Sr Project Manager, Safety Strategy

American Airlines; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic project manager to support safety initiatives and lead complex projects. In this role, you'll utilize your expertise in project management methodologies to drive continuous improvement and manage risks effectively. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure project success and alignment with strategic goals. This position offers the opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment while contributing to the safety and operational excellence of the organization. If you’re passionate about making an impact and ready to embrace challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in project/program management.
• Strong experience in Change Management and Business Process Mapping.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead safety-related projects and integrations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project alignment.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Business Process Mapping

Agile Methodologies

Data Analysis

Communication

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Project Management Software

Data Analytics Tools

Job description

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 role will provide the Safety Organization the support needed in managing safety projects to completion building American to thrive forever.
• As a member of the Safety Strategy and Project Management team within the Safety Division, you will play a hands-on role in various integration projects that support cross-functional teams for the company’s daily operations. We are looking for someone who can work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and is able to handle tight deadlines.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Manage and lead safety-related projects, including new implementations, enhancements, integrations, and other special projects.
• Utilizes technical knowledge and project management methodologies such as Agile, product architecture, continuous deployment process, data models and analytics, tools supporting automation/metrics and other innovative technologies in support of the portfolio.
• Uses data to define baselines, measure outcomes, and share insights.
• Proactively communicates with stakeholders, sponsors, and project teams to maintain project alignment.
• Influences and collaborates with stakeholders, peers, and other product leaders to deliver solutions that achieve the portfolio’s vision and goals.
• Manages program level risks and issues and removes barriers that prevent efficient execution of projects. Works with internal stakeholders to resolve multi-program conflicts.
• Collaborates with various internal and external team members such as Safety, Technology, Vendor Management, Compliance, Security, etc.
• Ensures that approved methods, processes, and tools are consistently used across projects including change management, risk assessment and mitigation planning, quality assurance, and closure recommendations.
• Leads internal Safety initiatives and responds to operational requests.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 3 years of applicable experience or 5 years of equivalent project/program management work experience
• Strong experience in Change Management, Business Process Mapping, and Project Management

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master’s degree in related field with 5+ years of experience in project/program management
• Experience guiding internal and external partners, connect workgroups and teams to ensure strategies and impacts are clearly understood.
• Demonstrated familiarity with various project management methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Lean, etc.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or relevant certifications in project/program management field
• Must be able to handle large, complex projects requiring a multi-phased approach as well as projects that need to be fast-tracked.
• Inspires a culture of continuous improvement and challenges conventional thinking while driving creative solutions and intelligent risk-taking.
• Flexible and comfortable with ambiguity, and able to embrace change.
• Energetic, forward-thinking, creative, and comfortable challenging assumptions while driving results.

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