Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance & Internal Evaluations

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)   
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 71424 

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

• As part of the Safety organization, the Senior Manager of Regulatory Compliance and Internal Evaluations will be responsible for creating collaborative and strategic partnerships with organizational leaders to identify operational compliance risks and drive innovative solutions that align with the Company’s Safety objectives. This role will also actively promote and enhance American’s compliance culture within all levels of the company by supporting and participating in the Safety Management System (SMS).
• The right person for this role must be able to work in a high-pressure environment with tight deadlines for real-time issue management.

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.

• Develop and execute strategies and continuous improvement opportunities that support effective enterprise-wide compliance management
• Establishes and directs policy, procedures and processes for Regulatory Compliance, the Internal Evaluation Program (IEP), and the Codeshare Safety Program (CSP)
• Directs the IEP and Codeshare surveillance program, including the management and development of policy, procedures, and processes as well as the collection, analysis, measurement and distribution of safety, security, and compliance performance data
• Leverages knowledge of industry best practices, industry standards, data models, and regulatory compliance to understand and evaluate potential areas of risk and to define team operating standards and procedures
• Regularly briefs regulatory compliance and IEP metrics to senior leadership, including recommendations to address areas of escalated compliance risk
• Acts as the liaison for various local, state, federal and international government entities
• Manages and participates in special projects with limited oversight, as required

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience

• Undergraduate degree in related technical field, or other equivalent experience/training
• 7 years of related work experience
• 2 years of related work experience in a leadership role
• Familiarity with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) including, but not limited to 14 CFR Part 91, Part 121, Part 145, etc.
• Experience working with contract labor groups required

 

Preferred Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience

• MBA or other advanced degree in related field
• Experience building, developing, and effectively leading a dynamic team of professionals in a rapidly scaling business environment
• Ability to guide internal and external partners, connect workgroups and teams to ensure strategies and impacts are clearly understood

 

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Must exhibit a relentless, hardworking mentality with a passion for thriving in a 24/7 environment, and excels at managing and prioritizing multiple projects at one time
• Ability to foster a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion, with a focus on team building, team member development, engagement, and accountability
• Inspires a culture of continuous improvement and challenges conventional thinking while driving creative solutions and intelligent risk-taking
• Energetic, forward-thinking, creative, and comfortable challenging assumptions while driving results
• Flexible and comfortable with ambiguity, able to embrace change
• Embraces/adopts American’s Leadership Model and Leadership Attributes

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 h