Senior Analyst - Business & Portfolio Optimization

United AirlinesChicago, IL
$81,795 - $106,602Hybrid

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Construction Management, or a related field
  • 3+ years of experience in sourcing, vendor management, project management, or large-scale capital project environments
  • Knowledge of construction industry request for proposals (RFPs), construction evaluation criteria, contracting best practices, contract terms, negotiations, and risk management
  • Strong data analysis capabilities
  • Ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders effectively
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Nice To Haves

  • PMP, CCM, Six Sigma
  • Knowledge of request for proposals, construction evaluation criteria contracting best practice, delivery method, etc. from an owner’s perspective
  • Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them to support research, analysis, content creation, and problem-solving. Apply critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to organizational policies for responsible AI use, data privacy, and security.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in all sourcing events including RFP development, bid distribution, proposal intake, and evaluation, ensuring adherence to sourcing guidelines and project requirements.
  • Support vendor management activities, including performance tracking, compliance monitoring, onboarding, and maintaining accurate vendor database records.
  • Assist in contract reviews and negotiations, including coordinating revisions with vendors and internal stakeholders (e.g. Legal & risk). Ensure compliance with sourcing policies and procedures.
  • Identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, enhance templates, improve data integrity, and increase sourcing transparency.
  • Maintain sourcing documentation and governance artifacts, ensuring version control, audit readiness, and consistency across contracts, proposals, and sourcing templates.
  • Collaborate with project teams to gather requirements, clarify scopes, and ensure sourcing timelines and deliverables align with project needs.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life
  • accident & disability
  • parental leave
  • employee assistance program
  • commuter
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off
  • 401(k)
  • flight privileges
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