American Airlines

Analyst/Sr Analyst, Strategic Planning and Analysis

American Airlines$70K — $95K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/training
  • Minimum 3 years of related work experience, or Master’s degree in a related field
  • Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools including Excel, Tableau, SQL, and Python
  • Experience in airline Network Planning, Revenue Management, Commercial, or analytical field
  • Eager to solve complex problems and puzzles in a constrained and dynamic environment
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, plan, track, and coordinate complex commercial initiatives
  • Foster relationships and lead discussions with key stakeholders across the company
  • Utilize statistical analysis and predictive modeling to develop practical solutions
  • Present analyses and strategies to all levels of the organization
  • Ensure team members are knowledgeable about tools relevant to the industry
  • Align teams around commercial strategies and success metrics
  • Develop reports and proposals such as market assessments and financial performance plans

Benefits

  • Travel perks for you and your family on thousands of daily flights
  • Immediate access to health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Wellness programs designed to support overall well-being
  • 401(k) program with potential employer contributions
  • Additional benefits including pet insurance and discounts on travel services
Full Job Description
6/23/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 86413

Job Description

Why you'll love this job

  • This job is part of the Strategic Initiatives Planning team within the Strategic Planning & Analysis organization, part of the Revenue Division.
  • Responsibilities range from commercial initiatives planning and performance tracking and optimizing the needs and deployment of strategic assets, solving complex revenue and projects, and working on a variety of initiatives that support our commercial organization while constantly pushing forward and executing our company's commercial strategy.


What you'll do

  • Analyze, plan, track, and coordinate multifaceted, complex, and cross-department commercial initiatives that drive enterprise profitability
  • Foster relationships and lead discussions with stakeholders across the company that are focused on driving long term value to American Airlines (including Sales and Revenue Management organizations, Customer Insights & Loyalty, Network Planning, joint business partner airlines, and operations groups)
  • Utilize statistical analysis, predictive modeling or other analytical methods to analyze data and develop practical solutions to business problems
  • Present analyses, strategies and results to all levels of the organization
  • Ensure that the entire Strategic Planning & Analysis organization has the appropriate level of tool knowledge and that we are prepared for the future
  • Align teams around commercial strategies, key objectives and success metrics, maintaining clear communication across teams, and ensuring cross-functional actions are completed
  • Tailor communication of complex ideas to both junior and senior-level audiences
  • Perform validation of models to ensure adequacy, define data requirements, and gather and validate information, applying judgement and statistical tests
  • Develop performance measurements and analytical tools to improve profitability and planning / forecasting processes
  • Develop reports and proposals, such as market assessments, business plans, financial performance plans, network profitability plans, fleet plans, capital expenditure requests, etc.
  • Analyze data derived from various areas, such as booking activity, fleet analyses, market trends, ROI analyses, performance and budget analyses, profitability statistics, previous campaign results, site statistics, marketing efforts, revenue


All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/training
  • Minimum 3 years of related work experience, or Master's degree in a related field

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools including Excel, Tableau, SQL, and Python
  • Experience in airline Network Planning, Revenue Management, Commercial, or analytical field

Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Eager to solve complex problems and puzzles in a constrained and dynamic environment
  • Ability to leverage understanding of the airline business and commercial goals to draw insights, drive results, and create innovative solutions
  • Adaptive to new ideas and business processes in an ever-changing marketplace
  • Ability to perform in cross-functional groups with minimal supervision to drive outcomes which benefit the entire airline
  • Skilled at sharing knowledge to develop the expertise of the team as a whole
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills


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 provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more


About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

American Airlines Careers

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
NASDAQ

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