Project Manager/ Sr Project Manager, Safety and Compliance

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

• Advance our worldwide safety culture with a variety of station engagements and interactions
• This role is part of the Safety and Operations Excellence team within the Airport Readiness group

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 deliver initiatives to improve our Safety Culture across the organization
• Utilizes previous experience and industry knowledge to identify risks and potential opportunities, while teaching and improving existing environment
• Independently designs project plans for ambiguous issues and project manages large initiatives/programs through implementation; Synthesizes strategic options and defines KPIs and desired outcomes
• Leads individual and group conversations with relevant stakeholders of all levels to earn buy-in, ensure project alignment and influence company strategies; Builds positive brand reputation and credibility for the team and team members
• Facilitates any sized meeting with all levels to achieve pre-defined expectations; Drives stakeholder ownership of action items and next steps; Provides guidance to team members on effective meeting management
• Ensure the Safety Management System is woven into the change management process
• Represent and lead Safety & Operations Excellence team in working groups and special projects
• Develop communications strategies and ensure messaging reaches the intended audience 
• Lead the production of ad-hoc reporting

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training
• 4+ years experience within the airline industry, safety environment, or relevant experience
• Ability to travel approximately up to 50%
• Ability to travel internationally as well as adjusting hours, shifts and days off to meet business requirements and workload demand

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Fluency in multiple languages a strong plus
• Previous operations experience
• Experience in successfully leading large projects across multiple organizations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software, advanced Excel and Access skills preferred

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Strong organizational and analytical ability
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of employees within the organization
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA), if applicable

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