Flight Operations Manager

🔥 14 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $120k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Operations

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J.S. Held LLC

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

🛡️ Insurance

⚖️ Legal

📦 Logistics

💰 Private Equity Round on 2015-10

Insurance • Legal • Logistics

J. S. Held LLC is a global consulting firm that provides a broad array of technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to help clients navigate complex, high-stakes situations and mitigate risk. The company offers services across various industries including construction, insurance, and environmental services, with a focus on delivering solutions for contentious and catastrophic scenarios. Known for its integrity and clear-cut analysis, J. S. Held assists organizations by offering in-depth advisory on financial investigations, valuations, risk assessments, forensic services, and strategic planning. With a combination of world-class talent and technology, J. S. Held is dedicated to supporting its clients in making informed decisions while managing both tangible and intangible assets.

📋 Description

• Coordinate J.S. Held's enterprise drone program • Maintain visibility into drone assets, pilots, certifications, utilization, and flight activity • Develop and maintain SOPs, training, policies, procedures, records, and controls • Track program performance and report on utilization, compliance, billing, risks, and implementation progress • Refine fleet management and identify new revenue opportunities • Coordinate drone inventory, registration, assignment, maintenance, insurance, and retirement • Monitor FAA requirements, pilot credentials, renewals, authorizations, and recordkeeping obligations • Support risk assessments, incident reporting, corrective actions, and compliance reviews • Establish consistent drone billing and documentation practices with Finance and practice operations • Connect flight activity to projects or engagements and maintain invoicing, audit, and client-question records • Monitor billing adoption and exceptions, and report on activity, billings, recoveries, costs, and program economics • Lead requirements definition, RFP support, evaluation, and implementation of a drone fleet-management platform • Administer platform data standards, user access, workflows, data quality, vendor performance, and enhancements • Coordinate relationships with drone technology, equipment, training, and compliance vendors • Partner with practice leaders, pilots, and corporate functions to support adoption and resolve issues • Coordinate pilot onboarding, training, certification tracking, and program communications • Serve as the central coordination point and route technical, legal, regulatory, safety, or accounting matters to subject matter experts • Provide enterprise coordination without direct-report pilots

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience • Five or more years of experience in program management, operations, fleet or asset management, compliance administration, field operations, or a related discipline • Practical knowledge of commercial drone operations and applicable FAA requirements • Experience implementing standardized processes across multiple teams, locations, or business units • Experience selecting, implementing, or administering an operational, fleet, asset, compliance, or workflow technology platform • Strong analytical, reporting, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills • FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate • Clear written and verbal communication skills • Sound judgment and ability to manage multiple workstreams without relying on direct reporting authority • Preferred: experience supporting a multi-location drone, aviation, field-services, equipment-management, or other regulated operational program • Preferred: experience with drone fleet-management platforms, flight-log systems, or asset-management solutions • Preferred: experience supporting billing, cost recovery, project accounting, or client documentation in a professional services environment • Preferred: familiarity with commercial insurance schedules, FAA waivers or authorizations, and specialized drone operating environments • Preferred: project management, safety management, process improvement, or change management certification or training • Ability to work at a computer and review operational, regulatory, and financial information for extended periods • Ability to communicate effectively with geographically dispersed stakeholders and manage multiple priorities and deadlines • Ability to travel occasionally and access field or equipment-storage locations when needed • Ability to safely handle or move typical small-drone equipment and cases, with reasonable accommodation as applicable • Occasional work outside standard business hours may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Employees can work remotely • Flexible work environment • Flexible Time Off policy • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • 401k Match • Commuter Benefit • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities