United Air Lines, Inc

Senior Data Scientist - Operations Research

United Air Lines, Inc$120K — $145K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree (PhD or ABD) in Operations Research or related quantitative discipline
  • Experience with mathematical programming techniques
  • Familiarity with optimization toolkits like CPLEX, AMPL, or OPL
  • Proficient in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, R, or Python
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills for client interactions
  • Proficiency in MS Office applications
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Responsibilities

  • Develop quantitative models to solve management problems
  • Research and address large complex challenges using big data
  • Implement operations research solutions to enhance profitability
  • Build and support optimization models for client projects
  • Design and prototype models while coordinating with teams
  • Assess project scope against time and potential ROI
  • Communicate analysis results effectively to stakeholders

Benefits

  • Opportunity to engage in high-impact analytical projects
  • Access to cutting-edge analytical methods and research
  • Supportive work environment promoting adaptability and learning
  • Collaborative team dynamics that encourage innovation
  • Professional development opportunities in operations research and analytics
Full Job Description
Description

Provides mathematical modeling and analysis services to support critical financial, operational, and/or strategic planning decisions and engages in supporting project teams in value added activities that generate practical solutions to complex business problems, explores new business alternatives, and drives improvement in business decision

  • Develops the approach and methods to define and solve management problems through quantitative analysis and analytical models using operations research, machine learning, and structured programming languages
  • Identifies, researches, or solves large complex problems using big data and operations research and machine learning principles
  • Leverages understanding of the business process to identify and implement operations research solutions that will result in significant bottom-line contributions
  • Builds and develops operations research/optimization mathematical model applications, and provides client support leveraging operations research knowledge
  • Participates in model design, prototype, and model development for several efforts that occur simultaneously, and interfaces with product delivery groups
  • Raises concerns when scope of analysis may not align with time available and can choose an appropriate scope of analysis to conduct balancing ROI to time available
  • Designs analytic plan/develop hypotheses to test; understands limitations of analysis (what it can and cannot be used for)
  • Anticipates working team questions to data and approach
  • Identifies solution quality risks and on-time risks
  • Understands the business value, process, and expectations before focusing on choice of a technical solution
  • Understands the intuition behind the numbers (i.e. does it make sense?)
  • Provides on-going analytical services to client organizations
  • Communicates results to management and clients
  • Contributes deck content and builds the story for the deck with guidance to summarize findings
  • Develops and delivers presentations aligned with Ai standards
  • Speaks in a manner appropriate for working team and their level +1
  • Keeps informed about the latest analytical methods and research in the operations research and analytics fields


Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Advanced degree (PhD or ABD) in Operations Research or other related quantitative discipline involving quantitative analysis and application of advanced operations research principles
  • Coursework or work experience with mathematical programming techniques
  • Coursework or work experience in model prototyping through use of optimization toolkit(s) including CPLEX, AMPL, or OPL
  • Coursework or work experience with C, C++, Java, R, Python, or other structured programming language
  • Good business, technical, verbal/written communication, presentation and sales skills. Adaptability to changing business environment
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to interact with clients
  • Proficient with MS Office
  • 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):

  • Minor in computer science and/or formal advanced computer science coursework preferred
  • 2+ years of professional experience in analytical field
  • 1+ years of airline business experience
  • 1+ years designing and programming/coding data structures for large-scale computer models
  • Experience with Julia programming language
  • Knowledge of United/industry data sources
  • Structured programming for large-scale computer models
  • Demonstrated ability to create business value

About United Air Lines, Inc

United Airlines is a major American airline that operates a large domestic and international route network. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance. United Airlines operates a fleet of over 800 aircraft and serves more than 350 destinations in over 50 countries.
Learn more about United Air Lines, Inc
Size
87,400 employees
Market Cap
$12.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$7 billion
Founded
1926
5 Year Trend
-7.6%
Revenue
$15.3 billion
NASDAQ

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