Flight Crew Roster Team Lead

Flight Crew Roster Team Lead (80-100%, all genders)

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where teamwork and precision are key? Join SWISS to lead a dedicated team, shaping crew rosters that balance operational needs, crew satisfaction, and compliance, ensuring smooth and reliable flight operations.

Starting date: August 01, 2025

You may apply in English or German.

Facts

• Location: Zürich/Kloten
• Employment level: Direct entry
• Function: Flight Operations
• Working time: Full-time or part-time
• Salary: Base Management
• Publishing date: 06-30-2025

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Tasks

As Flight Crew Roster Team Lead, you will oversee a team responsible for developing, optimizing, and publishing monthly flight crew rosters. You will align roster parameters and track crew capacities while enhancing crew satisfaction, productivity, and operational stability.

• Oversee the development and publication of monthly rosters for flight crews, optimizing for crew satisfaction, productivity, and operational stability.
• Guide the development and evaluation of monthly roster scenarios and collaborate with capacity planning, crew control, and key interfaces to set priorities.
• Monitor short-term crew capacity trends, assess potential risks, and initiate short-term actions to maintain operational stability.
• Approve critical roster and absence change requests that directly impact planning outcomes.
• Manage and develop the Flight Crew Roster Team, ensuring a high-performance culture.

Contact

Alexandra Wirth
Human Resources
Swiss International Air Lines AG
E-mail address for inquiries: recruiting.services@swiss.com

Benefits

• Attractive company pension scheme
• Subsidized parking or public transport
• Company health management
• Flight benefits
• Remote working options
• Flexible work hours and part-time working models
• Diversity programs
• Paid maternity and paternity leave

Behind the scenes

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Join SWISS. Our common goal is to make each customer's flight a true air travel experience. For this, we go the extra mile - always, in every step of the process, worldwide. Become part of our fascinating world, where a job turns into a lifetime adventure.

Requirements

• Master's degree in business administration, aviation management, or equivalent education.
• 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, scheduling, or strategic resource management, with familiarity in crew rostering systems and operational planning tools.
• Operational mindset with the ability to assess and decide on complex planning scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
• Experience in managing teams under pressure is strongly favored.
• Fluent in English and German.

For any further questions, please contact our Recruiting Services Center at +41 44 564 22 66.

Company

About Swiss International Air Lines AG. It's the little differences that make working at SWISS so appealing. We treat every detail with care, see quality in hospitality, and embrace an international perspective on nationality. In the same way, we view variety as richness, a job as an experience, and SWISS as a world of inspiration. You, too, will be stimulated in our special working environment—one in which, wherever you are, you’ll always feel: Truly SWISS... where people matter.

www.swiss.com

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