United Airlines - Chicago, IL

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Chicago, IL
Air Transportation

About the position

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world? The Ops Products and Strategy team is responsible for developing the tools which support airline operations at United. As such, the team is responsible for standardizing and automating information to provide the context for our operational leaders to make real time decisions to run a safe, caring, dependable, and efficient airline. The team is responsible for working with operational users to understand the issues they face, define the problem that needs to be solved, and writing the logic that needs to be developed to solve the problem. The senior analyst works collaboratively with multiple departments to support the goals, objectives, and projects of operational teams. This position is responsible for providing information that supports operations using existing data to evaluate operational performance, and communicating results to identify and make recommendations for improvements. The senior analyst will develop presentations, generate performance reports, and is responsible for supporting the organization with suggestions for new tools and methods of reporting to meet business goals. This self-starting individual will use knowledge of operational performance to create new ideas, take them from concept to deployment and collaborate with various teams. Work with operational users to build business requirements, present final analysis to leadership, and coordinate development with IT team to ensure tools meet requirements to support operational needs by crafting plans for and conducting quality assurance testing. Evaluates business processes, anticipates requirements, uncovers areas for improvement, develops functional requirements and user stories. Support network and station operations initiatives, objectives, and projects focusing on improving operational communication in order to drive more efficiency, consistency, and accountability in operational roles. Monitor airline performance and work with operational leaders to address performance issues by improving operational tools. Coordinate with training and change management teams to deliver proper communication and training to successfully launch new or updated tools and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Develop tools to support airline operations at United.
  • Standardize and automate information for operational leaders.
  • Collaborate with multiple departments to support operational goals and projects.
  • Provide information to evaluate operational performance and communicate results.
  • Develop presentations and generate performance reports.
  • Support the organization with suggestions for new tools and reporting methods.
  • Work with operational users to build business requirements and present analysis to leadership.
  • Coordinate development with IT to ensure tools meet operational needs.
  • Evaluate business processes and uncover areas for improvement.
  • Support network and station operations initiatives to improve communication and efficiency.
  • Monitor airline performance and address performance issues with operational leaders.
  • Coordinate with training and change management teams for tool launches.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience
  • 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to work with cross-functional groups
  • Strong relationship building skills
  • Highly organized with the ability to multi-task
  • Willingness to travel 15% of the time domestically and internationally
  • Ability to work a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office)
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
  • Reliable and punctual attendance is essential.

Nice-to-haves

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree with an emphasis on airline management, aviation, or industrial engineering
  • 3-5 years' experience in management or operations, airline, process engineering, quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Strong knowledge of airport and network operations
  • Experience with process/system mapping and analysis
  • Project management experience
  • Experience using at least one database management system
  • Ability to conform to shifting priorities and demands.

Benefits

  • Parental leave
  • 401k
  • Space available travel privileges
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