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Senior Manager In-Person/Employee Co-Brand Acquisition

United Airlines

Chicago, IL · HybridJob$128–166K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$128–166K/yr
Location
Chicago, ILHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Manager leads United’s co-brand card acquisition strategy through in-person channels, including inflight, airport, call center, and lounges. The role develops plans, communications, incentives, and promotions to grow accounts and card spend, manages field employees and budgets, and coordinates omnichannel marketing and campaigns across customer touchpoints. The position uses a hybrid arrangement, working onsite approximately 50% of the time at the Chicago office and remotely.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MarketingCommunicationsWorkforce ManagementSalesLeadershipExecutive PresenceCommunicationPresentationProject ManagementAnalytical SkillsMarketing Budget ManagementReturn on InvestmentCollaborationInfluencingProblem-SolvingCreative ThinkingSales Performance ManagementGenerative AICritical ThinkingResponsible AI UseData PrivacyData SecurityWalkingLifting

Qualifications

5+ Years Relevant ExperienceHigh School Diploma or EquivalentBachelor's DegreeLegally Authorized to Work in USTravel 30%Lift Up to 25 Lbs

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

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.

Description

About the job

The Senior Manager - Co-Brands leads card acquisition strategy through United’s in-person “live” channels, including inflight, airport, call center, and lounges. The leader will develop and coordinate plan design, communications, incentives, and promotional strategies that drive new cobrand card accounts through in-person channels. The Senior Manager works across multiple frontline work groups and within our physical footprint to level digital, experiential, and other touchpoints to drive account growth and card spend.

Core Accountabilities/Key Responsibilities

  • Drive co-brand card acquisitions through inflight, airport, call center, and lounge employees

  • Incentive program structure and economics

  • Relationship management with operational and commercial leaders

  • Manage field employees across United hubs and operational groups

  • Manage the cost budget tied to these initiatives

  • Steer omnichannel marketing across airline-owned digital platforms, airport touchpoints, and influencer activations in destination markets.

  • Translate brand strategy into integrated marketing plans and oversee campaigns that reinforce brand positioning across customer touchpoints.

  • Evaluate competitive positioning and manage brand narratives to differentiate the airline in priority markets.

NOTE: This position provides a hybrid work arrangement including working onsite approximately 50% of the time at our Chicago office location and remotely.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • 5+ years of relevant experience.

  • High school diploma or equivalent

  • Experience in marketing, communications (B2C, internal, B2B), workforce management, or sales supporting major global brands, clients, or initiatives.

  • Experience leading a team, with strong leadership, executive presence, communication, presentation, project management, and analytical skills.

  • Ability to manage a large-scale marketing budget with measurable return on investment and collaborate with and influence senior leaders, partners, and customers

  • Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time.

  • Ability to walk extensively throughout airport terminal gates, main lobbies and onboard aircraft as well as lifting boxes of promotional materials, literature collateral and swag/company branded items up to 25 lbs

  • 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

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred

  • Experience growing as a subject matter expert.

  • Demonstrated track record of problem-solving and creative thinking.

  • Experience driving sales performance from front-line employees

  • 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. Applies critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to organizational policies for responsible AI use, data privacy and security.

The base pay range for this role is $127,870.00 to $166,492.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [email protected]

How this job compares

Set against the 6,503 open Marketing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$128–166K/yr
  • Illinois median$105–144K/yr142 salary ranges
  • US median$116–175K/yr3,407 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $147K, is 13% above the Illinois median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Marketing salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 214 open Marketing jobs in Illinois and 6,503 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Marketing postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,117 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,222 of the 6,503 open Marketing jobs (34%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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