Product Owner, New Distribution Capability

<p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The evolution of the travel distribution ecosystem has been driven by technologies that allow airlines to better sell and market their products. Air Canada is taking the lead to shape a modernized cost-effective distribution ecosystem using technologies such as Routehappy and New Distribution Capability (NDC) to expand the reach and richness of its content across direct and indirect channels. The goal is to move from the legacy, passive, and rigid distribution technologies to a more flexible, dynamic, and passenger-centric distribution environment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The Product Distribution and Payments team is looking for an experienced, detail-oriented, and motivated individual to join the team to enhance the NDC product. The candidate will work directly with the Manager, NDC Product, and will contribute to the delivery of the NDC distribution strategy and roadmap aiming at improving customers’ booking experience and increasing revenues. The ideal candidate is responsible for defining business requirements and assessing impacts to existing business processes and systems, and is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the NDC end-to-end flows. The candidate must be an independent, customer-centric individual, have a passion for the travel industry, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-oriented, and cross-functional environment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Document new features benefits to assist in the NDC backlog prioritization and help to build and prioritize the NDC features backlog.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Conduct discovery sessions, working closely with the NDC Implementation, Commercial, and Sales teams, to understand and define new requirements.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Work closely with relevant workstreams to ensure that NDC solutions meet the requirements.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Conduct gap analysis and write business requirements to enhance the NDC product.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Collaborate with other teams to assess impacts of product changes on other systems or processes, and document them for the solution assessment.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Responsible for documenting and maintaining process flows.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Ensure that all required information is provided to ensure timely delivery of new features.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Be the expert and source of knowledge for NDC flows.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Work closely with other teams to support the implementation of solutions leveraging the offers and orders management modules and act as the NDC SMEs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Ensure that existing NDC solutions are aligned with the Air Canada distribution goals.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Work closely with IT to create the new NDC features documents, release notes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Responsible for creating and communicating NDC product briefs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Communicate business requirements to a broad audience with varying levels of knowledge.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Monitor the NDC product performance and identify areas of improvement to increase the channel adoption.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Create and maintain NDC distribution performance KPI reports.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Keep up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, emerging technologies, and industry trends and best practices in airline distribution.</span></li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">University degree in Business, Computer Science, IT, or a related field.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">2+ years of experience within business analysis, product ownership and/or management.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Good knowledge of XML is required.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Good knowledge of NDC technology is desired.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience working with Agile methodologies is a plus.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience working with software development tools like JIRA and Confluence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience participating in product discovery sessions.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Ability to provide clear direction and effective communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Strong time management, organizational and planning skills.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Strong business acumen with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Collaborative team player.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Able to work under pressure and meet timelines with minimum supervision.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Highly flexible and adaptable with ability to change priorities.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience in the Airline or Travel Industry is a plus.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience with Global Distributions Systems (GDS) is a plus.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Experience with Passenger Service System or Computer Reservation System is a plus.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Conditions of Employment:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Linguistic Requirements</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Diversity and Inclusion</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.</strong></span></p>

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