Product Owner

The People of Southwest Airlines come together to deliver on our Purpose, which is to connect People to whats important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Product Owner invests in the future of Southwests People by supporting various portfolio teams (People and Finance, Technology Platforms, Infrastructure, Architecture, and Cybersecurity) with identity and access management and provisioning capabilities. This role joins the Cybersecurity Enablement Team (CSEE) and works to attend product management meetings, planning, and backlog/vision refinement sessions. The Product Owner is a strong communicator who enjoys working in a dynamic environment to deliver strategic solutions and drive the future of Southwest.

Additional details:

• This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for training, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. is required, and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.

• Prepare backlog for PI Planning and decide which work items become part of the team backlog
• Serve as the customer proxy
• Build, refine, prioritize, and maintain the team backlog
• Partner in Scrum ceremonies such as iteration planning, iteration reviews, and demos
• Help create user stories and define acceptance criteria
• Review and accept user stories as complete
• Contribute to vision and program Backlog
• Meet with stakeholders to ensure features and subsequent stories meet expectations
• Drive iteration content by prioritizing user stories
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee&39;s Leaders

• Ability to make decisions with minimal guidance and oversight
• Ability to be organized with strong attention to detail and capable of coordinating multiple viewpoints into a single message
• Ability to understand technical issues
• Skilled in analytics and problem solving with a high attention to detail
• Ability to anticipate risks, issues and opportunities, and escalate them accordingly
• Skilled in presentation, facilitation, communication, and negotiation
• Ability to be comfortable and articulate in challenging change management scenarios, knowing when to insert self and when to fade back
• Solid knowledge in Agile including the value and principles, and how they are applied in enterprise environments

• Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Required: Bachelor&39;s Degree or equivalent work experience - BS, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field or the equivalent formal training

• Required: Intermediate-level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in:
  • Agile and Scrum software development methodologies
  • Business analysis, project management or software development delivering enterprise products and solutions

• N/A

• Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits

• Competitive market salary from $97,750 per year to $108,600 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you&39;ll love:

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

• Up to a 9.3 401(k) Company match, dollar for dollar, per paycheck **

• Potential for annual Profit Sharing contribution toward retirement - when Southwest profits, you profit***

• Explore more Benefits youll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to the plans vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plans vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.