Managing Director Tax

Company Alaska Airlines

The Team

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day.

If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

The Managing Director Tax role sets the long-term enterprise-wide strategy and is responsible for translating strategic, financial, and operational goals into a cohesive, future‑ready tax strategy across Alaska Air Group (AAG). This role reports into the VP Tax and provides executive oversight of all tax planning, global structuring, financial modeling, and risk posture for the enterprise, ensuring alignment with the CFO, EC, corporate finance, corporate development, and government affairs.

As a people leader, this role establishes strategic goals and direction for the directors and senior leaders across direct tax, indirect tax, international tax, tax technology, and tax accounting teams, ensuring that all parts of the tax organization execute against a unified long‑term vision.

Key Duties

+ Own and advance Alaska Air Group's enterprise tax strategy aligning tax outcomes to corporate strategy, capital allocation, cash flows, network/route growth, fleet decisions, and long‑range financial plans.

+ Deliver sustainable tax value for the enterprise through proactive planning and structuring (domestic, international, and indirect), enabling business growth while maintaining an appropriate risk posture and ethical standards.

+ Serve as the executive owner of enterprise tax risk management, establishing governance, decision rights, and escalation protocols; ensuring readiness for audits/controversy; and protecting the company's reputation with regulators and taxing authorities.

+ Lead executive leadership for tax accounting and financial reporting, including GAAP tax provision, documentation, and controls, maintaining a strong SOX control environment and audit outcomes.

+ Provide executive oversight on all enterprise-wide tax audits.

+ Lead and develop a high‑performing tax leadership team; set multi‑year priorities, operating model, and resourcing; and drive capability across direct tax, indirect tax, international tax, tax technology, and tax accounting.

+ Drive enterprise modernization of tax processes, data, and technology, delivering measurable improvements in cycle time, control quality, insight/forecast accuracy, and cost-to-serve.

+ Act as a trusted advisor to the CFO, executive committee, corporate finance, corporate development, treasury, legal, and government affairs, enabling informed decisions on transactions, contracts, and strategic initiatives with clear tax implications and recommended paths.

+ Lead the enterprise externally as needed with tax authorities, industry groups, and advisors; shape positions on emerging legislation and policy; and ensure consistent enterprise messaging and advocacy alignment.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

+ 10 years of progressive experience in tax administration, including significant enterprise-level or multi-jurisdictional leadership.

+ 5 years of people leadership experience.

+ Bachelor's degree with focus in accounting, finance, business administration or related field, or willingness to attain a bachelor's degree within six years of start date.

+ Demonstrated experience developing productive internal working relationships within finance and cross-divisionally, as well as relationships with various taxing authorities, other industry tax personnel, lobbyists and consultants.

+ Deep expertise in corporate income tax financial reporting for income taxes, and tax planning.

+ Demonstrated success driving enterprise transformation, tax technology programs, or large‑scale process modernization.

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ Minimum age of 18.

+ Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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