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Partnership Management Consultant
| Company | Southwest Airlines |
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| Location | Dallas, TX, USA |
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| Salary | $105500 – $117300 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Knowledge of Airline Partnerships, Alliances and the ever changing competitive dynamic of the airline industry with a particular focus on alliances and partnership structures
- Skilled in influencing and negotiations
- Skilled in presentation at all levels
- Ability to communicate analytic results to senior executives
- Ability to handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously mixing long term projects with the urgency of immediate demands on the operations
- Ability to collaborate with and achieve actionable results through others, build strong and sustainable relationships and interact within all levels of the organization
- Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Required: High School Diploma or GED
- Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in managing business partnerships and the Airline Industry
Responsibilities
- Lead and support Southwest’s airline partnerships strategy by ensuring that the required technology and operational requirements are in place for a successful launch of an agreement with another airline
- Build relationships across Southwest’s Commercial, Operations and Technology Teams to ensure ease of execution of agreements and manage ongoing agreements
- Partner with Department SMEs to report out to senior leadership on progress being made with internal development of work and updates on negotiations and conversations with partner carriers
- Assist in setting and aligning Southwest’s direction and goals with partner carriers and provides internal guidance and input to achieve successful contract negotiations
- Negotiate agreements with other airlines that align to Southwest’s Commercial goals
- Develop and deliver executive-ready presentations to communicate insights from analyses to Executive Leadership
- Analyze the performance of airline partnership contracts and updates Southwest’s Leadership and Southwest Airlines Pilots Association on a monthly basis
- Represent Southwest in meetings at industry conventions and negotiates on behalf of Southwest with other airlines
- May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
