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?

Becoming the best airline is an adventure. And our Pricing & Revenue Management team is providing fuel for that journey by ensuring that we maximize our ticket revenue on every single flight across our network - both domestically and internationally - while giving our customers various product offerings for their travel. By analyzing market trends and forecasting consumer demand, this team works hard to ensure we are selling the right number of tickets at the right price to optimize our revenue and run a profitable airline.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the production and verify accuracy of predictive revenue models, including:

• Short-Term Forecast (Daily Performance Report, Internal Worm Charts)
• Mid-Term Forecast (Proforma, Commercial Revenue Report, PRASM Waterfalls)
• Long-Term Forecast (10-Year Revenue Model, Fleet Model for ASM prediction)
• Top-Down Forecasting Models (Market, Channel, Point of Sale)
• Forecast Accuracy Tools both internal (Gross Revenue) and external (PRS, GDP, Jet Fuel)
• Forecast Risk Assessment Tools (Irrops, Incident Impact Tool)

Assist in cross-divisional projects that require the use of PRM data to assess revenue impact of different initiatives. Identify issues, create hypotheses, and translate data into meaningful insights; present recommendations to key decision makers. Work with IT counterparts to ensure technical requirements are delivered successfully and on schedule.

Develop insightful reporting packages and presentations that summarize data and help facilitate decision-making for our business partners and senior leadership team.

Lead the assembly and distribution of Revenue Forecasting products after monthly close, in coordination with Finance and Revenue Accounting.

Coordinate the completion of the Revenue Strategy Training Program for all analysts within the department.

Qualifications

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!

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5 years experience in Pricing, Revenue Management, or Finance in the airline industry
• Extensive experience Predictive Analytics
• Extensive experience with Excel, SQL and PowerPoint (Python and VBA a plus)
• Experience leading a team or consistent track record of mentoring/development
• Expert-level knowledge of key data sources: TCN, MIDT, DDS, OAG, Datamart, RTF
• Extensive knowledge across UA Commercial and Revenue Strategy and Forecasting impact across the org
• Project management
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Ability to work on several projects at a time
• Excellent leadership and presentation skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• MBA
• Experience presenting to Senior Leadership

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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