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Department: Technology
Our Company Promise We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer. Job Description:
The Sr Product Owner plays a pivotal role in advancing Southwest Airlines' Maintenance Operations and Power Plant Engineering capabilities by leading the development of Technology solutions that support critical decision-making for frontline operations. This role partners closely with Product Management, stakeholders, and development Teams to define and prioritize the Team backlog, ensuring alignment with program goals, and technical integrity. By driving the Technology roadmap and championing the adoption of modern tools, the Sr Product Owner helps streamline aircraft engine maintenance and operational workflows. In addition to mentoring Associate and Product Owners, this role helps foster a healthy Team Culture and contributes to cross-functional planning and vision refinement. This role is essential to delivering innovative, high-impact solutions that enhance safety, reliability, and efficiency across Southwest's Technical Operations network. Additional details
This role allows for voluntary remote work for the majority of your working time within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with occasional on-site presence at our Corporate Campus for training, meetings, and business needs. This role may also require limited travel for business purposes. U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.
We're committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. Responsibilities
Provide innovation and the end-to-end launch of integrated solutions/products across multiple Agile Teams Collaborate with Business Partners and Product Managers to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment across multiple Agile Teams Work with senior stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria across multiple products or complex solutions Turn data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer Oversee the design, construction, and implementation of integrated solutions ensuring functionality meets business requirements Coach and mentor other Product Owners across multiple Agile Teams to build, refine, prioritize and maintain their Team backlogs Review, approve, and drive iteration content by prioritizing user stories and accept user stories as complete Define and prioritize solutions to complex issues and effectively communicate dependencies, risks, issues and cope for complex solutions Coach and mentor Product Owners and Scrum Masters in the successful delivery of Scrum ceremonies such as iteration planning, iteration reviews, and demos May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to make decisions independently and demonstrate skills to support, guide, and mentor other Product Owners in the same business domain Ability to understand technical issues across multiple business systems and how business areas interact in order to drive toward the best solutions Ability to be analytical and problem solve with a high attention to detail Ability to show initiative by anticipating risks, issues and opportunities, and escalating them accordingly, while mentoring and coaching Skilled in presentation, facilitation, communication, and negotiation across multiple stakeholders and levels in the organization Ability to search for opportunities, focus on business value and the Return On Investment and act proactively on possible risks and threats Ability to effectively manage complex tasks that are not well defined Ability to balance priority, risk, value, learning opportunities and dependencies and effectively uses product / Team backlog to manage them Ability to effectively communicate complex problems, risks, progress, or new ideas to diverse Stakeholders and influence direction Knowledge of industry trends and new technologies in order to provide innovative product guidance to the Business or Product Manager Expertise in Agile including the value and principles, and how they are applied in enterprise environments Education
Required: High School Diploma or GED Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information systems or similar fields of study or equivalent advanced level experience Physical Abilities
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 Other Qualifications
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 Must be able to travel and /or attend Company and non-Company facilities and remote locations such as remote-based offices as necessary
Pay & Benefits Competitive market salary from$116,350 - $129,300 per year* depending on qualifications and experience, with opportunity for future pay increases based on performance and market movement. For eligible leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company. Benefits you'll love:
Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too) Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings** Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit*** Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets) Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment. Explore more Benefits you'll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits
*Pay amount doesn't guarantee employment for any particular period of time **401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan's vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits ***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan's vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Southwest Airlines
401(k), remote work
Sep 22, 2025