Company Alaska Airlines
The Team
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, spaneting, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Director, Analytics sets the long-term strategy and oversees the performance and execution of analytics, reporting, and decision support across the divisions to drive safety, reliability, cost performance, and guest experience. As a people leader, this role establishes strategic goals and direction for a team that serves as a center of enablement for all operations, providing trusted metrics, actionable insights, scalable reporting, and analytical expertise. The Director shapes analytics roadmaps aligned to operational priorities, establishes management systems that drive performance and accountability, ensuring consistent operational KPIs across Operations in collaboration with Enterprise Analytics, Technology, and AI teams to advance and scale real time operational insights.
Key Duties
Establish and oversee management systems and governing core KPIs by defining metrics and performance frameworks to ensure reporting and analysis are accurate, actionable, and consistently applied across the organization.
Provide trusted insights, analysis, and recommendations to leadership that drive decision-making and performance in core forums, including OPL and other management system reviews.
Establish the strategic roadmap and direction for a team of highly skilled analytics professionals focused on driving analytics and data strategy.
Lead cross functional analytics delivery and integration by acting as the primary liaison between Operations, Enterprise Analytics, ITS, and Data Science, coordinating delivery of reporting, and predictive analytics, and embedding analytics strategy into Operations technology initiatives.
Advance analytics capabilities and innovation by integrating advanced analytic methods, data science, AI, and agile delivery practices into operational reporting and decision workflows, while ensuring scalability, data quality, and governance standards.
Lead and develop a high performing Analytics team by setting clear priorities, while building capability, coaching and mentoring leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Leverage work downward to optimally utilize subject matter experts and to create development opportunities for team members at all levels.
Influence senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Technology, and external partners to drive adoption of analytics, translating sustained operational actions, and deliver measurable business value.
Develop and manage budgets that support enterprise analytics.
Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in analytics and operations, applying relevant innovations to improve outcomes and productivity.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
8 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, data, or related disciplines, with demonstrated application in complex, operationally intensive environments.
5 years of leadership experience, including at least 2 years directly leading and developing teams.
Bachelor’s degree in business, with a focus in either Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
Demonstrated success driving measurable business and operational outcomes through analytics, reporting, and data driven decision support.
Proven experience as a BI and/or advanced analytics practitioner, including strong working knowledge of statistical methods, analytical modeling, and operational performance measurement.
Solid understanding of modern data architectures, cloud based analytics platforms, and enterprise data concepts.
Experience working within Agile or iterative delivery models to deploy production level analytics and reporting solutions.
Strong executive presence with the ability to clearly translate complex technical and analytical concepts.
Proven ability to build strong, collaborative relationships across all levels of the organization to influence outcomes without direct authority.
Strong problem-solving skills, using sound judgment, and attention to detail, combined with the ability to set priorities, make tradeoffs, and lead through complexity and change.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum age of 18.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
Experience in aviation, transportation, logistics, or other safety critical, operationally complex industries.
Master’s degree preferred in Business Administration (MBA), Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Operations Research, or related field.
Experience supporting large-scale operational organizations with analytics, management systems, and performance measurement (e.g., reliability, cost, capacity, day‑of‑operation).
Familiarity applying advanced analytics, predictive modeling, automation, or AI to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
Experience leading analytics transformation efforts, including operating model changes, capability maturation, or modernization of BI and reporting environments.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication, public speaking, influencing, and motivational skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships that drive outcomes in the best interest of the company, cross functional partners, and key external stakeholders.
Proven ability to leverage business acumen and analytic capability to position the organization as a critical business partner.
Ability to engage with and establish credibility with business partners at the most senior/executive level.
Salary Range
$198,450-$307,600 / year
Total Target Compensation Range (incl. bonus & equity)
$257,985-399,880
Salary Details
The pay range and total target compensation package listed above is the expected pay offered for this position at the start of employment. Your pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, your relevant experience/level, experience level, and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We dont typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air with high priority status
Select number of confirmed travel credits provided annually
Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
Generous 401k match program
Annual bonus plans
Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories;
(2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and
(3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on
5/11/2026
FLSA Status Exempt
Employment Type Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Location Seattle - Corporate HQ
L: LI-B
Job Locations USA-WA-SeaTac
Requisition ID 2026-18708
Category Corporate & Operations
