Principal Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst (Safety)

Alaska Airlines • Seatac, WA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Business Intelligence Analyst is the sole 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 Air Group (AAG). As an individual contributor, this role defines long-term strategy for strategic projects in a fast-paced, high-exposure team and exercises considerable latitude and initiative to solve for data analysis, demand modeling and research, optimization, project management, and solution design/delivery.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

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

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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees