VP - Fleet Performance & Optimization

Main Objective Of Role

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes processes for analyzing CASK at an aircraft level across all fleets, establishing a baseline cost per fleet.
• Evaluates changes to baseline costs resulting from modification programmes, system changes, network planning data and new contracts.
• Ensures that existing contracts for OEM, BFE & Maintenance Services are performing in accordance with expectations, SLAs and performance guarantees.
• Establishes structured framework for contract management over the lifecycle in order to ensure compliance against scope, ensure that objectives are clearly understood and enforce contract adherence
• Identifies risks on the CASK, resulting from operational influences, engagement with stakeholders to ensure mitigation.
• Evaluates OEM & 3rd Party changes and proposed changes to fleet and evaluate cost impact against financial expectation, ensuring that agreed business cases yield positive results.
• Provides strategic oversight for statistical analysis, data visualization, reports to stakeholders, make recommendations supported by data trends
• Oversees end-to-end ownership of operational fleet strategy across all fleet typesensuring alignment with network, operations, and commercial requirements
• Establishes definition and continuous optimization of fleet configuration strategies across all sub-fleets to support efficiency and standardization
• Ensures full lifecycle cost management including acquisition, operations, modification, and retirement cost driversin liaison with relevant stakeholders.
• Oversees management of fleet configuration complexity and retrofit and reduction of sub-fleet variation where commercially and operationally viable .
• Manages and oversight of CAPEX prioritization, benefits realization, and lifecycle value optimization across all major operational investments.
• Defines and translates fleet data into actionable decisions for strategy, investment, and operational optimization
• Consolidation of fleet governance forums, committees, and working groups into a single accountable structure
• Prioritizes and sequencing of fleet modification programs based on cost impact, operational disruption, and strategic value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (3+ years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation Management, Finance or Engineering with a Master’s Degree preferable
• Fluent in English
• Extensive experience in airline operations, engineering, and fleet/technical programs, operational systems with exposure to both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft environments. Proven track record in delivering large-scale CAPEX and strategic transformation projects, including aircraft induction, retrofit programs, and IT/system implementations. Strong background in governance of multi-million-dollar portfolios, with focus on cost optimization, lifecycle value, and performance of key operational contracts. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across COO, engineering, airport operations, and external partners to ensure disciplined, on-time project delivery and business impact.
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• Years with qualifications: 10 - 12 years

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Team work
• Effective Communication
• Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
• Resilience and Flexibility (Can do attitude)

• Inspiring & Developing Others

• Decision Making
• Strategic Thinking
• Business Acumen

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