Sr Manager, Strategic Planning and Analysis

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Employee discounts and programs

Job summary

American Airlines is seeking a Sr Manager of Strategic Planning and Analysis in Fort Worth, TX. You will lead a team within the Sales Programs Team of the Revenue Management Division, focusing on top-line revenue improvements and strategic initiatives.

You will mentor analysts, drive agency deals, and collaborate across Finance, Network Planning, and Sales to deliver data-driven insights and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with significant coursework or experience in a quantitative discipline (economics, mathematics, engineering, finance, operations research, etc.).
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership, collaborative coordination, and mentorship to a high-performing team.
• Identify new revenue opportunities and leverage tools, processes, and reporting to drive growth.
• Lead design and execution of agency deals to optimize revenue for the indirect channel.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define business requirements and manage projects end-to-end.
• Lead analytics including statistical methods, forecasting, and predictive modeling to improve outcomes.
• Analyze contract performance, evaluate opportunities, and craft solutions for indirect partners.
• Partner with networks, Sales, Finance, and other functions to drive cross-organizational initiatives.
• Foster a data-led culture focused on learning and customer-centric decision making.

Skills

Team leadership

Analytical problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Forecasting & quantitative analysis

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Job description

Sr Manager, Strategic Planning and Analysis

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX

Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and duringyour 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 Sales Programs Team within the Revenue Management Division.

• Responsible for leading a team to drive significant top line revenue improvements for American Airlines, being a thoughtful leader, and active participant as a member of the RM leadership team.

What you'll do

• Provide strategic leadership, collaborative coordination, and creative problem solving to mentor and manage a successful team while ensuring continuous training and providing development opportunities for analysts with intellectual curiosity and a passion for the business
• Create and foster a relentless focus by identifying new revenue opportunities, leveraging available tools, processes, best practices, and reporting
• Lead design, delivery and execution of agency deals to help achieve revenue and growth optimization for the indirect channel
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams to develop and enhance tools and processes, define detailed business requirements, and lead projects from a business-user perspective
• Lead agency strategy, optimize performance and solve complex problems through quantitative analysis and analytical models, using research, statistics, machine learning, and forecasting techniques
• Analyze the performance of contracts, evaluate new opportunities and craft creative solutions that drive continuous improvement from American Airlines’ Indirect partners
• Lead and collaborate on projects with other departments such as Network Planning, Sales, Finance, Customer Experience, Commercial Planning and Analysis, as well as external stakeholders.
• Build team culture focused on customer-centric learning, experimentation, and data-led decisions to connect actions with current/future program capabilities, performance, and desired incremental behavior
• Utilize statistical analysis, simulations, predictive modeling, or other analytical methods to analyze data and develop practical solutions to business problems.
• Leverage customer and market insights to develop hypothesis and utilize A/B tests to improve revenue outcomes
• Collaborate across organizations to define product/program requirements, build consensus and execute with accountability through change management best practices, including via internal and external stakeholders from concept to launch

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with significant coursework or experience in a quantitative discipline (economics, mathematics, engineering, finance, operations research, etc.)
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master’s degree in business-related discipline
• Experience directly or indirectly leading teams with significant enterprise and/or top line revenue responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to solve and lead others in solving complex analytical problems
• Experience leading cross-functional, inter-departmental projects
• Prior experience in Revenue Management, Finance, Network Planning or Sales Planning preferred

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Proven ability to synthesize complex technical information across large data sets and communicate clearly and persuasively with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage a team and support critical business decisions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with and consensus amongst multiple stakeholders with varying points of view
• Ability to solve and to lead others in solving complex analytical problems
• Demonstrated ability to take a project from conceptualization through implementation
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured role, work through ambiguous problems and be resilient in the face of criticism and constructive feedback
• Action-oriented, data & results-driven, customer-focused leader with a natural aptitude for seeking opportunities that transform existing business models
• Ability to take action through intelligent risk taking, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Display key attributes required by American Airlines: Personal integrity, respectful of others and their opinions, inclusive, team oriented, adaptable, positive and optimistic

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.

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