Manager - Regional Airport Customer Service

Frontier Airlines • Ontario, CA

8d • $81,752 - $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Frontier Airlines, the mission is to Make Every Flight Count, guiding how they support customers, people, and operations. As a Frontier employee, your work connects to more than a single role, contributing to a travel experience that is safe, reliable, and built around value. The company's core values are customer first, safety always, operational excellence, and one team, shaping decisions and support for those who count on them. Frontier offers benefits, programs, and travel privileges designed to support eligible employees at work and beyond, with availability varying by role, employment status, eligibility, location, schedule, applicable policies, and current plan details. Frontier Airlines is a Denver-based airline serving destinations across the United States and select international markets, with people supporting every part of the travel journey. They are focused on delivering meaningful value by making travel more accessible, practical, and easy to personalize, strengthening the experience for customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years prior passenger airline experience in a leadership role
• Previous City Manager experience
• Must have a high level of initiative, strong team-building skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to teach others leadership techniques, and a complete understanding of station management responsibilities.
• Must have a desire to serve others and travel flexibility.
• Must be self-motivated, a good listener, innovative, and a coach.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, concurrent projects and priorities
• Ability to effectively manage and justify station budgets
• Ability to demonstrate superior instructional and facilitation skills
• Ability to manage and mentor business partners in an effort to make the customer service experience uniform across the system.
• Skill in interpersonal communications, leadership, delegation, collaboration, critical-thinking, and problem solving
• Knowledge and understanding of Federal Aviation Administration Regulations, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Transportation, Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as any other regulatory entities

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Spanish required for predominantly Spanish-speaking or Latin American locations.

Responsibilities

• Be a champion for safety through accountability, awareness and communication, ensuring all employees understand the importance of safety and conduct themselves in a manner that reflects this value and enhances the level of safety of the company.
• Ensure outstanding operational performance in assigned cities, working cross-functionally with other operational and planning departments to influence and improve day-to-day performance. Ensure business partner management and front-line visibility to station and corporate goals and drive continuous improvement through effective management and development of processes and procedures.
• Deliver superlative customer service through engagement, motivation, coaching and leadership, being a tireless advocate of Low Fares Done Right and effectively communicating its meaning to Frontier’s business partners and front-line teams.
• Develop and manage multi-million-dollar budgets with accuracy, continuously striving to lower costs through identification and elimination of inefficiencies and improvement of contracts.
• Interact with Frontier Officers and Directors, collaborating with senior management to provide strategic and operational planning input for the Customer Service Division as well as the company. Report progress and results to senior management on a regular basis.
• Ensure compliance with all airline and government agency regulations and protocols. Monitor compliance with all FAA, TSA and DOT regulations. Establish sound working relationships with FAA, TSA, Customs, Immigrations, airport authorities, and business partners. Where applicable, ensure all international requirements are met and complied with, working with CBP and governments where necessary to procure rights and slots.
• Keep an open mind to new ideas and ways of conducting business, while focusing on the Company’s goals and business plan. Foster an environment where employee suggestions are vetted and implemented when in line with the company’s direction.
• Be a willing, motivational leader who seeks out opportunities to get in front of employees and business partner leadership and employees to establish excellent two-way communication and manage the flow of correspondence to and from the stations. Be a role model for others to follow. Guide business partners as they partner to lead the day-to-day operations of our stations.
• Be available 24/7, including phone calls, texts, and email responses in real time.
• Have the ability to interpret and pull reports from multiple company reporting platforms. Share operational performance reports with business partners to ensure transparency and performance to goals.
• Ensure each city in the region is led by experienced, motivated, energetic, polished, and professional business partner managers and supervisors who focus on safety, operational performance, customer service, communication, employee engagement, and fiscal performance.
• Identify successes and seek ways to recognize superior performance while ensuring high standards are set and maintained.
• Ensure that a high standard is set with regard to the appearance of our business partners, facilities and equipment.
• Manage the contractual requirements of the stations, ensuring that local management is adhering to the standards set. Monitor compliance with all training, safety, financial and operational goals, ensuring that business partners understand and perform to the level of expectation and operational excellence expected by Frontier.
• Assist in the assessment, justification, implementation, and performance of technology to make our stations as efficient as possible, working with the Information Technology division (IT).
• Work directly with the Customer Service Training Manager during the development of training curricula to ensure quality control and effectiveness of all training.
• Manage special projects and committees.
• Perform other functions as assigned by the Director, Stations.
• Fluency in Spanish required for predominantly Spanish-speaking or Latin American locations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings options
• Paid holidays, vacation time and sick time
• Travel privileges on Frontier Airlines and participating partner airlines, based on current program rules and availability
• Buddy passes, based on eligibility and program rules
• Travel-related discounts and employee discounts on select products, services and vendors
• A hybrid schedule for eligible headquarters roles based in Denver, Colorado
• Business casual dress options for eligible corporate and support roles
• Employee support programs and resources, including the HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ nonprofit organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree