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Alaska Airlines · 20 hours ago

Principal Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst (Safety)

SeaTac, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $208K/yr

7+ years exp

Alaska Airlines is creating an airline people love, and they are seeking a Principal Business Intelligence Analyst to apply complex analytics on large datasets. This role involves defining long-term strategies, managing systems for decision support, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance business performance.

Responsibilities

As the lead subject matter expert 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

Leads and owns systems and technology to produce decision support tools that enable leaders and system practitioners to take strategic action in a dynamic competitive environment

Manages automated systems to perform strategic pricing and inventory activities

Leverages technology to enhance department performance and productivity

Manages 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

Makes decisions on new data sources and analytical tools to enhance the data-driven business process

Collaborates with stakeholders and ITS on the integration and support of business systems

Collaborates with cross-functional teams and ensures timely and accurate completion of assignments

Mentors and supports the development of other analysts throughout the company

Qualification

Business intelligence functionsAdvanced SQL skillsData visualization toolsData blendingStatistical analysisCoding languagesProject managementData-driven mindsetCollaborationMentoring

Required

7 years of experience in analytics or related area

Bachelor's degree with a focus in mathematics, economics, finance, statistics, business, computer science, or engineering, or an additional 2 years of training/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 / Analysis of Variance (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

High school diploma or equivalent

Minimum age of 18

Must be authorized to work in the U.S

Preferred

Experience using coding languages (e.g., C++, C#, VBA, Python, or R)

Basic optimization/simulation model development

Benefits

Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian 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

Company

Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Airlines provides rewarding careers in aviation by fueling a passion for service and helping others

Founded in 1932

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://alaskaair.jobs

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