Manager-IT Product

Cirrus Aircraft; Alcoa (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Employer-Paid Coverages

Flexible Spending Accounts

Well-being programs

401(k) Plan with match

PTO plans

Additional Time off Benefits

Career Development: Tuition reimburse

Exclusive Discounts

Community & Engagement

Job summary

Cirrus Aircraft is seeking an IT Product Manager to lead the IT product team and guide cross-functional delivery aligned with the IT roadmap. You will manage the product life cycle, prioritize backlog, and partner with stakeholders to deliver value while coaching an agile team.

The role emphasizes servant leadership, strong communication, and the ability to balance multiple initiatives. This position sits within Cirrus' Information Technology organization and requires strategic thinking and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 8–10 years Information Technology, program management, or relevant technical experience.
• 5+ years of work experience leading a team.
• PMP and Agile/Scrum certifications preferred.
• Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle.
• Embrace a Servant Leadership mentality.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement, encourage collaboration and communicate effectively across multiple levels in the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage competing work demands and multiple initiatives at the same time.

Responsibilities

• Develop new feature requests by understanding business stakeholder needs and schedule release timelines.
• Collaborate with product owners to create products addressing customer needs.
• Oversee IT product throughout its life cycle and manage the backlog to align with roadmap.
• Coordinate testing to identify issues and drive improvements; champion the product and team.
• Allocate resources to sprints to complete work packages and monitor health and performance.
• Track and report product performance; collaborate with cross-functional teams for integration and resources.
• Conduct market research, metrics, and analytics to evaluate product performance; build partnerships across the business.

Skills

Product management

Agile/Scrum

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

The IT Product Manager is responsible for leading the IT product team and facilitating cross functional teams to support product delivery and system operations using industry best practices, guiding solution design that aligns with the IT strategic roadmap, and delivering value to business stakeholders. The Product Manager owns the product life cycle for the IT product managing the resource allocation and backlog prioritization, and closely partnering with the Product Owner and business stakeholders providing insight, feedback, and strategic recommendations regarding product performance, quality, and utilization capability. Provides servant leadership to an agile team by educating and coaching team members and stakeholders to maximize efficiencies, delivering incremental customer value, and embracing continuous improvement. This position will be part of the Information Technology team.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes deep understanding of the business stakeholder's needs to develop new feature requests, schedules release timelines and manages sprints appropriately.
• Partners with product owners to create products to address customer needs.
• Oversees IT product throughout the entire product life cycle
• Manages the backlog to align with product roadmap
• Manages testing to detect and fix issues to make necessary improvements
• Champions the product and advocates for the product team members
• Allocates resources to appropriate sprint to achieve work packages
• Manages the health and performance of the team and the product
• Tracks and reports product performance
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand integration and resources across products
• Performs marketplaces research, metrics, and analytics to evaluate product performance
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of diverse IT professionals and building cross-functional partnerships across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 8 to 10 years Information Technology, program management, or relevant technical experience
• 5+ years' work experience leading a team.
• PMP and Agile/Scrum certifications preferred
• Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle
• Embrace a Servant Leadership mentality
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement, encourage collaboration and communicate effectively (written and verbal) across multiple levels in the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage competing work demands and multiple initiatives at the same time.
• Preference for experience in X product...

Our Benefits: Cirrus provides a range of exciting benefits, including:

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, vision, dental, with additional dependent coverage options
• Employer-Paid Coverages: Group term life, short- and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts:FSA and HSA offerings with company contributions to HSA
• Well-being:Calm Health, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness incentives through medical provider
• 401(k) Plan: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after 90 days, with 100% vesting at 1 year of service
• PTO: Various PTO plans starting at 100 hours accrued within the first year
• Additional Time off Benefits: Paid holidays, 2 weeks of Paid Parental leave, paid time for funeral leave and jury duty
• Career Development: Tuition reimbursement program and professional growth opportunities
• Exclusive Discounts: Cirrus Store, partner and marketplace discounts available
• Community & Engagement: Company and employee clubs at various locations

These benefits are designed to support your well-being, growth, and enjoyment at Cirrus!