Sr Analyst, Airport Operations Performance and Analytics

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you.  As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life.  Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
 

Why you'll love this job

• Use your analytical talents and creativity to drive performance improvements at the largest airline in the world.
• As an Airport Operations Analyst you will partner with senior leaders, front line staff, and other operational business units to identify root cause and provide a data driven solution.
• This job is a member of the Airport Operations Performance Analytics Team within the Operations Planning and Performance (OP&P) organization.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced.  Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations. 

• Perform complex quantitative analysis on airport performance subject areas such as turn performance, airport staffing, baggage handling, and more to identify insights, create reports, develop data driven tools, and drive process improvement.
• Perform advanced business analysis using SQL and Python to develop prescriptive operational improvement plans.
• Automate and improve current programs, processes, reports, and forecasts using SQL, Python, and Databricks
• Understand the complexities of airport operations and interact with front-line team members to learn operational challenges and identify areas of opportunity.
• Build data visualizations to track KPIs, identify root causes, and highlight opportunities.
• Develop statistical predictive models on large-scale datasets using statistical modeling such as linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees and other machine learning, or data mining techniques.
• Work collaboratively with various airports and internal teams to develop innovative and insightful solutions to improve airport performance.
• Develop presentations and present findings and recommendations to key stakeholders and senior management.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Applied Statistics, Data Mining, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics or related quantitative field
• 1 year of experience with SQL querying and/or reporting or equivalent coursework
• Experience pulling and manipulating data using SQL and/or other languages and tools (E.g. Python)

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master's Degree in Applied Statistics, Data Mining, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics
• Programming experience with Python, optimization experience, aviation experience, or other related project history

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Highly proficient in use of Microsoft Office software, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects on an ongoing basis.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with an aptitude for problem solving
• Ability to work effectively, meet deadlines, and shift priorities appropriately in a fast paced, dynamic work environment with great attention to detail
• Knowledge of data processing/manipulation languages such SQL and Python in large database environments

What you'll get

• Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:  
• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network. 
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.  
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provid