General Manager, Enterprise Strategy in Atlanta, Georgia
How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability, and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good. Employing over 100,000 people, our culture is rooted in a shared commitment to living our values - integrity, care, resilience, servant leadership - in everything we do every day.
The Enterprise Strategy team is focused on driving cross-divisional value as Delta executes its strategy, building on Delta's unique competitive advantages and strength as a leading customer brand and operator. This role of General Manager will help develop Delta's long-term strategic roadmap, identify transformational cross-divisional opportunities, and drive value creation/capture. This position will also have responsibility for supporting Delta executives, Board level priorities, and help oversee partnerships to meet our long-term objectives.
Primary Functions
- Work collaboratively with executive and senior management across divisions to identify, define and deliver end-to-end value for the most critical initiatives.
- Execute quantitative and qualitative analysis to answer strategic questions, synthesizing insights and translating into actionable recommendations for the business.
- Align and drive cross-functional teams to distill key strategic themes, ideas, and opportunities into tangible and executable initiatives.
- Drive deliverables and timelines, shifting priorities as needed and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Support preparation of materials for Board and other executive meetings in conjunction with other business leaders.
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)
- 7+ years of demonstrated experience in developing and executing strategic planning or larger scale / cross-functional program management at Delta, other large corporate entities, strategy consulting firms, or investment banking.
- Strategy consulting experience required.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance or related field or 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Ability to work effectively with senior leadership on C-Suite and Board topics to drive change and achieve strategic goals.
- Executive presence to be an effective agent of change, leading through influence and vision across the enterprise.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely for a senior executive audience, both verbally and through document preparation.
- Experience performing financial analysis, analytical modeling, and data analysis for the purpose of assisting the exploration of strategic options and development of creative solutions to complex problems.
- Experience researching external trends and sources to form perspectives, points of view, and recommendations.
- Self-starter, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced, highly visible environment.
- Ability to synthesize across many different points of view, oriented to value.
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)
- Master's Degree in Business preferred.
- Experience working at or in client service to a major airline.
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way.
Why You'll Love Delta
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives.
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits.
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages.
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members.
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint.
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together.
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies.
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.
