American Airlines · 10 hours ago
Principal Project Manager, Technical Operations Project Management Office
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline company seeking a Principal Project Manager for their Supply Chain Transformation team. The role involves leading the strategy, planning, and execution of complex initiatives to modernize inventory management and improve supply chain performance.
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Responsibilities
Facilitates program visioning, road mapping and execution of key activities across multiple Tech Ops functional teams (Engineering, Planning Supply, Production), Tech Ops enabling workstreams (Product and Analytics, OpEx, Training and Change Enablement), non-Tech Ops enablers (Tech Ops IT, Finance, CRE), and third party vendors
Works with project champion, impacted business function owners and supporting teams to formulate and evaluate possible paths forward and key decisions, while challenging the status
Coordinates dependencies across processes and organizations
Persuasively makes recommendations for improvements to existing processes
Works with project champion, impacted business function owners and supporting teams to quantify and prepare program stakeholders for change
Understands, assesses, and proactively manages risk and impacts to business in adherence to company Safety Management System (SMS) best practices
Prepares and delivers program updates to numerous audiences and Senior Leaders at Tech Ops strategic forum
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or Master's degree or equivalent experience/training
5+ years of direct Project Management experience or relevant experience
Evidence of direct Project Management experience
Solid understanding of business transformation efforts
Success leading and managing large, complex, multi-year cross-functional programs
Demonstrated results setting targets, executing plans, and delivering results
Solid knowledge of standard Project Management frameworks, principles, processes, and tools
Highly engaged individual with strong sense of urgency to steer program team to deliver results
Proficiency in MS Project, MS Visio, and other MS Office products
Strong analytical abilities
Strong written and oral communications skills
Strong presentation creation and delivery skills
Exposure to software development frameworks and methodologies
Comfortably and persuasively interacts with personnel of all levels
Preferred
Current PMP certification
Maintenance operations background/experience in one or more Technical Operations areas
Benefits
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
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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