Sr Project Manager, Safety Strategy

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Additional benefits

Job summary

American Airlines is seeking a project-focused professional to lead safety-related initiatives within the Safety Strategy and Project Management team at our Fort Worth location. You will manage multiple projects, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and apply Agile and other methodologies to deliver value across the portfolio.

The role emphasizes proactive communication, roadmapping, and risk management, with opportunities to influence cross-functional teams and contribute to the company’s

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience leading projects, programs, process improvement initiatives, technology implementations, or operational initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.
• Strong experience in Change Management, Business Process Mapping, and Project Management

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead safety-related projects, including new implementations, enhancements, integrations, and other special projects.
• Utilizes project management methodologies such as Agile, product architecture, continuous deployment, data models and analytics.
• Proactively communicates with stakeholders, sponsors, and project teams to maintain project alignment.
• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, and deliverables in partnership with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Develop project charters, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Assist leaders in evaluating and prioritizing incoming project requests based on business value, risk, and resource availability
• Create and maintain project schedules, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate project resources across multiple departments to ensure timely delivery.
• Identify resource constraints and recommend solutions to maintain timelines.
• Create executive summaries and presentations communicating status, risks, and strategic recommendations.
• Influence and collaborate with stakeholders and product leaders to deliver solutions aligning with portfolio goals.
• Manage program level risks and issues and remove barriers to efficient execution.
• Collaborates with Safety, Technology, Vendor Management, Compliance, Security, etc.
• Ensures methods and tools are used across projects including change management, risk assessment and mitigation, QA, and closure recommendations.
• Leads internal Safety initiatives and responds to operational requests.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

Change management

Analytical skills

MS Office

Job description

Location:DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:87514

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

• 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.
• Proactively communicates with stakeholders, sponsors, and project teams to maintain project alignment.
• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, and deliverables in partnership with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Develop project charters, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Assist leaders in evaluating and prioritizing incoming project requests based on business value, risk, and resource availability
• Create and maintain project schedules, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate project resources across multiple departments to ensure timely delivery.
• Identify resource constraints and recommend solutions to maintain project timelines.
• Create executive summaries and presentations to communicate project status, risks, accomplishments, and strategic recommendations.
• 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

• 2-5 years of experience leading projects, programs, process improvement initiatives, technology implementations, or operational initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities and delivering projects in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.
• Strong experience in Change Management, Business Process Mapping, and Project Management

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery approaches.
• Experience with change management, business process improvement, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• 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 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 lifeâs journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:87514