Division Operations Manager (PCN 252955)

State of Alaska

$115K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in operations management, preferably in airport or transit settings.
  • Proven financial management and budget administration skills.
  • Strong understanding of organizational operations, policies, and regulations.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication abilities.
  • Demonstrated supervisory and team leadership expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and oversee all airport operational functions at Anchorage International Airport.
  • Ensure safe, secure, and efficient airport operations.
  • Advise on strategic direction and operational improvements for the airport.
  • Manage budget preparation, justification, and monitoring of expenditures.
  • Evaluate and improve organizational performance across the division.

Benefits

  • Health insurance with employer contributions for medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Flexible work schedules to promote work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
  • Paid time off for holidays, vacations, and personal days.
Full Job Description
Salary: $4,420.80 Biweekly
Location : Anchorage International Airport, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 55056
Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Division: IAD-AIA Administration
Opening Date: 08/25/2026
Closing Date: 9/9/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: Anchorage International Airport
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 24

Job Description
**Classification Review Notice**
This Position Description is currently being reviewed by the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations, Classification Section. Depending on the outcome of the allocation, this recruitment pool may or may not be utilized to fill this vacancy.
ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is seeking a Division Operations Manager to join our team and help us Keep Alaska Moving!
What You Will Be Doing:

This position serves as the senior on-site executive responsible for directing, coordinating, and evaluating all operational functions at Anchorage International Airport (AIA). The incumbent ensures safe, secure, and efficient airport operations while providing executive-level oversight of airport-wide planning, organizational performance, and financial coordination. The position executes and advances policies, priorities, and strategic direction established by the Airport Manager and Alaska International Airport System (AIAS) leadership and serves as the primary delegated authority for on-site operational decision-making. In the absence of the Airport Manager or AIAS leadership, this position exercises full delegated authority and assumes responsibility for division-level operations and decision-making.
Who We are Looking For:
To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:
  • Financial Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.
  • Budget Administration: Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems.
  • Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
  • Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
  • Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.

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Special Note:
  • Driver`s License mandatory
  • Incumbent must pass an FBI fingerprint based, criminal history records check per 49 CFR Part 1542 and a Transportation Security Administration Security Threat Assessment to obtain an Airport issued Identification Badge. If access to US Customs and Border Protection is needed to carry out duties of their job, they must also pass a criminal history check per 19 CFR Part 122.181-188.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of professional experience in the broad occupational fields of the division or department and two years of supervisory and/or managerial experience, which may be concurrent with the professional experience.

Special Note:
"Professional experience in the broad occupational fields of the division or department," means experience in one of the professional areas that compose the division's purpose and function to ensure the applicant has the knowledge of the work of the division to be managed.

For example, in an administrative services division, qualifying professional experience could be in any one of the professional areas that compose business administration; such as accounting, procurement, human resources, and so on.

In a line division, for example the Division of Mining, Land, & Water in the Department of Natural Resources, qualifying experience could be in any one of the professional areas that provide for the use and protection of Alaska's State-owned land and water, such as geology, hydrology, forestry, natural resource management, and so on.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

At time of application, applicants are requested to submit:
  • A cover letter is required as part of your application. In your cover letter, please describe how you possess the position specific competencies listed in the "Who We Are Looking For" section and how your skills will be of particular benefit to the position. We request your cover letter be no more than two to three paragraphs and limited to one page.

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit:
  • Copies of last three (3) performance evaluations or letters of reference; and
  • Three (3) professional references with current contact information (phone number or email address).

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our to determine if you qualify.

COVER LETTER
A cover letter is required as part of your application. In your cover letter, please describe how you possess the position specific competencies listed in the "Who We Are Looking For" section and how your skills will be of particular benefit to the position. We request your cover letter be no more than two to three paragraphs and limited to one page.

AIRPORT SECURITY BADGE
Candidates for this position must be eligible for an airport identification badge in accordance with which requires fingerprinting and a criminal background check. The successful applicant must pass a fingerprint-based criminal history record check as well as a comprehensive background investigation, along with a Transportation Security Administration Security Threat Assessment.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process. These questions may be a mix of written, multiple-choice, and select all that apply questions. The answers you provide to the questions will be an opportunity for you to tell us about your experience and/or education. The answers will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process; please be as thorough and accurate as you can.EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Contact Information
For specific information about this position, please contact the hiring manager:
Name: Miranda Varvil, Recruitment Coordinator

Phone: 907-266-2124

Email:
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

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Insurance Benefits
  • Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
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