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 Fleet PMO (Program Management Office) within the Finance Division.
- Responsible for managing large-scale cross-departmental fleet projects that are strategic to meeting American Airline's objectives.
- Responsible for the processes, reporting, and communications at the project portfolio level.
What you'll do
- Manages project plans, budgets, project risks, issues, and change control.
- Coordinates across multiple departments, including areas such as Technical Operations (Engineering, Maintenance & Planning), Customer Experience, Network Planning, Finance, In-Flight, Flight Ops, Marketing, and Corp Communications.
- Holds external partners and internal groups accountable for delivery of tasks and assignments.
- Challenges the status quo and keep airline interest in the forefront of decision-making process.
- Works with relevant stakeholder groups to continually identify strategic opportunities and synergies across the portfolio of projects.
- Manages the interdependencies between projects – specifically with respect to timing of decisions and resources.
- Responsible for tracking the financial performance of projects, ensuring adherence to budget and explanation of variances.
- Introduces process improvements across the portfolio and ensures alignment of PM processes throughout the company.
- Develops appropriate metrics, dashboards, and reports to communicate project health.
- Provides project updates to numerous audiences, including all stakeholders, Steering Committees and senior executives.
- Responsible for collecting feedback and lessons learned from projects and incorporating into future projects and processes.
- Mentors and leads all Project Managers within the PMO (Program Management Office).
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience/training
- 5+ years Project Management experience
- Basic understanding of airline/aircraft economics
- Familiarity with Maintenance and Engineering/Technical Operations
- Aviation experience is a must
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
- Master’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training
- Planning and/or analysis experience in one or more airline areas
- Supply chain/procurement experience
- 5 years Project Management experience with aircraft modification programs demonstrating cross-departmental coordination
- PMP Certification
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
- Solid understanding of business transformation efforts
- Solid knowledge of standard Project Management frameworks, principles, processes, and tools
- Proficiency in MS Office Products particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficiency in Smartsheet
- Ability to comfortably and persuasively interact with personnel at all levels within AA
- Exceptional quantitative and analytical skills with an aptitude for problem solving
- Demonstrated ability to perform both independently and as a team member, oversee multiple assignments, complete projects on time, and perform under pressure
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+ Employee 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.
