Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

Region Operations Manager, Airports

Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in Project Management or facilities maintenance
  • Strong operational leadership and multi-site management skills
  • Proven team leadership and talent development expertise
  • Solid budgeting and financial analysis capability

Responsibilities

  • Manage advertising operations for assigned portfolio
  • Lead and mentor Operations Managers and in-field staff
  • Build strong partnerships with airport management and stakeholders
  • Maintain advertising assets to company standards
  • Manage regional budgets and project expenditures
  • Evaluate portfolio performance and implement efficiency strategies
  • Partner with sales and contractors for new inventory projects

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and development programs
  • Opportunities for career advancement
  • Supportive work environment focused on team performance
  • Flexible work hours with potential for remote work
  • Employee recognition programs for outstanding performance
Full Job Description
Job Summary:
The Region Operations Manager is primarily responsible for all properties functions of the airport advertising program inventory on-site within their defined region, including the leadership and management of the in-field operations staff (employees and contractors) to achieve high levels of operational excellence to maximize sales and exceed airport service expectations. Region Operations Managers work directly with our Operations Managers, Market Managers, Account Executives, and advertising clients for sales while also working with Airport Management staff to implement and maintain our unique sales opportunities and inventory. They play a key role in the success of the business in planning and execution of airport operations, continued revenue generation and the condition, functionality, safety, and cleanliness of our airport assets.

  • Manages all advertising program operations across the assigned portfolio, serving as the primary operational liaison for airport contracts, stakeholder relationships, and overall program performance.
  • Leads Operations Managers, in-field personnel, and subcontractors, including hiring, training, coaching, performance management, workload planning, safety oversight, and employee compliance requirements.
  • Builds and sustains strong partnerships with airport management, facilities teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure operational excellence, issue resolution, and successful program execution.
  • Ensures all digital and printed advertising assets are maintained to company standards, maximizing asset uptime, display quality, campaign execution, and contractual compliance.
  • Manages regional operating and capital budgets, forecasting, purchase orders, invoicing, expense controls, and project expenditures to support revenue growth and operational objectives.
  • Evaluates portfolio performance, identifies operational trends and risks, implements corrective actions, and develops long-term strategies to improve efficiency, asset reliability, and service delivery.
  • Partners with sales, market leadership, contractors, and airport stakeholders to support new inventory deployments, navigate construction impacts, campaign activations, and revenue-generating projects.

Job Qualifications

Education and Certifications
  • Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, experience, or military experience.

Work Experience
  • 5+ years of related work experience, preferably in the field of Project Management and/or facilities maintenance

Skills
  • Operational Leadership and multi-site management
  • Team leadership, coaching and talent development
  • Strategic planning, critical thinking, and decision making
  • Client relationship management and cross functional collaboration
  • Performance management, budgeting and financial analysis


Competencies
  • Analytical Thinking - Analyzing and synthesizing information to understand issues, identify options, and support sound decision making.
  • Business Perspective - Using an understanding of business issues, processes, and outcomes to enhance business performance.
  • Collaborating with Others - Working together with others in a cooperative and supportive manner to achieve shared goals.
  • Emotional Intelligence - Understanding the emotions of self and others, managing own emotions, and influencing others.
  • Quality Focus - Follows up on procedures, ensures high quality output, takes action to solve quality problems or notify others of quality issues.
  • Resilience - Staying energized, productive and focused in the face of challenges, ambiguity, change or strenuous demands, creating a supportive environment that helps others become more resilient and productive.
  • Team Leadership - Assuming a leadership role in helping others achieve excellent results.


Physical Demands

The demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Required to lift, pull, push and position ladders, material and equipment, occasionally more than 50 pounds.
  • Required to climb ladders and/or stairs and walk long distances within the airport daily.
  • This job is generally performed in a temperature-controlled airport environment.
  • May be occasionally exposed to dust and fumes.
  • Duties are occasionally performed in the evening or late-night hours.


Other Requirements
  • 10-year FBI Background check required for airport security badging process
  • Has a valid driver's license.
  • Access to a reliable vehicle.
  • Able to travel outside of the office 30% of the time for team or client meetings, corporate meetings, and industry events.


Location
Allentown, PA: 7450 Tilghman Street, Suite 104, 18106

Position Type
Regular

About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is one of the world's largest outdoor advertising companies with over 450,000 displays in 31 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. The company offers advertising solutions through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays, and other out-of-home advertising formats. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc.
Learn more about Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Size
5,400 employees
Market Cap
$1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$523.5 million
5 Year Trend
-1.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion

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