Manager of Product Owners and Product Managers, North America

Navtech, Inc.; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Product Owners and Product Managers to lead product management in North America. This pivotal leadership role focuses on ensuring product development aligns with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) while fostering an innovative and collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering and the aviation industry, particularly in flight operations. You will be responsible for managing a team of Product Managers and ensuring they have the right skills and support to succeed. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and inclusion, and help shape the future of product management in aviation.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and aviation industry is essential.
• Strong leadership and management skills required for overseeing teams.

Responsibilities

• Guide and oversee product ownership and management in North America.
• Establish processes and KPIs to measure team performance.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Leadership

Management

Interpersonal Skills

Team Player

Self-Motivated

Education

Diploma or degree in software engineering

Aeronautics or related field

Tools

SAFe Framework

EFB Solutions

Job description

Head of Product Owners and Product Managers, North America

Head of Product Owners and Product Managers, North America

The Head of Product Owners and Managers is a leadership role responsible for guiding and overseeing the product ownership and management function in the North American region that follows the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). This role is responsible for ensuring that the products and solutions are developed, maintained, and delivered in accordance with SAFe principles, fostering Agile practices, and achieving business objectives. On the team, one Product Manager is in charge of a team with 7 testers to execute the non-regression test of specific products.

The Product Management function relies on several key roles like Business Owners, EPIC owners, Lean UX Designers, Product Owners, and Product Managers.

In NAVBLUE, all Product Managers are grouped together in a team with a dedicated manager, the Head of Product Managers.

The Head of Product Managers is accountable for establishing the right staffing, managing competencies, people development, as well as ensuring the right performance of the Product Managers by ensuring that all necessary means are properly in place. The Head of Product Managers is also monitoring the performance of each Product Manager (both in terms of outputs and outcomes).

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that Product Owners staffing is adequate vs development capacity
• Ensures that Product Owners have the right skills (flight ops domain, SAFe framework, software engineering)
• Supports Product Owners in their development
• Establishes and maintains processes and KPIs to measure the performance of the Product Owners team

Management of the Product Managers:

• Ensures that Product Managers staffing is adequate vs strategic directions and development capacity
• Ensures that Product Managers have the right skills (flight ops domain, SAFe framework)
• Supports Product Managers in their development
• Establishes and maintains processes and KPIs to measure the performance of the Product Management team

Support the manager of the test team to execute the committed test activities done by the team.

The Head of Product Owners and Managers follows the guidance of the Airbus leadership model.

Dimensions:

• Subordinate employees: 7 including one Manager of 7 people
• Team size: 14 people and the PM/PO responsibilities of half the NAVBLUE Trains

Qualified Experience/Skills/Training:

Education:

• Diploma or degree in software engineering, aeronautics or a related field.

Experience:

• Experience in Software engineering
• Experience in Aviation industry, noticeably Flight Operations – good knowledge of EFB solutions including Charts, OCC environment, flight ops engineering
• Some experience in SAFe
• Leadership, management

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies:

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
• High energy, driven to innovate, and a team player
• Strongly focused and self-motivated to overachieve goals
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to interact effectively with senior management, customers, and partners

How to Apply:

We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

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