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?

At United, we have the best talent in the world. Our Global Talent Acquisition team is on the frontlines of building the future of our company, one hire at a time. From corporate to operations, pilot to flight attendant, and early career to executive, our team crafts outstanding experiences for our candidates and hiring managers, with diversity, equity and inclusion top-of-mind in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

The Sr. Analyst – Strategic Initiatives will play a critical role in supporting the development and execution of the Employee Experience strategy. As United’s workforce expands to support our growth plans, the focus on employees remains at the center of our strategic direction. This team is designed to take ideas from inception through execution that support the efforts to enhance the employee experience & solidify United’s Service Culture within our workforce.

• Provide logistical support and strategic guidance for project related meetings (agenda, timelines, priorities)
• Maintain key project deliverables (issues log, risk matrix, project status reports, business cases, post-project reviews, leadership presentations)
• Analyze operational and performance data to provide statistics, trends, and reporting in a cohesive presentation that informs leadership decision-making.
• Identify potential barriers to success and drive solutions to mitigate these risks, escalating as necessary
• Motivate cross functional teams to complete necessary project deliverables and influence their efforts for optimal business outcomes

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 or 4 years of relevant work experience
• 3+ years work experience, or demonstrated relevant experience
• 2+ years supporting strategic projects, or demonstrated proven experience
• Leading projects that are small/medium in scope, risk, and/or organizational span (Provide leadership with insight as to any risks and issues potentially affecting the project/activity)
• Supporting large scale/high risk/cross functional initiatives. (Monitoring project plans, schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures, organizing and participating in stakeholder meetings)
• Working with and creation of different process mapping techniques
• Confidence in utilizing data and stakeholder input to craft presentation materials that tell a story
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and presentation skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in facilitating, delegating and motivating cross functional groups or activities
• Highly organized, and the ability to multi-task competing priorities, demands, and timelines
• Microsoft Suite -Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Project proficiency

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.