate about building great product experiences that help our customers travel the world. As we continue to grow the company into a global champion, product management and IT is playing a leading role in all aspects of our customer’s journey. As a part of that growth, we are not only investing in what we build and how we build it, but the culture we are building around it as well.

Air Canada seeks a highly motivated, detail orientated Product Manager to join the IT team at Air Canada. The ideal candidate interfaces with Air Canada business groups to identify and prioritize business requirements. This specific role focuses on the Air Canada Cargo portfolio, with a primary focus on the Cargo Revenue Accounting product. This individual must be customer centric and have a passion for the logistics industry and an in-depth knowledge for creating innovative and high-performance experiences. They also must be comfortable in working in a high paced, high energy, collaborative environment with a focus on a continuous product delivery model.

Responsibilities:

Drive the product vision for the Cargo Revenue Accounting system,

Create and manage the program and release roadmaps that align to business goals and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

Act as the key IT liaison across all functional areas, including business units, IT, and external vendors for airline operational business areas

Create successful relationships with business and being trusted advisors on issues and aspects related to IT

Work closely with key stakeholders located in Winnipeg (requiring occasional travel to this location)

Play a pivotal leadership role in the upcoming branch transformation program, driving strategic initiatives and change management within the Cargo Finance domain

Be comfortable with leading by influence to drive outcomes in a cross-matrix team

Manage key business stakeholder relationships and work with Business Owners to define experiences that deliver on key business outcomes and goals

Own vision, roadmap, and prioritization along with continuous improvement opportunities for the Cargo Revenue Accounting area and ensure alignment with the broader Cargo portfolio

Define, Prioritize, and Manage feature backlog for your portfolio and communicate that vision with agile delivery teams

Work with Solution Managers, Release Train Engineers, and System Architects to ensure capabilities, technical requirements and release planning meets long term goals

Provide technology specific financial inputs related to a key functional area

Identify and drive new ways of working together using new processes and tools

Prepare presentations and actively participate in meetings with senior leadership across the company to communicate roadmap, new features, and data

Business case creation and potentially budget ownership

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of analyst or product management experience

Experience in Air Cargo or Logistics industry is preferred

Good understanding of Finance principles, Revenue Accounting, or experience working with financial systems is an asset

Ability to energize people in fast-paced and dynamic environment

Experience leading a team of product owners or business analysts and product designers

Ability to provide clear direction and effective communication both in technical and business terms

Demonstrates openness and willingness to adapt to different and new ways of doing things

Takes responsibility for the results and actively participates in the future direction of the organization

Must be a team player with ability to work closely with diverse groups and working styles

Ability to establish and maintain effective business relationships

Innovative and creative with the ability to identify and develop business opportunities

Strong management, organizational and planning skills

Strong understanding of at least one type of Agile process (SCRUM, SAFe, etc)

Experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) tools like JIRA, Confluence

Experience with participating in product discovery sessions

Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment

Conditions of Employment:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.

Linguistic Requirements

Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.