Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This job is a member of the Regional Operations Planning and Performance Team within the Regional Division.
• Responsible for analyzing all aspects of regional operational performance, covering a wide variety of both strategic and operational analysis.

What you'll do

• Leads coordination of deep dive initiatives between regional carriers, hub leadership and mainline organization to understand and troubleshoot operational challenges and deliver performance improvement for the regional operation that represents over half of the departures at American Airlines
• Provides analysis and project management support for operational deep dives and competitive gap analysis to identify key performance drivers and opportunities to close the gap between American Eagle and industry leading reliability
• Develops and drives initiatives for reliability improvement across American Eagle through collaboration with various cross-functional teams
• Tracks operational performance across 5 carriers and 2 ground handlers, including analysis of MOGT, block times, crew turns, maintenance touch time, etc.
• Coordinates initiatives, actions and procedures with individual carriers, hub leadership and operational departments across American Airlines
• Coordinates with other departments i.e. Network Planning, Fleet and operations planning on key initiatives that drive operational reliability (spare gates, spare AC, overnight maintenance time / locations, crew turns, contractual constraints, corporate operations goals etc.)
• Develops presentations and provide internal recommendations regarding operation performance and initiatives to senior management
• Works with carriers to understand feedback during the schedule proposal process
• Performs financial analysis to understand cost and carrier performance across the Regional Fuel Savings Program

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, preferably Finance

Preferred Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience in airline operations analysis, operations research
• Masters of Business Administration

Skills, Licenses, and Certifications

• Ability to possess sound strategic business analysis acumen and proven ability to develop highly complex analysis
• Ability to effectively handle multiple, concurrent projects with minimal supervision; appropriately prioritize projects to meet all critical deadlines
• Ability to be analytical, possess negotiations and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent organizational abilities
• Ability to be a strong collaborator with proven ability to drive change
• Occasional travel may be required

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.