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?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with pioneering technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The purpose of the Senior Manager IT, Application Development position is to lead a development team in the continued design and development of automated planning tools. This position will collaborate extensively with our business partners to design, develop and integrate user interfaces and services that meets the business needs. This position will have a strong focus on AWS Cloud services and Agile development with the ability to influence innovation within the Pricing & Revenue Management space.

• Provide leadership and manage team responsibilities for developing and implementing technology solutions for our Pricing & Revenue Management team

• Drive vision into action and deliver results

• Be technology and customer focused

• Increase levels of reliability, automation, and customer satisfaction

• Collaborate with business leaders to define technology roadmaps and prioritize initiatives

• Technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related subject areas/processes

• Ensure IT application development process fields (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) and standards are established, effectively managed and performed

• Accountable for administrative management of 5-10 IT professionals, either as direct reports or sourced – HR administration, Time Reporting, etc.

• Provide leadership by establishing department and individual’s goals

• Responsible for assessing and recommending improvements to the organization structure, roles and responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Business Administration

• +2 years of web or cloud development (.NET, AWS Services, Angular JS, SQL, JavaScript…etc.)

• +5 years of IT and business/industry work experience

• At least 2 -4 years of leadership experience in managing multiple, large, multi-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key collaborators

• Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related subject areas/processes

• 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 Preferred

• MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems or other related field

• Airline Experience is a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT