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Senior Data Modeler

IATA • Geneva, CH • 1d ago

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

About the team you are joining

The Technology Standards and Data Modeling team, within IATA’s Information and Data (I&D) division, is responsible for supporting the Airline industry’s shift toward modern digital communication standards by developing and maintaining IATA’s Airline Industry Data Model (AIDM) as the main enabler of industry messaging standards development.

You will define business and data requirements and help align data models across aviation industry value streams and functions. You will also evolve the AIDM based on industry standards and ensure that IATA’s enterprise data model stays consistent with the industry‑agreed vocabulary and common integrated data model.

What your day would be like

Model business and data requirements and develop associated data exchange specifications for industry standards definition and ensure that proposed amendments to standards are interoperable and fully integrated within the Airline Industry Data Model (AIDM).

Design, develop, maintain, and optimize conceptual, logical, and physical data models in alignment with enterprise architecture and data strategy.

Translate detailed business and functional requirements into normalized (OLTP), dimensional (OLAP), and integration‑oriented data models supporting scalable data platforms

Define and enforce enterprise data modeling standards including naming conventions, data definitions, domain models, and data type governance to ensure cross-system consistency and interoperability.

Collaborate with the industry and internal data teams to design data flows, integration patterns, and target‑state data architecture. Support data engineering teams by troubleshooting data‑model–related issues, optimizing schema designs, and reverse‑engineering models from relational and non‑relational platforms.

Deliver training and consulting sessions, supported by clear training materials, to help industry members and colleagues use modeling tools, environments, guidelines, and methodologies. Provide hands‑on support to ensure proper understanding and adoption of data modeling and standards best practices.

We would love to hear from you if

University degree in Computer Sciences or a related discipline, with 7+ years of experience in information management, data governance, and data modeling. Additional experience in business process modeling would also be highly appreciated, as well as technical architecture for designing data exchange messaging and API solutions.

Strong expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling, with proven ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and interoperable data models aligned with industry standards.