CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 43 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.
The Vice President, Operations - South will lead CLEAR’s airport operations across our South region, with responsibility for delivering exceptional security, member experience, sales, and people outcomes. You’ll lead a large organization of frontline team members and general managers while driving growth, operational excellence, and a high-performing culture across the region. This is a key role on our Airport Operations leadership team.
What you'll do:
- Own operational and financial performance across CLEAR’s South region, delivering against security, member experience, enrollment, sales, labor, and profitability goals
- Lead, coach, and develop Regional Directors and General Managers, building a strong leadership bench and driving clear accountability and consistent execution across the region
- Drive regional growth by maximizing performance at existing airports, supporting new airport launches, and accelerating adoption of new products and experiences
- Build trusted relationships with senior airport, aviation, and internal stakeholders, representing CLEAR at the executive level and aligning partners around shared business and operational priorities
- Partner cross-functionally with People, Training, Compliance, Member Experience, Finance, and other teams to strengthen execution, develop talent, uphold CLEAR’s standards, and continuously improve the member and team member experience
How you'll measure success:
- Security and compliance performance across all airports within the South
- Achievement of regional balanced scorecard targets, including enrollment, member experience, sales, labor, and operating performance
- Division-level profit contribution at or above established targets
- Hiring, retention, internal mobility, and leadership development across the regional organization
What you're great at:
- 15+ years of progressive operations leadership experience, including leading large, geographically dispersed teams in high-volume, 24/7/365 environments
- Owning P&L performance, forecasting, labor and cost management, and sales or revenue goals across complex multi-site operations
- Building high-performing sales and service cultures with a strong focus on customer experience, operational rigor, and measurable results
- Leading through leaders, developing strong management teams, and creating accountability and engagement across large frontline organizations
- Exercising sound judgment in fast-moving environments, building credibility with frontline teams and senior executives, and influencing effectively across internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to travel up to 75% across the region and periodically to CLEAR’s New York City headquarters
How You'll be Rewarded:
At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.
We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $250,000.00 - $300,000.00, depending on levels of skills and experience.
The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.
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