Description
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?
As an airline, safety is our most important principle. And our Corporate Safety team is responsible for making sure safety is top of mind in every action we take. From conducting flight safety investigations and educating pilots on potential safety threats to implementing medical programs and helping prevent employee injuries, our team is instrumental in running a safe and successful airline for our customers and employees.
Key Responsibilities
The overall objective with having a Manager of Safety Data Analytics is driven by high demand for analytical support and safety intelligence across United. Such as supporting teams both internal and external to Corporate Safety, for example, Aviation Safety, Operations Safety, Operations Risk, Corporate Medical, and operating groups and Safety teams across the company. This role will lead a team of data analysts who are subject matter experts for corporate safety data analytics and predictive insight execution.
- Leads a small team of data analyst responsible for analyzing safety and operational data for key leadership presentations and meetings, such as FAA meetings, Board of Directors, SMS meetings, and ad-hoc requests.
- Partner and collaborate with teams within Corporate Safety for analytical support, such as Operations Safety, Operations Risk, Corporate Medical, and Aviation Safety. Depending on the area of focus, activities could include analyzing historical data, building models, helping to establish metrics or key performance indicators, analyzing root-causes or casual factors, maybe even building slide decks and presentations.
- Partner and collaborate with other United teams for analytical support, such as operating groups (Airport Ops, Inflight, TechOps, Network Ops, etc), ops analysis teams, Analytics & Innovation, and other support teams.
- Track and provide status reporting of work assignments, projects, programs. Define, prioritize, allocate resources, track and provide status reporting of work assignments, projects, programs. Depending on the team they are supporting, they might help design dashboards, reports, or even presentations with key business insights help to drive safety improvements and better data driven decision making across United.
- Communicate and share updates with senior leadership and key collaborators. Activities could include updates during the early stages of defining the analytical problem, when finalizing dashboards or presentations for upcoming leadership meetings, such as slides for a Board of Directors (BOD) meeting or other safety related meetings.
- Support industry efforts, such as participating in industry working groups and Collaborative Research Environments (CREs). This role will most likely participate in an industry effort to create (CREs) where airlines, industry groups, and regulators bring analytical resources together to solve complex safety issues.
- Role requires some domestic and international travel (10%)
United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!
Qualifications
What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, data science, information systems, engineering, or another quantitative field (i.e. mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, etc.)
- 4+ years experience in business intelligence, analytics, and/or related analytical role
- 1+ year(s) experience in a leadership/supervisory role preferred
- Experience working with data, including experience working with large data sets
- Some proficiency with coding and data queries, using both traditional and modern technologies/languages (i.e. Python, SQL, HTML, Javascript, Power Automate, Spark Node, PowerBI, Spotfire, and Foundry)
- Ability to study/understand business needs, and the ability to design a data strategy and develop solutions to solve those business needs
- Ability to prepare presentations for senior leadership and interact with all levels of management
- Demonstrated proficiency in analysis and project management, as well as effective communication capabilities
- 1-4 years working with complex data (data analytics, information science, data visualization or other relevant quantitative field)
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
- Master's degree or related experience
United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.
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