Data Scientist, Optimization

United States, Georgia, Atlanta

Enterprise Digital Strategy

22-Aug-2024

Ref #: 25806

How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

Enterprise Solutions (ES) is seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and talented data scientist to join a team that is responsible for optimizing Delta's revenue offers. The data scientist will collaborate on designing, delivering, and maintaining proprietary optimization products that result in improved customer offers and increased revenue for Delta Air Lines. The role partners across Digital, Revenue Management, Pricing, Global Pricing Distribution, Operations Research, IT, and vendors to identify opportunities, define requirements, provide insights, prototype products, and deliver end-to-end solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Identify commercial opportunities to optimize Delta revenue that can be addressed by developing data sources, methods, tools and models, including time series forecasting, reinforcement learning, or optimization modeling

• Enhance existing analytical tools and develop new solutions/tools based on large data sets

• Own and deliver end-to-end solutions, including coordination with stakeholders and IT, implementation, and support

• Promote the long-term customer offer vision that supports Delta's business strategy as the marketplace evolves and new products are introduced

• Actively develop close relationships and coordinate with commercial business units, Operations Research, Finance, IT and senior management to ensure timely execution of ES sponsored projects

• Maintain a pulse on industry efforts, disruptive technologies, and champion solutions to further Delta's position as industry leader

• Balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Understand the interrelationships between Schedules, Pricing, and Revenue Management, and the combined impact on the Delta Customer experience

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives

• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits

• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages

• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health

• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members

• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals

• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint

• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies

• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together

• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• Enrolled in a Master's degree or equivalent in operations research, statistics, computer science, or related science field

• Highly proficient communication skills and ability to actively advocate for ES solutions across the enterprise

• Experience with data scripting languages (e.g. SQL, Python, R etc.) or statistical/optimization software (e.g. R, SAS, Gurobi, etc.)

• Experience using one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C++, C, etc.)

• Experience with big data: processing, filtering, and presenting large quantities of data

• Proven success in solving complex quantitative problems

• Must be able to work well with diverse groups in a time-sensitive team environment with minimal supervision, be results oriented and able to meet or exceed deadlines with attention to detail and follow through

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects through to solution delivery

• Must be performing satisfactorily in present position

• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.

• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.

• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.

• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• At least two years of graduate coursework of Ph.D. in operations research, statistics, computer science, or related science field.

• Experience with time series forecasting, reinforcement learning, machine learning, or optimization.

• 2+ years of industry experience in data science or operations research.

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