Senior Data Scientist - Military Veterans

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?

Our Marketing and Loyalty team is the strategic force behind United’s industry-leading brand and experience, supporting revenue growth by turning customers into lifelong United flyers. Our marketing communications, market research and brand teams drive travelers’ familiarity and engagement with the United brand. Our product, design and service teams bring the signature United brand to life in our clubs and onboard our aircraft, ensuring a seamless, premier experience. And when customers choose United again and again, that’s because the loyalty team has been hard at work crafting an award-winning program. Our loyalty team manages United MileagePlus®, building travel and lifestyle partnerships that customers can engage with every day, and works with our Star Alliance partners to ensure United can take you anywhere you want to go.

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Data Scientist provides senior data science efforts for United’s loyalty program, MileagePlus. Using some of the most comprehensive member data available in any industry, the data science team is responsible for discovering new opportunities to enhance the program and develop innovative products using insightful models that drive business outcomes. This person will be expected to provide the example which other data scientists on the team can follow to better produce outcomes for the business.

Approach Business Problems with Data Solutions:

• Communicate on business challenges and opportunities



• Provide insight into current data assets



• Educate collaborators on opportunities to model insights



• Dig into business problems by experimenting with models that will need to be tested and validated



• Refine existing models based on new data resources or changing business environments

Communication:

• Express the outputs of data science projects in a format that is understandable to business staff who are less-versed in technical details



• Innovate on critical metrics and provide expert consulting to business partners in collaborative meetings



• Work with technology managers to troubleshoot data challenges



• Develop strong presentation visuals for easy absorption of results

Mentorship:

• Provide recommendations to team members on



• Lead by example, documenting success and failures alike in order to build long-term knowledge



• Influence decision-makers and peers alike toward a more data-centric view of problem-solving

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, marketing, or quantitative field (statistics, engineering, analytics, information systems, aviation management, or related degree)



• 4+ years of core data science with bachelor's degree in relevant field (Stats, Math, ML) OR 2+ years of core data science w/ Masters degree in relevant field OR Ph. D in relevant field



• Experience working with large datasets for the purposes of statistical analysis such as supervised or unsupervised learning



• Experience with database interface tools and statistical programming languages such as SQL, Python, SAS



• Experience with Python, especially for data manipulation and cleaning, and for model training and evaluation



• 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):

• Master's degree in Statistics, mathematics, or business analytics



• 1+ additional years of experience in - the travel industry, marketing/loyalty studies, or ad tech



• Experience with Reinforcement Learning model(s)



• Experience with Causal Inference



• Experience training and deploying models (with AWS)



• Experience with Pyspark.



• Experience presenting findings to business management



• Experience mentoring on methods for development and evaluation of statistical models



• Experience with Tableau, Spotfire, Power BI, or other visualization tools

 

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.

The base pay range for this role is $114,665.00 to $156,310.00.
The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

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. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.

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.