Principal Program Manager, It

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

• This job is a member of the Technology Transformation Team within the Information Technology Division and is critical to the success of American Airlines’ technology transformation. You’ll partner closely with key leaders across the company to influence the strategic direction that directly enables the technology vision and mission.
• Responsible for acting as the liaison across program leadership, providing a broader understanding of transformation interests, concerns, and requirements. They provide the unique combination of business knowledge, understanding of technical direction, and leadership to facilitate the interpretation and defining of requirements for the program. This will include design, development and deployment of solutions across technology and product management team members and leaders.

What you'll do

• Manages program level activities and artifacts
• Manages dependencies and helps prioritize work accordingly
• Tracks and communicates program changes, facilitating decisions and discussions with all levels of leadership up to and including executives
• Tracks benefits and manages risks at the program level
• Acts as an escalation point for program risks and issues
• Tracks and communicates program status and costs

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems
• (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 3+ years of Program or Project Management experience
• 5+ years of progressive broad-based information systems and business experience
• Proven experience facilitating effective decisions with executive-level leaders

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience scaling complex programs that are transformational in nature as a business lead
• Proven experience tracking and managing business cases and budgets
• MBA or other advanced degree, or equivalent experience in strategy and financial analysis

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Proactive, organized, accurate, fast and detail-oriented with strong interpersonal, planning and time management skills
• Excellent leadership skills, including negotiation, critical thinking, management of company politics, building good relationships, coaching project managers and ability to think strategically and conceptually across projects to achieve lasting bottom-line results
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Strong knowledge of agile and product management principles

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 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

Feel free to be yourself at American

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.