Aviation Consulting Analyst

ICF Aviation, Travel and Tourism:

ICFs Aviation, Travel and Tourism practice is one of the world's largest expert teams focused on the aviation industry. Aviation is, by its nature, a global industry, and we work together as a single global team from our offices in the UK, Spain, India and the US to offer global solutions to our clients. As a member of our consulting team you will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues and projects across all regions and service lines. A more complete description of ICF experience and capabilities can be seen by visiting our web site, https://www.icf.com/aviation.

We are addressing some of the most important issues facing the aviation industry and society. In the past year, we have advised on:

• Strategies for airlines to meet ambitious sustainability goals, including negotiating multi-year agreements to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Members of the ICF team were on Virgin Atlantic’s first all-SAF transatlantic flight!

• Digitally-enabled programs to optimize aircraft maintenance, saving millions of dollars at the time of aircraft lease return.

• New uses of AI to manage providers of ground support and maintenance at one of the world’s largest airlines.

• Digital modernization strategy for one of the largest US airports, enabling new digital twins technology to support integrated management.

• Recommendations to mitigate the long-term financial impact of airline labor deals that were signed during COVID at a major European airline.

• And many more!

The Opportunity:

We are looking to hire an Aviation Consulting Analyst to work on strategic growth opportunities related principally to the US Airport market. The individual will be a recent Masters degree graduate who can apply marketing analytics and agile methodology to new product development challenges in a complex environment.

Job Description:

As an Aviation Consulting Analyst in our Boston (Cambridge) office, you will play a key role advancing one or more specific new service offerings built around concepts of Marketing Analytics. Working with a team of Aviation and technology experts, you will drive (where appropriate) and support an agile process that encompasses: market research, baselining ICF’s current products, developing new offerings, building prototype IP, and analyzing the business case to bring a new service offering to market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build effective team relationships with ICF’s experts.

• Research competitor activities and industry trends.

• Map current analytical processes and consulting outputs.

• Design and test next-generation algorithms and deliverables.

• Write reports and presentations to synthesize analyses.

• Structure agile workshops to advance new product concepts and prototypes.

• Draft persuasive arguments that include financial analysis and marketing insights.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Graduate coursework in Marketing Analytics, Business Modeling and other statistical and quantitative analysis.

• Curiosity, self-motivation and ability to work with professionals from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.

• Interest in energy, environment or transportation industries.

• Demonstrated analytical aptitude and exposure to quantitative model development.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

• Strong verbal and written command of English language.
  Insight about people in multi-cultural settings.

• Strong communication abilities, applicable to business setting.

• Understanding of finance fundamentals.

• Experience with agile project management.

• Ability to work effectively with minimal direction and collaborate productively with a team.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

• Ability to work within multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams spread across different countries and time zones.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

• Thoughtful and persuasive in written work based on empathy with the intended audience.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Management, Business Analytics, Marketing Communication or Finance.

This is a hybrid role as the individual is expected to work on-site in ICF’s Cambridge office at least three days per week. This is a full-time position that is expected to last 12-16 weeks.

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