Strategy Program Manager

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you. 

The Strategy Program Manager is the sole subject matter expert in enhancing and delivering robust strategic management processes and tools while fostering alignment with Senior Leadership's vision at Alaska Airlines. As an individual contributor, this role defines long-term strategy and is pivotal in driving innovative and forward-thinking strategies, ensuring seamless integration and execution of high-level initiatives that bolster organizational objectives and exercises considerable latitude and initiative and demands a strong focus on collaboration with executive stakeholders to shape and deliver transformative solutions that resonate with long-term business priorities and values.

• Collaborates with senior leadership to define and refine strategic process improvement initiatives that align directly with the organization's long-term objectives and values.
• Serves as the subject matter expert in designing, enhancing, and implementing innovative strategic management tools that drive organizational transformation.
• Utilizes a forward-thinking approach to analyze current processes, identifying inefficiencies and opportunities for impactful change across commercial and operational domains.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to deliver transformative solutions, ensuring seamless integration and execution of high-level initiatives that bolster organizational priorities.
• Leverages robust frameworks for change management, strategic design, and process improvement to foster organizational alignment and behavioral shifts in line with senior leadership's vision.
• Implements data-driven methodologies to assess the effectiveness of strategic tools and processes, ensuring sustainable improvements that resonate with business priorities.
• Acts as a key influencer within the organization, cultivating relationships with executives to drive collaboration and strategic alignment across divisions.
• Stays abreast of emerging trends, best practices, and cutting-edge approaches to process improvement and change leadership, ensuring the organization remains innovative and competitive.

Required

• 7 years of experience in strategic process improvement, change management, organizational development, or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business administration, organizational development, or a related discipline, or an additional two years of training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing innovative strategic management tools that drive organizational transformation.
• Proven ability to analyze and optimize processes across commercial, back office, and operational domains, leveraging data-driven methodologies for sustainable improvements.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate and execute high-level initiatives that align with organizational priorities.
• Adept in applying robust frameworks for strategic design to foster alignment with senior leadership's vision.
• Strong background in cultivating relationships with executives and influencing strategic alignment across divisions.
• Deep familiarity with emerging trends and best practices in process improvement, strategic design, project management, ensuring innovative and competitive strategies.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Experience in a leadership role managing projects that directly affect multiple organizations, departments, and/or the entire company.
• Exhibits deep business acumen that allows for quick development of strong relationships with senior leaders to effectively influence and collaborate to meet organizational needs.

• Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance. 
• Possess an innovative and solutions-focused mindset, with the ability to cut through complexity and ambiguity, prioritize effectively, set clear goals, and operate in an agile fashion.

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off
   

For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.   

We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.  

We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”).  All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.   

To implement this policy, we will: 

(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories; 

(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and 

(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories. 

Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions  of VEVRAA. 

Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations 
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.