Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst III at Alaska Airlines

Company: Alaska Airlines The Team:

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary:

The Business Intelligence Analyst III is a subject matter expert in applying highly complex analytics on large and diverse datasets to predict consumer behavior and to craft optimal business strategies over a broad portfolio of initiatives at Alaska Airlines (AS). As an individual contributor, this role exercises considerable judgment to make decisions on strategic projects in a fast-paced, high-exposure team whose responsibilities include data analysis, demand modeling and research, optimization, project management, and solution design/delivery.

Key Duties:

• With minimal direction from leadership, exercise considerable judgement to make decisions in translating business intelligence strategy into advanced analytical experiments and models that blend data sources for creative insights into business problems and to align performance with the company’s strategic goals, detailed action plans, key performance indicators, and progress metrics.
• Develops and implements systems and technology to produce decision support tools that enable leaders and system practitioners to take strategic action in a dynamic competitive environment.
• Develops and maintains automated systems to perform strategic pricing and inventory activities.
• Leverages technology to enhance department performance and productivity.
• Develops visualizations grounded in statistical best practices that facilitate effective communication of results and key findings to internal and external customers.
• Selects on the best methodologies to approach business problems and contributes to the continuous improvement of stakeholder processes and data life-cycle.
• Researches and recommends new data sources and analytical tools to enhance the data-driven business process.
• Coordinates with stakeholders and ITS on the integration and support of business systems.
• Contributes to cross-functional teams and ensures timely and accurate completion of assignments.
• Mentors and supports the development of other analysts throughout the company.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills:

Required

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in analytical role.
• A Bachelor degree with a focus in mathematics, economics, finance, statistics, business, computer science, or engineering, or an additional 2 years of training or experience in lieu of this degree.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of business intelligence functions, including to analytics, data mining, reporting, report conversion, data cleansing, data modeling and relational databases.
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Demonstrated expertise working with disparate data sources, data blending, and advanced database functions (e.g., database management functions).
• Expert in visualization techniques, dashboard design, and decision support tools; experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, etc.
• Modeling proficiency in cluster analysis and linear regression.
• Experience with descriptive and diagnostic statistics, sampling methodology, residuals analysis / ANOVA, and hypothesis / significance testing. 
• Ability to work well with multiple, diverse teams.
• Data-driven mindset and a proven history of continuous self-development.
• Demonstrated project management experience.

 

Preferred

• Experience using coding languages (e.g., C++, C#, VBA, Python, or R).
• Basic optimization/simulation model development.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations:

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

Salary Range: $112,000 - $168,000 / year Salary Details:

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

 

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Total Rewards:

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

 

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off
   

For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

FLSA Status: Exempt Employment Type: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Requisition Type: Management Location: Seattle - Hub Equal Employment Opportunity:

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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