Product Owner, Reservations

Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k) up to 9%

Vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Flight privileges

Health benefits

Job summary

Delta Air Lines, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Product Owner to lead day-to-day delivery for AI-enabled and automation initiatives within the Reservations Experience Design & Technology team in Atlanta.

You will translate business needs into build-ready requirements and partner with IT squads to drive measurable improvements. You will own the sprint backlog, write clear user stories and acceptance criteria, participate in all agile ceremonies, collaborate with stakeholders, and monitor product

Qualifications

• Must have a proven track record as a Product Owner or delivery-focused role in an agile environment.
• Experience writing/refining features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.
• Strong knowledge of backlog management, prioritization, sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ability to translate evolving business needs into build-ready requirements and manage delivery decisions.
• Analytical, data-driven problem solving to inform prioritization and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the sprint backlog for AI and automation products.
• Translate business needs into clear features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios.
• Write and refine stories, dependencies, and definition of done.
• Lead and participate in agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, reviews, demos, retros).
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and IT teams to solve problems.
• Monitor product performance and use data to guide backlog prioritization.
• Develop tactical plans to support employee safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Product Owner experience

Agile methodologies

User story writing

Backlog management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

Jira

VersionOne

Aha!

Excel

Power BI

Job description

How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)

Now is an exciting time to be part of Delta's Reservations and Care Experience Design & Technology team as we redefine customer and employee experiences by setting new technology standards. This role will help bring AI-enabled and automation capabilities to life in our Customer Engagement Centers. Delta's Reservations Experience Design & Technology team is seeking a hands-on Product Owner to lead day-to-day product delivery, translate business needs into build-ready requirements, and partner closely with Information Technology squads to deliver measurable improvements.

• Own and prioritize the sprint backlog for AI and automation products, balancing customer, employee, business, and technical needs.


• Translate product goals, business needs, and user feedback into clear features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios that development teams can execute.


• Take direct ownership of story writing and refinement, ensuring requirements clearly describe the expected functionality, user value, dependencies, and definition of done.


• Lead and actively participate in agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews and demos, and retrospectives.


• Collaborate with Product Managers, stakeholders, designers, analysts, and Information Technology teams to understand business problems, refine requirements, validate proposed solutions, and remove ambiguity.


• Monitor product performance, adoption, and quality data, identify improvement opportunities, and use evidence to support backlog prioritization and continuous product improvement.


• Develop tactical plans that create a safety-conscious environment and support employee safety and wellbeing.

What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)

• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.


• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.


• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.


• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.


• Proven experience as a Product Owner or in a similar delivery-focused role within a dynamic agile environment.


• Demonstrated experience writing and refining features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios for digital products.


• Strong working knowledge of agile practices and principles, including backlog management, prioritization, sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.


• Ability to convert vague or evolving business needs into clear, build-ready requirements and make timely delivery decisions.


• Ability to work directly with development teams, provide rapid feedback, resolve requirement questions, and accept completed work against defined criteria.


• Analytical and practical problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to identify issues and support prioritization decisions.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Ability to connect product vision to measurable outcomes and recommend strategic priorities using customer insights, operational data, feasibility, and value.


• Experience defining product OKRs, KPIs, value-realization measures, or an end-to-end metrics strategy.


• Experience with AI, machine learning, automation, conversational AI, or other emerging digital capabilities.


• Working knowledge of Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytical tools, including the ability to interpret AI or automation process and performance data.


• Experience with digital.ai Agility/VersionOne, Aha!, or Jira.


• Experience in programming or software development.

Benefits And Perks To Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives


• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%


• New hires are eligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the following vacation year (April 1 - March 31)


• In addition to vacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal time within a 12-month period


• 10 paid holidays per calendar year


• Birthing parents are eligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave


• Non-birthing parents are eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave


• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life insurance benefits


• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages


• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health


• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members


• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals


• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint


• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies


• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together


• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare