Vice President, Aviation - North America

Job Description:

Reporting to the Vice President of Global Logistics, the Vice President of Aviation, North America leads the Trans Medics Aviation organization across North America. This is a senior operating role for an executive prepared to set the agenda for North American flight operations, deliver against it, and own the outcome of the largest dedicated organ-transport flight operation in the world. This leader is the connective tissue between Trans Medics' commercial and clinical strategy and the operational reality of executing it.

The role translates strategy into flight operations and translates operational reality back into the senior leadership conversation. Credibility with pilots, mechanics, dispatchers, and ground support is earned through technical depth and operating presence; credibility with the CEO and the broader executive team is earned by bringing decisions, solutions, and results.

Serve as Trans Medics' FAA Accountable Executive, with full authority and responsibility for the safety, compliance, and performance of the certificate. Ensure all operations, safety policies and performance, and personnel adhere to FAA Part 5 (Safety Management Systems) and Part 135 requirements, including disciplined and recurring review of safety policies and risk analysis. Establish, evaluate, and continuously improve best-in-class safety, quality, and compliance systems.

Build, lead, and develop a best-in-class aviation organization with depth across flight operations, maintenance, dispatch, training, and safety, anchored in the highest standards of safety, quality, and service. Own the business and operating strategy for the North American Aviation department — define the agenda, secure alignment, and deliver against it. Recruit, develop, and retain best-in-class pilots, mechanics, technicians, dispatchers, and ground support staff.

Drive accountability for crew operations and efficient pilot management. Serve as a steward of Trans Medics' culture of high-standard performance and accountability, and build a team genuinely devoted to our mission, vision, and core values. Lead the cultural transformation of the flight operations organization as Trans Medics matures from a high-growth phase into a disciplined, public-company operating cadence — without losing the urgency that defines our mission.

Maintain a visible, engaged presence with frontline crew members across the hangar, the ramp, and the dispatch center. Operating credibility in this role is earned in the field, not from the executive floor.

Ensure the resources are in place — manpower, equipment, aircraft availability — to execute 24/7/365 mission flying with safety, maintenance, quality, and operational performance as non-negotiable priorities. Continuously identify, evaluate, and implement improvements in reliability, cycle time, quality, and cost. Lead efficient allocation of manpower, equipment, and aircraft downtime to maintain the fleet and support equipment, ensuring cost, quality, and delivery requirements are met.

Establish and manage operating performance against clear, aggressive, but achievable targets for cost, quality, reliability, and turnaround time, ensuring on-time placement of serviceable aircraft into Trans Medics' operations. Ensure maintenance activities are executed with the necessary sense of urgency, effectively, on time, and within budget.

Establish and personally own the strategic relationship with Embraer, the OEM of Trans Medics' fleet, serving as the senior point of contact for OEM partnership, technical roadmap discussions, warranty escalations, and forward-fleet planning. Own fleet renewal end-to-end — from strategy through execution. Define the technical and financial thesis governing fleet composition, acquisition timing, disposition timing, and a three-, five-, and ten-year fleet view.

Translate that thesis into specific transactions, including purchase negotiation, pre-buy oversight, sale and trade execution, and lifecycle planning, ensuring Trans Medics consistently…