American Airlines

Program Manager, Training Strategy and Programs

American Airlines$75K — $95K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in project or program management
  • Preferred experience supporting airport or contact center teams
  • Experience in developing training strategies or managing training programs
  • Familiarity with airport and customer service policies and procedures
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, multitasking, and attention to detail
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Asana

Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to assess training needs and develop learning solutions
  • Manage training programs from planning through implementation
  • Apply project management skills to drive timelines and deliverables
  • Monitor business needs to anticipate future training requirements
  • Design programs promoting safety, customer service, and operational excellence
  • Evaluate training effectiveness using data and measurement tools
  • Integrate innovation into training delivery with process improvement

Benefits

  • Travel perks for you, your family, and friends to 365 destinations
  • Access to health, dental, vision, and prescription benefits from day one
  • Wellness programs promoting your best self
  • 401(k) program available upon hire with potential employer contributions
  • Employee Assistance Program and pet insurance, plus discounts on various services
Full Job Description
7/17/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 86851

Job Description

What you'll do

As noted above, 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.
• Partner with stakeholders to assess training needs and develop strategic learning solutions.
• Manage training programs from initial planning through implementation, sustainment, and warranty.
• Apply strong project management skills to drive timelines, deliverables, and coordination across teams.
• Monitor evolving business needs to anticipate and plan for future training requirements.
• Design programs that reinforce safety, elevate customer service, and support operational excellence.
• Use data and measurement tools to evaluate training effectiveness and guide continuous improvement.
• Integrate innovation into training delivery through process improvement, AI, and modern learning formats.
• Maintain proactive communication and strong relationships across airport and cargo operations.
• Ensure training programs are scalable, sustainable, and responsive to frontline realities.
• Maintain documentation and reporting to support transparency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of relevant experience
    • Project management or program management experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Previous experience working with or supporting frontline airport or contact center teams
• Experience developing training strategies or managing training programs
• Familiarity with airport and customer service policies, procedures, and systems

Skills, Licenses & Certifications
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills with attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to present and articulate complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Proven project management skills with experience coordinating multi-faceted initiatives
• Intermediate or higher proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Asana

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


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.

About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

American Airlines Careers

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
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