General Manager, FBO (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; operations at Hawthorne Municipal Airport

Base pay: $132,200–$165,200 per year

Company

hirify.global develops advanced air mobility technologies, including air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems, aviation-related AI solutions, and other aerospace and defense technologies.

What you will do

• Lead daily FBO operations, including fuel sales and dispensing, line service, towing, marshaling, ramp scheduling, and hangar operations.
• Manage the FBO P&L, annual budget, fuel margins, hangar and tie-down revenue, ancillary services, and vendor contracts.
• Lead line service technicians and customer service staff while maintaining certifications and a safety-first culture.
• Coordinate shared-use scheduling and safety activities with flight-test, airport operations, ground-support teams, tenants, pilots, vendors, and airport authorities.
• Represent FBO operations in community, regulatory, emergency-response, and airport coordination matters.
• Maintain safety management systems, conduct audits, investigate incidents, and ensure compliance with aviation, fueling, environmental, workplace, and airport requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of aviation operations experience, including 2+ years in FBO, airport, or airline station management.
• Supervisory experience leading frontline ramp or line service teams.
• Working knowledge of fuel-handling regulations, NATA Safety 1st standards, and towered-airport procedures.
• Experience with budgeting, P&L ownership, financial reporting, and vendor negotiation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort working in a fast-changing environment.
• Ability to work onsite at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport facility in California.

Nice to have

• Experience at a constrained, noise-sensitive urban general aviation airfield.
• NATA Safety 1st Line Service Supervisor certification.
• Familiarity with X1 and TRAQPak FBO systems.
• Exposure to eVTOL, advanced air mobility, or flight-test ground operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Pay-for-performance culture with compensation based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.
• Work involving a mixed-use urban airfield with conventional aviation and eVTOL or flight-test traffic.