Company Alaska Airlines
The Team
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, spaneting, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Principal Technical Program Manager is the lead subject matter expert in driving cross-cutting initiatives across the organization. This individual contributor role will exercise considerable judgement to define long-term strategy in ways to standardize, ensure execution is efficient and consistent, and set accountability by tracking progress, resolving dependencies, evaluating risks and communicating status to upper management and project stakeholders.
Key Duties
As lead subject matter expert in leading multiple complex and technically critical programs across divisions and companywide initiatives in collaboration with the enterprise project management office.
Exercise considerable latitude and initiative to solve complex technical issues and find solutions for program problems as they arise; responsible for consolidating solutions into an executive summary, detail status, and communicate to various stakeholders.
Own use of multiple communication mediums to distribute information while tailoring the message and detail to the audience.
Make decisions on appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-delivery, clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and cross departmental product teams.
Leverage advanced knowledge to maintain intimate knowledge of systems and identify unnecessary complexity or unmet dependencies.
Leverage and identify opportunities for agile efficiency and scale and define vision with the organization’s leadership.
Manages cross-functional problems and identifies options and solutions by breaking down complex issues or processes into component parts.
Manage complex program timelines, decisions, risks, issues, actions and budget.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
7 years of experience in project/product/technical program management or related area.
Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, technical program management or closely related field, or an additional two years of experience/training in lieu of degree.
Proven program management and technical project management capabilities.
Proven ability to lead & guide technology teams in complex environments.
High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Minimum age of 18.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
7 years of experience as a program manager in an agile software development environment including Scrum, Kanban and Lean processes.
7 years of hands-on experience addressing all elements of scope, schedule, budget, risk evaluation, issue resolution, quality, integration, staffing, and communications on software engineering projects.
Advanced knowledge of program management principles, practices, and tools.
Advanced skills in leading agile groups, must be able to facilitate release planning and cross functional planning for multiple product teams.
Deep understanding of business requirements as defined by epics, features, user stories & releases.
Ability to work closely with product managers and product owners to synchronize the release of features through multiple product backlogs.
Demonstrated ability to stay calm under pressure and be comfortable with ambiguity.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
Salary Range
$138,500-$207,750 / year
Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
Generous 401k match program
Quarterly and annual bonus plans
Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories;
(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and
(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Location Seattle - Hub
L: LI-B
Job Locations USA-WA-SeaTac
Requisition ID 2026-18456
Category Corporate & Operations
