ORAT Senior Director

ORAT Senior Director

Plane Inglish | San Francisco, CA
Full-Time | Exempt | $182,000-$218,000 DOE | Up to 75% Travel

Lead ORAT at One of the World's Busiest Airports

Plane Inglish is seeking an experienced ORAT Senior Director to lead Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer activities for a major program at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

This is a senior leadership position for someone who has real ORAT and airport experience and knows what it takes to move a complex facility from construction and commissioning to successful Day One operations.

You will work directly with airport and airline leadership, contractors, design teams, government agencies, vendors, and operational stakeholders to ensure the people, processes, systems, facilities, and stakeholders are ready to operate.

What You'll Do

• Lead the overall ORAT strategy, program, schedule, governance, and readiness plan.
• Serve as a senior advisor to airport and airline leadership.
• Lead complex stakeholder coordination and executive-level meetings.
• Oversee operational trials, simulations, testing, training, and readiness exercises.
• Develop and oversee trial scenarios, scripts, logistics, success criteria, and after-action reviews.
• Lead transition, mobilization, facility handover, and activation activities.
• Identify and resolve operational risks, issues, and readiness gaps.
• Lead and develop ORAT Project Directors, Assignment Leads, and project staff.
• Oversee program reporting, schedules, risk registers, issue logs, and readiness metrics.
• Support client relationships, proposals, and future business development.

What We're Looking For

This is not an entry-level ORAT or general project management position.

We're looking for someone with:

• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in ORAT, airport operations, aviation program management, commissioning, or facility activation.
• Demonstrated experience leading ORAT programs for major airport development, renovation, terminal, concourse, or activation projects.
• Experience working directly with airport and/or airline leadership.
• Strong knowledge of airport operations, including terminal, baggage, passenger processing, security, facilities, technology, and operational systems.
• Experience leading operational trials, training, transition, and activation.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing project teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Aviation, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field.
• Experience with tools such as Primavera, SharePoint, Prolog, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.

Direct experience with SFO or another major international airport is highly preferred.

About Plane Inglish

Plane Inglish is a woman-owned aviation consulting firm specializing in ORAT. We help airports and aviation stakeholders prepare new and renovated facilities for real-world operations.

Our work combines aviation expertise, logistics, stakeholder management, testing, training, transition, and activation.

Our core values are:

Integrity | Accountability | Collaboration | Innovation | Value

We are looking for leaders who bring expertise, confidence, good judgment, and a genuine commitment to doing exceptional work.

What We Offer

• $182,000-$218,000+ annual salary, based on experience
• Health insurance
• SEP IRA retirement plan
• PTO, holidays, and sick leave
• Professional development
• Travel expenses covered in accordance with company policy
• Opportunity to lead major airport programs across the U.S.

Primary assignment: SFO | Up to 75% travel

If you know ORAT, understand airport operations, and are ready to lead a complex program at one of the country's most significant airports, we want to meet you.

Plane Inglish is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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