Project Manager - Airport Transformation
$2.6k - $10.9k+ Standardized incentive program
Expert
Bachelor's
London, UK+5 moreMore locations: Brussels, Belgium | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Lisbon, Portugal | Frankfurt, Germany | Zürich, Switzerland
In PersonPosition requires up to 75% travel. Must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands, or Belgium.
Project & Program ManagementProject Management
About the job
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience in Airport Operations or a related background.
- Multi-discipline field leadership experience, with preference for General Manager experience.
- Experience in large project management initiatives and working cross-divisionally.
- Experience coordinating business and technical resources under an integrated project plan to ensure resource alignment.
- Demonstrated experience delivering measurable business benefits through project execution.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency in facilitating, delegating, and motivating cross-functional groups or activities.
- Exposure to change management and facilitation, enterprise communication, and training.
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to provide leadership, guidance, influence, and mentoring for project teams.
- Experience with process/system mapping and analysis.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines using analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands, or Belgium.
- Must be fluent in written and spoken English.
- Successful completion of an interview is required to meet job qualifications.
- Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.
Responsibilities
- Implement project initiatives within the Airport Operations and Customer Strategy and Innovation division for one or more global regions.
- Lead and direct stakeholder teams in planning and executing station openings and closings, mainline-to-express and express-to-mainline conversions, line-of-service vendor transitions, and terminal moves.
- Define methodologies for project standardization and prioritization, and systems to capture costs associated with market entrance and exits to support corporate profit-versus-revenue decisions.
- Identify and assemble cross-divisional teams, providing leadership and direction to ensure successful implementation.
- Develop and administer systems and procedures that enable station management to manage vendor performance and compliance.
- Provide strategic leadership during project management and execution for cross-divisional stakeholder teams to ensure issues are addressed and roadblocks are eliminated.
- Collaborate with corporate training, station personnel, and planning organizations.
- Work with Government Affairs and Regulatory staff to support market entrance requirements with foreign national governments.
- Direct teams in a continuous-improvement approach, applying lessons learned from each project to refine project models, increase market flexibility, and reduce operational and regulatory risk.
- Travel up to 75%.
Desired Qualifications
- Airline industry experience.
- Understanding the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leveraging them for research, analysis, content creation, and problem-solving.
- Applying critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to company policies on responsible AI use, data privacy, and security.
About the company
United Airlines flies passengers and cargo across the United States and to destinations around the world, running a hub network that spans Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington Dulles and Guam. It was a founding member of Star Alliance, the global airline partnership that links its routes and frequent-flyer benefits with carriers such as Lufthansa and Air Canada. Travelers book seats in economy, premium and Polaris business cabins, and United earns money from fares, bag and seat fees, cargo, and its MileagePlus loyalty program, which sells miles to card partners. United traces its roots to Varney Air Lines, which began flying airmail in 1926, and is based in Chicago.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
1926
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Premium travel fuels growth: premium revenue rose 16% in Q2 2026 as total revenue reached $17.7 billion.
- Hiring keeps expanding: United had 117,500 employees by June 2026, up 5.6% from a year earlier.
- Cabin crew pay is climbing: the flight attendant deal reached in March 2026 lifts base pay 31% on average.
What critics are saying
- Fuel prices squeeze profits: in July 2026, United expected nearly $6 billion more fuel expense for the year.
- Mechanics' labor fight drags on: United technicians rejected a Teamsters tentative deal 53.5% to 46.5% in September 2026.
- Newark growth was capped: the FAA limited the airport to 72 hourly flights from January through October 2026.
What makes United Airlines unique
- United gives loyalty members free fast WiFi: it targets Starlink on nearly 1,000 aircraft by end of 2026.
- Its Pacific reach extends past Hawaii: United runs a hub on Guam, a US island territory near Asia.
- United dominates New York's Newark airport: it runs about 70% of the flights there.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off