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The job is a member of the NAS airport team within the MCLA Operations division. The role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of airport operations, ensuring safety, security, performance, and customer service excellence, while leading teams, optimizing resources, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with partners to deliver a competitive and differentiated experience.

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.
• Supervise and coordinate the performance of airport staff and contracted personnel across customer services, ticketing, operations, baggage handling, ramp, catering, and security, ensuring efficient and effective operations at Airport(s)
• Manage staff schedules, training, performance appraisals, audits, and financial wellbeing, ensuring all personnel are aligned with American Airlines operational goals and compliance standards
• Motivate employees and align them with organizational goals, driving the achievement of station performance/service targets and company-wide objectives
• Participate in employee hiring, promotions, discharges, and transfers to ensure that the team is appropriately staffed to meet operational needs and company goals
• Build strong relationships with Alliance/oneworld partners, fostering synergies to enhance service quality and ensuring a seamless end-to-end customer experience
• Negotiate contracts and maintain strong partnerships with contractors, suppliers, and airport authorities, ensuring the best service standards and operational efficiency for American Airlines
• Compile reports on operational irregularities, service disruptions, or failures, providing suggestions for corrective action and presenting findings to senior management
• Take on additional responsibilities at other regional stations as needed, including managing project work to improve overall operational efficiency and business optimization
• Ensure American Airlines is professionally represented to airport authorities, other airlines, and the public, cultivating positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or related fields
• Proven 5+ experience of working in an international environment
• Fluently read, write, and speak in English

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or related fields

Skills, Licenses, and Certifications

• Ability to lead and motivate teams to achieve operational goals
• Strong financial management and budget control skills
• Effective problem-solving and communication skills
• Knowledge of airport regulations and project management capabilities

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

1. 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.
2. Health Benefits: You’ll have access to your health benefits to help you stay well.
3. Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

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+ 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.