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United Airlines Sr Manager - IT Appl Dev in Chicago, Illinois

Description

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Our Values : At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation.

With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.

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 obsessed

• 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 disciplines/processes

• Ensure IT application development process disciplines (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

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

• +5 years of leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders

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

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