Managing Director-Corporate Medical Director

United Airlines•Chicago, IL

16h

About The Position

United’s Corporate Medical Director provides consultation for health-related initiatives to support United’s commitment to safe operations. A significant part of this role involves pilot health and compliance with federal requirements for their well-being, especially when returning to work from medical absences, to ensure flight safety. The Corporate Medical Director is responsible for United’s internal Employee Assistance Program for all employees and the Human Intervention Motivational Study (HIMS) program specifically for pilots. This role collaborates on medical-related initiatives, provides medical expertise to operational, legal, and labor relations groups, and represents Corporate Safety. The Corporate Medical Director maintains relationships with external health organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to monitor global health risks impacting United’s operations. This position works closely with Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Response to develop and initiate responses to health-related disruptions such as pandemics. The role also engages with medical experts in the aviation community through organizations like Airlines for America (A4A) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and supports the broader Corporate Safety organization in strategies for improving worker safety and preventing workplace injuries.

Requirements

Master’s Degree or 6+ years of relevant work experience
Physician, Physician Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner
8 years of experience with corporate environment
8 years of experience in the design, implementation, and administration of medical programs

Nice To Haves

Aviation Medical Examiner
Occupational Medicine experience
AMA Membership
Aviation medicine experience

Responsibilities

Provide oversight of pilot health programs including pilot Return to Work from medical absences.
Act as an Aviation Medical consultant to help navigate compliance with pilot medical certificate requirements when pilots return to work.
Provide expertise in pilot Fitness for Duty requests.
Monitor and evaluate best practices for compliance with physical and mental health for all United’s employees with an emphasis on flight operations.
Oversee United’s internal Employee Assistance Program for all employees.
Lead United’s Human Intervention Motivational Study (HIMS) program.
Establish, maintain, and direct basic activities in vital statistics, communicable disease control, laboratory services, nursing services, nutrition, public health education, and other applicable services of the health district.
Work closely with Business Continuity Planning to identify and continually monitor health risks throughout the world and ensure plans are in place for highest risks.
Provide medical consultation regarding high level medical, legal and labor relations issues enterprise wide.
Deliver effective medical management and consultation services for arbitrations, policy and grievance review, and CBA language development.
Offer skilled consultation covering medical arbitration, reportable contagious disease notification, immunization review, Special Circumstance policy, medication/safety review, In-flight emergency kits, medical policy development, and international travel review.
Represent United for medical committee issues at A4A/IATA and Aerospace Medical Association.
Interface with Corporate Communications for medical communication outreach.
Establish and recommend policies to prevent employee injuries and achieve Corporate Safety goals.
Effectively satisfy the delivery of communicable disease interface with the CDC and company policy.
Provide medical consultant services towards safety for FAA/DOT Issues.
Provide Emergency Operations Center consultation.