Assistant Manager, Data Quality & Business Analysis

IATA•Montreal, QC

18d•Hybrid

About The Position

You will join the Turbulence Aware NextGen project team, a cross-functional group working to modernize IATA’s turbulence data platform and deliver new data-driven capabilities for airlines. The team works closely with business, technology, vendor, and airline stakeholders to ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and ready to support future products and services. In this role, your day would involve working closely with the Assistant Director and project stakeholders to support the Turbulence Aware NextGen platform migration and delivery of new data-driven features. You would review and document data quality requirements, analyze validation results, investigate data discrepancies, prepare reconciliation and testing evidence, and follow up on open issues with business, technical, vendor, and airline stakeholders. You would also help maintain key project documentation, support testing activities, contribute to dashboards and reports, and ensure that data quality, migration, and feature delivery activities are well documented and traceable.

Requirements

1-3 years’ experience in Data quality management
1-3 years’ experience in Data platform migration
1-3 years’ experience in Business analysis in analytics-driven environments
Strong analytical background with ability to assess structured datasets and performance KPIs.
Demonstrated basic knowledge of aviation operations and associated data domains
Structured thinker with strong documentation discipline and stakeholder management capability.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with streaming data and cloud-based architectures is an asset.

Responsibilities

Support the definition and documentation of data quality requirements, including applicable standards, validation rules, business rules, and acceptance criteria, to help ensure the reliable and continuous operation of the Turbulence Aware NextGen platform.
Support the Assistant Director in designing the Data Quality Control Module of Turbulence Aware NextGen.
Support the design of the Quality Control Module and quality KPIs and dashboards for: Airline-provided EDR and ACARS data, 3rd party provided supplemental data, Output datasets distributed to airline participants.
Identify, document, and investigate data anomalies, including root causes and define remediation actions.
Support issue resolution with airlines, developers, infrastructure teams, and internal stakeholders.
Document findings and support the preparation of audit-ready data quality reports.
Support pre-migration data profiling and baseline validation.
Assist in developing reconciliation frameworks for legacy vs. new platform outputs.
Support validation of data completeness, consistency, timeliness, and accuracy before cutover.
Track and document discrepancies, resolution actions, and sign-off criteria.
Support cutover readiness assessments and post-migration stabilization reviews.
Support development and validation of new revenue-generating features.
Assist in defining acceptance criteria and validation metrics for nowcast, forecast, and alerting products.
Support testing activities by preparing, documenting, and maintaining test scripts, and help track test execution progress.
Help verify that deployed features meet defined quality, latency, and reliability standards.
Assist in preparing documentation and dashboards for customers' onboarding and commercialization.
Maintain comprehensive documentation, including: Data dictionaries, Validation rules, Test plans and scripts, Reconciliation reports, Analytics feature specifications.