People Product Manager - Workday Recruiting

Department : People

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 :

Southwest firmly believes that our People are our greatest asset, and Leaders within the Company support our People by ensuring all have equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. The People Product Manager facilitates the collaboration between Talent Acquisition and Technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into epics, features, and user stories for delivery within the Agile Release Train framework. They' ll create the roadmap for process improvements , partner with HR functional configuration Teams and T echnology I ntegration P ods to ensure alignment on design, testing, and deployment , and provide status updates to leadership, highlighting progress, risks, and dependencies across initiatives. The People Product Manager is an analytical problem-solver and strategic thinker who is ready to pilot the future of Southwest.

Additional Details

The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX headquarters facility during business hours.

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

• Responsible for identifying customer needs and continuously refining Epics into Features, prioritizing and sequencing them on the PI Roadmap, and working with Product Owners within the ART to translate Features into Stories that will satisfy the Product Vision
• Responsible for Product completeness by creating Feature Acceptance Criteria, maintaining the Feature Definition of Done, and by accepting Features
• Collaborates with Architects and other technical People to ensure the solution effectively addresses the functional and non-functional requirements while maintaining technical excellence by understanding and sequencing Enabler work in the Program Backlog and Program Kanban
• Collaborates with Change Management to prepare for product release (education, documentation, training, etc.)
• Participates in PI planning by defining and presenting the business intent, planned Features, and highlighting any known dependencies and milestones throughout each Program Increment, and providing fast Program-level decisions within the event
• Actively participates in Inspect and Adapt (I&A) events
• Leads Feature definition and refinement including establishing feature acceptance criteria
• Leads the System Demo to evaluate working software and help to assess business value delivered against the business intent
• Provides input and feedback to Epic Owners on new and existing Epics, with customer needs in mind
• Participates in the economic prioritization of Features and Enablers using techniques such as Weighted Shortest Job First
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education

Experience

Managing requirements for large or complex software products

Extensive experience in Workday Recruiting Module. Experience in other Workday modules, Phenom, Hired Score, and other Talent Acquisition tools a plus

Licensing / Certification

Physical Abilities

Other Qualifications

Pay & Benefits

Competitive market salary from $138,800 - $154,200 per year

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 401(k) retirement savings 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 : careers.southwestair.com / benefits

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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