Flight Crew Roster Team Lead (80-100%, all genders)

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where teamwork and precision are key? Join SWISS to lead a dedicated team, shaping crew rosters that balance operational needs, crew satisfaction, and compliance—ensuring smooth and reliable flight operations.

Starting date: August 01, 2025

You may apply in English or German.

Tasks

As Flight Crew Roster Team Lead, you will oversee a team responsible for developing, optimizing, and publishing monthly flight crew rosters. You will optimize and align roster parameters and track crew capacities while optimizing crew satisfaction, crew productivity and operational stability.

• Oversee the development and publication of monthly rosters for flight crews under optimization of crew satisfaction, crew productivity and operational stability.
• Guide the development and evaluation of monthly roster scenarios and set priorities in collaboration with capacity planning, crew control and key interfaces.
• Monitor short-term crew capacity trends, assess potential risks, and direct short-term actions to maintain operational stability.
• Approve critical roster and absence change requests with a direct impact on planning outcomes.
• Manage and develop the Flight Crew Roster Team, ensuring a high-performance culture.
  
  

Benefits

• Attractive company pension scheme
• Company health management
• Flight benefits
• Diversity programmes
• Flexible workhours and part-time working models
• Remote working (e.g. from home)
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Subsidized parking or public transport
  
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree in business administration, aviation management, or equivalent education.
• 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, scheduling, or strategic resource management and familiarity with crew rostering systems and operational planning tools.
• Operational mindset with the ability to assess and decide on complex planning scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
• Experience in managing teams under pressure is strongly favored.
• Fluent in English and German
  
  

For any further questions, please contact our Recruiting Services Center at +41 44 564 22 66.

Shared position possibility: Please apply as tandem (each partner sends an individual application and refers to the other tandem partner)

Contact

Alexandra Wirth

recruiting.services@swiss.com