Project Manager/Sr Project Manager, Planning and Strategy

IntroAre 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 jobPlay a key role in leading a variety of long term strategy initiatives within Airports. This will include a high level of engagement with internal stakeholders and field operations to deliver initiatives that support our customers and team members worldwide.This role will provide executive level content support, meeting facilitation, airport alignment to company’s goals, providing expertise and resource to support key initiatives, identifying and framing issues, driving decisions, and building project plans and monitoring execution.The role is a part of the Baggage team within our Airports Excellence group. What you'll doAs 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. As a Project Manager in Customer and Operational Excellence, you will advance initiatives that improve processes, maximize internal business solutions, and help transform data into actionable insights. You will:Play a key role in developing long term strategy within Airports. This includes a high level of engagement with internal stakeholders and field operations to deliver initiatives that support our customers and team members worldwide.Enable team members to leverage digital resources and continously improve airport processes allowing every team member to best serve our customers.This role will provide executive level content support, meeting facilitation, airport alignment to company’s goals, providing expertise and resource to support key initiatives, identifying and framing issues, driving decisions, and building project plans and monitoring execution.Apply your creativity and curiosity to rapid problem-solving and building better experiences for AA team members.Synthesize business problems for senior leaders, identify strategic options, define outcomes and gain consensus among leadersRepresent airport operations in planning and implementation of a wide range of projects that lead to better bag performanceCoordinate initiatives within the team and across various departments to ensure efficiency and consistency of execution through the promotion of best practicesEnsure clarity of business requirements from stakeholders to enable proper planning and design of new initiativesParticipate in project meetings, provides strategic and analytical support, and manages project progress, issues, and risksPartner with the larger Airports Excellence organization to ensure consistency and efficient use of resources across the organizationProvides strategic thought leadership in support of airport operationAll you'll need for successMinimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job ExperienceBachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training3+ years of professional experience in the airline industryPreferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job ExperiencePrevious project management experience with ability to lead, organize and prioritize projectsCollaborative with proven ability to work effectively as part of a teamEffective decision-making based on a combination of data-driven analysis and strategic considerationAttention to detailStrong interpersonal skills including leadership, collaboration, consensus-building, and cultural awarenessProven ability to develop strong relationships and work effectively across groupsAbility to build strong consensus and achieve results though otherProven collaboration successes across a wide variety of projectsSkills, Licenses & CertificationsPrevious project management experience with ability to lead, organize and prioritize projectsCollaborative with proven ability to work effectively as part of a teamEffective decision-making based on a combination of data-driven analysis and strategic considerationAttention to detailStrong interpersonal skills including leadership, collaboration, consensus-building, and cultural awarenessProven ability to develop strong relationships and work effectively across groupsAbility to build strong consensus and achieve results though otherProven collaboration successes across a wide variety of projectsStrong knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OutlookWhat you'll getFeel 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 moreFeel free to be yourself at AmericanFrom 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+ Employee 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.