2025 SAN Vice President of Operations Chief Operations Officer

ADK Consulting & Executive Search

Job Location:

San Diego, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

Reports To: President & CEO

Summary/Objective:

Develops and executes airport operations strategies and initiatives; oversees day-to-day operations of the airfield and adherence to FAR Part 139 regulations; oversees management of terminals and landside assets airport security and public safety requirements in accordance with FAR Part 1542 and Airport Authority Rules and Regulations facilities and asset management traffic management and operational readiness and transition (ORAT) for major capital projects.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Develops and recommends operational strategies to achieve the organizational purpose and goals; creates a consistent customer-centric brand experience; develops and executes capacity to meet the safety and security demands of landside and airside environment.
Oversees the coordination and integration of work activities with airport partners tenants and governmental agencies; identifies and secures value added partnerships and networks relevant to airfield landside traffic management facilities management and ORAT initiatives; serves as liaison and represents the organization with business and community stakeholders; promotes and enhances organizational brand.
Aligns and evaluates the work of assigned departments and staff to ensure operations and services compliance with policies and strategic directives codes laws and regulations.
Analyzes and ensures the compliance of work activities with work legislation and regulations; participates in industry and governmental activities to influence legislative and regulatory change consistent with organizational interests and needs.
Provides leadership and coaching necessary to attract develop and retain a highly competent focused and customer-oriented workforce.
Ensures the sustainability and alignment of operational objectives with budget; monitors and seeks efficiencies.

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Required Education Training and Experience:

Graduation from a college or university with a degree in aviation management aeronautics business administration public administration or a closely related field
Ten years of relevant experience in airport operations security maintenance and/or planning functions of which at least five were in a leadership capacity;
Or an equivalent combination of training and relevant experience.

Preferred Education Training and Experience:

Masters degree in aviation management aeronautics business administration public administration or a closely related field.
Accredited Airport Executive (AAE) or Airport Security Coordinator (ASC) designation.

Competencies:

Managing vision and purpose - Communicates a compelling and inspired vision; advances the purpose and mindsets of the organization champions the culture statement and advocates for change necessary to achieve business strategy and goals.
Leadership - Blends people into teams and facilitates employee engagement; fosters open dialogue and defines success in terms of the whole team; shares wins and successes.
Stakeholder engagement - Anticipates and assesses the needs and expectations of varied constituents from various backgrounds and associations; creates opportunities for outreach and input on issues to surface relevant positions and address specific concerns.
Innovation management - Focuses on researching developing and implementing products and services designed to address emerging or unfulfilled customer needs; seeks new or novel approaches to generating sources of non-aeronautical revenue for SAN and beyond.
Creativity - Cultivates new and unique ideas and concepts; applies expertise and problem-solving analysis to generate breakthrough ideas initiatives and ventures.
Planning - Effectively allocates resources to current business priorities; fosters collaboration and coordination among cross-functional teams to execute projects and achieve performance metrics.
Dealing with ambiguity - Manages risk and uncertainty effectively; able to shift direction comfortably to respond to a changing environment.
Process management & Systems thinking - Thoroughly understands key business drivers for performance and organizes people and processes into efficient workflows to achieve goals; identifies synergy opportunities and leads integration to realize performance gains.

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OverviewReports To: President & CEOSummary/Objective:Develops and executes airport operations strategies and initiatives; oversees day-to-day operations of the airfield and adherence to FAR Part 139 regulations; oversees management of terminals and landside assets airport security and public safety ...