Senior IT Engineering & AI Governance Lead

American Airlines; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Employee Discounts

Job summary

American Airlines in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Sr Manager, IT Engineering - AI Governance to lead AI governance initiatives and guide engineering teams in delivering reliable, compliant digital solutions. You will partner with IT and business leaders to align technical roadmaps with airline priorities and ensure governance across AI projects.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic budgeting, and coordinating with senior stakeholders while enabling self-governing engineering teams to meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 7+ years delivering IT solutions using ITIL/Agile/XP or similar methodologies.
• 5+ years leading product teams.

Responsibilities

• Exhibits strong business and leadership skills, deep technology perspective to guide solutions, and strong communication skills to coordinate with Engineers and Engineering Managers to ensure they understand business needs and objectives, as well as technical requirements of products.
• Collaborates with Business and IT leadership to execute and communicate organization’s technical vision, mission, and work priorities, and drives progress towards roadmaps and ensures efficient technical product management and effective communication with stakeholders.
• Leads AI Governance process responsible for team of AI engineers and governance support
• Supports an environment for engineering teams to be self-governing organizations who are accountable for their own performance and delivery commitments and measured accordingly
• Removes roadblocks, cultivates relationships, and effectively communicates across IT and at various levels of leadership
• Communicates across engineering teams to relay business and IT initiatives, priorities, and support clear adherence to business priorities
• Responsible for budget management, forecasting, resource allocation, and long-term planning to drive alignment with business priorities
• Escalation point for production issues and off-hours support, communication, and coordination

Skills

Engineering leadership

Agile leadership

Executive communication

Product portfolio management

Team leadership

Technology standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/CS/IS or related

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Technology (preferred)

Tools

ITIL

Job description

American Airlines in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Sr Manager, IT Engineering - AI Governance to lead AI governance initiatives and guide engineering teams in delivering reliable, compliant digital solutions. You will partner with IT and business leaders to align technical roadmaps with airline priorities and ensure governance across AI projects.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic budgeting, and coordinating with senior stakeholders while enabling self-governing engineering teams to meet