
Cognizant
Product Manager - Airline Mobile Application
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 02/06/2026
Job overview
Date posted
18/04/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Job description
The Product Manager - Airline Mobile Application role at Cognizant Consulting (a global IT, consulting, and business process outsourcing leader with over 340,000 employees and a presence across NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, Fortune 500, and Forbes Global 1000 companies) is responsible for driving the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of an airline mobile application as a key digital customer-facing product within the aviation digital ecosystem. The role operates in a hybrid consulting environment and works closely with the Senior Product Manager, Digital and Ecommerce teams, Agile Release Train stakeholders, and cross-functional delivery teams. The position acts as the customer proxy within Agile Scrum teams and ensures that product strategy, roadmap, and business priorities are translated into clearly defined user stories with acceptance criteria, managed in JIRA, and delivered through SAFe Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, WSJF prioritization, and retrospectives. The role is accountable for backlog management, feature definition, dependency coordination, acceptance testing, and ensuring alignment with digital KPIs and customer experience goals. It involves close collaboration with UI/UX designers, solution architects, and content teams to ensure seamless end-to-end feature delivery. The Product Manager ensures continuous improvement of the product backlog, validates delivered features against acceptance criteria and Definition of Done, and supports iterative product enhancement based on data analytics and stakeholder feedback to optimize airline mobile app performance across the customer journey.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Support the Senior Product Manager in delivering product strategy, vision, and roadmap for the airline mobile application
- Manage and prioritize product backlog including epics, features, and user stories in JIRA
- Define user stories with clear acceptance criteria and acceptance tests
- Ensure Agile iteration planning and coordinate dependencies across product owners and scrum teams
- Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies including PI planning, sprint planning, WSJF prioritization, and retrospectives
- Validate delivered features against acceptance criteria and Definition of Done
- Facilitate product demos and ensure stakeholder validation of delivered features
- Collaborate with UI/UX, solution architects, and development teams to ensure end-to-end feature delivery
- Continuously refine and improve backlog items for clarity, estimation, and prioritization
- Monitor digital KPIs and drive product improvements based on data analytics and user behavior
- Maintain program Kanban boards and product roadmap documentation
- Ensure successful rollout and adoption of mobile application features across customer journey
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in product development or Product Owner/Product Manager roles
- Experience working in Agile environments including SAFe, Scrum, and Lean Portfolio Management
- At least 2 years of experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- At least 2 years of experience using JIRA for backlog and sprint management
- Strong understanding of digital product development and mobile application ecosystems
- Experience managing user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria
- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across technical and business teams
- Excellent communication and coordination skills