Director, Flight Operations

Position Summary

The Director Flight Operations leads flight operations and flight-training functions, overseeing operational safety, strategy and customer training experience. The position manages teams across multiple locations and directs departmental performance, budgets and long-term development.

Schedule

• Full-Time; onsite position subject to flexible work guidelines.
• Travel and work beyond 40 hours per week may be required.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a safety-focused operating culture.
• Lead flight operations and training teams through managers and senior staff.
• Recruit, develop and engage employees.
• Develop strategy, budgets, annual plans and long-term initiatives.
• Manage financial and operational performance.
• Improve flight-training processes and customer experience.
• Use operational data and performance metrics to guide decisions.
• Coordinate activities across multiple training and operational locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum five years of leadership experience managing flight-training or flight-operations personnel.
• Minimum 12 years of flight-training or flight-operations experience.
• FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate, Airplane Single-Engine Land.
• Current FAA First or Second Class Medical Certificate.
• FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Certificate with instrument privileges.
• Experience setting and achieving operational and financial objectives.
• Ability to develop employees, improve business processes and lead complex operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not Specified.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, short- and long-term disability, FSA/HSA options and well-being resources.
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after 90 days, with full vesting after one year.
• Paid time off starting at 100 accrued hours in the first year, applicable holidays and two weeks of paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, professional development and employee discounts.

Compensation

• Not Specified.