Job Summary
Help Air Methods turn ambitious priorities into coordinated action. As Senior Director, Enterprise Scheduling, you will lead the systems and teams that determine which initiatives move forward, how resources are aligned, and when work is delivered. Your leadership will give executives a clear view of priorities, capacity, costs, risks, and progress across the organization.
You will build a consistent approach to portfolio governance, project delivery, and integrated scheduling while partnering with leaders across functions to solve complex planning challenges. This is an opportunity to shape how Air Methods plans, makes decisions, and executes work in support of its lifesaving mission.
Base salary: Minimum $136,053 | Midpoint $176,820
Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities for all jobs at this level.
- Develop and translate functional or divisional strategy into actionable plan
- Lead segment of department or smaller function in the planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of related processes
- Plan, coordinate and evaluate complex departmental and intradepartmental projects or programs for implementation across large department or function
- Responsible for establishing policies appropriate for the function, interprets and recommends modification to company-wide policies and practices
- Autonomy to act and make decisions within financially guidelines and / or company policy
Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following:
- Lead enterprise portfolio planning, ensuring strategic alignment, prioritization transparency, and annual planning rigor.
- Develop and operate a standardized Enterprise Scheduling methodology that ensures high‑quality project execution, predictable delivery, and consistent governance practices.
- Build and oversee the enterprise scheduling function, including integrated master schedules, cross‑functional resource planning, forecasting, and scenario‑based planning.
- Provide executives with clear, data‑driven insights into portfolio health, operational impacts, financial status, risks, capacity, and performance.
- Facilitate enterprise decision‑making by ensuring visibility into project and scheduling dependencies, constraints, and resource alignment challenges.
- Lead operational and process improvement initiatives that enhance execution efficiency, schedule predictability, and customer or stakeholder outcomes.
- Partner with business leaders to ensure projects and schedules reflect realistic assumptions, operational readiness, and alignment with organizational priorities.
- Identify risks early, develop mitigation and contingency plans, and create mechanisms for proactive issue escalation.
- Ensure consistent documentation, communication, stakeholder engagement, and cross‑organizational coordination.
- Manage departmental finances, budgets, project‑related expenditures, and cost‑to‑value transparency.
- Maintain strong executive presence, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate complex information in a concise, business‑focused manner.
- Other duties as assigned
Additional Job Requirements
- Regular scheduled attendance
- Indicate the percentage of time spent traveling – 5%
Subject to applicable laws and Air Method’s policies, regular attendance is an essential function of the position. All employees must follow Air Methods’ employment practices and policies.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises others in the department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, selecting, hiring, and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems. For Exempt Managers: Managers that carry out these responsibilities for two or more employees will have significant input in hiring and termination decisions.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function at a high level. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In accordance with applicable laws, Air Methods will provide reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden so disabled employees may perform the essential functions of the position.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university: and fifteen or more years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Master’s Degree in Business (MBA) preferred
- 10+ years in Project management at least 6 years’ experience directly managing Project Managers
- Highly experienced in both tactical and strategic business objectives
- In-depth understanding of the area of responsibility to contribute to a wider range of business issues
- Experience developing Enterprise Scheduling including defining project delivery metrics, implementing processes, and adhering to best practices
- Strong experience in leading transformational initiatives, driving cultural change successfully while ensuring customer service is aligned and supported with quality and responsiveness.
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and change management techniques
Skills
- Ability to work through ambiguity and demonstrate confidence in making tough calls while leading through adversity with a sharp focus on the right business outcome
- Strong tactical, leadership, and people management skills; proven ability working directly with Executive Management
- Willingness to dive into operations and technologies at detailed levels in order to effectively triage performance issues and perform root cause analysis
- Effectively influence change to work toward best practice operations at an enterprise level
- Strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of collaboration at all levels.
- Demonstrates high critical thinking, reasoning skills, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational skills, detail oriented, ability to multi-task efficiently and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to exercise sound judgement and make decisions in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.
- Builds partnerships with related departments or functions to enhance efficiency and execution
- Contributes to sustained business growth through leadership and functional expertise
- Initiates, leads and evaluates implementation for functional programs across major business areas
Computer Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) preferred.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 15 or more years of related experience and/or training
- 10 or more years of project management experience
- At least 6 years of experience directly managing Project Managers
- Experience developing enterprise scheduling, including delivery metrics, processes, and best practices
- Experience leading transformational initiatives and driving cultural change
- Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, resource management, and change management
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Master's degree in Business or MBA
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
What We Do
Quality emergency care doesn’t begin in the hospital emergency room – it begins at the scene of the accident or the moment a life-threatening illness strikes. Air Methods has a talented workforce of over 4,500 team members, which includes the best in the air medical industry. We are pilots, clinicians, mechanics, air communications specialists, support teams and many more. We’re ready to answer the call because we know someone’s life is on the line. We dedicate ourselves around the clock to maintain equipment and supplies, coordinate logistics and relentlessly provide the tools and expertise that allow us to give more tomorrows. From the front lines to the phone lines, we believe our status as the industry leader – and the importance we place on our mission statement and core values – allow us to attract the highest level of talented professionals. More than 20% of our team members are U.S. veterans, active duty or in the reserves. Our comprehensive aviation, clinical and maintenance training is as robust as it is intense. And our continuous curriculum of learning and simulation-based training is unmatched in the industry. We are ready to save lives at every moment of every day, with over 300 bases of operations serving 48 states. In rural communities, that kind of reach of care is crucial. Emergency air medical transport and treatment is often the only access to lifesaving emergency care they have – providing access to millions of people who otherwise would not have been able to make it to a trauma center. We also operate eight maintenance centers of excellence throughout the nation and a national communications center. Although we call Greenwood Village, Colorado, home, we are only a call away.
