Manager, Enterprise PMO

Alaska Airlines, Inc.; SeaTac (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free stand-by travel privileges

Well-being programs including medical,

Job summary

Alaska Airlines is seeking a Manager, Enterprise PMO to execute the EPMO strategy and deliver a portfolio of strategic initiatives. You will lead portfolio governance, manage resources, risk, and value realization, and collaborate with senior leaders to align projects with enterprise goals.

You will coach a team of project managers, drive effective delivery, and seek opportunities to innovate using AI and analytics to improve PMO capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
• 2 years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, PMBOK).
• Hands-on experience in project management including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, staffing, and communications.
• Experience in leadership roles managing large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Experience leading change management initiatives and technology integration.
• Demonstrated ability to form relationships with senior leaders.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution and value delivery of a portfolio of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with business leaders to align objectives, scope, success criteria, and benefits; drive transformation through delivery and process improvement.
• Oversee portfolio performance, including budget, resources, timelines, risks, and benefits realization.
• Provide governance and direction to project teams, ensuring consistency with PMO standards and best practices.
• Partner across the enterprise to manage cross-functional dependencies and maintain clear communication.
• Identify opportunities for innovation using AI and analytics to improve PMO processes.
• Lead and develop a team of project managers across programs and initiatives.
• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders to align priorities and deliver outcomes.
• Identify and resolve portfolio risks and constraints; escalate as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication

Change management

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Company

Alaska Airlines

The Team

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teamssetthe strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use ourexpertisein accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, 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 Specific Details

The Manager, Enterprise PMO executes the EPMO strategy and delivers a portfolio of strategic, complex initiatives. This role ensures projects are delivered on time, with high quality and measurable business outcomes, at Alaska Airlines. As a people leader, this role sets clear priorities and direction for the team and collaborates with senior executives to ensure alignment of the portfolio and individual project objectives with enterprise strategy. The role leads portfolio management, including governance, risk, resource allocation, delivery quality, and value realization.

Key Duties

• Lead the execution and value delivery of a portfolio of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with business leaders and sponsors to align objectives, scope, success criteria, and benefits, and drive transformation through effective delivery, change management, and process improvement.
• Oversee portfolio performance, including budget, resources, timelines, risks, and benefits realization, and resolve issues and constraints across teams.
• Provide governance and direction to project teams, ensuring consistent execution against PMO standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Partner across the enterprise to manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and impacts, and maintain clear communication.
• Identify and implement opportunities for innovation, leveraging AI and analytics, to continuously improve PMO processes, tools, and capabilities to enhance delivery effectiveness.
• Lead and develop a team of project managers, ensuring disciplined execution, stakeholder alignment, and consistent delivery of business impact across all programs and initiatives.
• Establish strong relationships and influence stakeholders to align priorities and deliver business outcomes.
• Identify and resolve portfolio risks and constraints, escalating as needed; align across teams to address conflicts and resource gaps.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• 5 years of experience leading complex cross-functional projects to completion, project management or related areas.
• 2 years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, PMBOK).
• Hands-on experience in project management, including all elements of scope, schedule, budget, risk evaluation, issue resolution, quality, integration, staffing, and communications.
• Experience in a leadership role managing large-scale, complex, and cross-functional projects.
• Experience leading change management initiatives, implementing projects involving process improvement principles and technology integration, and driving organizational transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to form relationships and strategic partnerships with senior leaders.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Portfolio management role experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

Salary Range

$120,400-$180,600 / 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
• 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 OpportunityPolicy StatementIt is the policy of AlaskaAirlines,Hawaiian Airlinesand Horizon Air tocomply withall applicable federal,stateand 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, geneticinformationand other legally protected categories.

We haveestablishedan 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 haveestablishedan 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, geneticinformationand 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 Airlinesand Horizon Airsponsored 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.

Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) RegulationsAlaska 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 tosubmitto testing or positive indications of drug use willrenderthe applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/HorizonAirand any employment offer will be withdrawn.

Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 11/14/2026

FLSA Status

Exempt

Employment Type

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Requisition Type

Management

Location

Seattle - Corporate HQ

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