
Senior Analyst - Customer Strategy & Innovation (Chicago or Houston)
Chicago, ILJob$82–107K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Senior Analyst leads performance-improvement initiatives within United’s Service Delivery organization, coordinating cross-functional partners and translating analytical insights and policy requirements into practical solutions. The role focuses on improving agent performance, operational efficiency, customer experience, and workflows. It also develops pilot programs, tracks execution, communicates project progress, and identifies customer pain points.
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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
Caring is one of United’s most important principles. And no one exemplifies that more than our Customer Contact Center team, who helps our customers with everything from booking and managing reservations, to questions about their travel, MileagePlus accounts, and so much more! Are you a people person? Do you get fulfillment from helping others? Then join a team that cares for our customers and makes a positive impact on their travel experience, every single day.
Job Overview and Responsibilities
Leads end-to-end execution of performance improvement initiatives within Service Delivery, ensuring structured delivery, cross-functional alignment, and measurable operational impact. This role translates identified opportunities into actionable project plans and drives execution across Service Delivery, Ops, QA, Training, Policy, Quality, and Technology partners. It integrates analytical insights and policy requirements into practical, scalable solutions that improve efficiency, customer experience, and agent workflows. The role ensures initiatives are delivered on time, grounded in data, and adopted effectively by the operation.
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Improve agent performance through initiatives that drive SOP compliance, decreases in quality defects, and improvement in resolution rates.
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Manage strategic initiatives that make agents and processes better and more efficient, including timelines, action items, documentation, and meeting coordination
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Develop and lead pilot/test programs by preparing materials, collecting feedback, tracking data, and developing go / no-go recommendations and plans.
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Keep everyone informed with clear updates, presentations, and tracking of tasks to ensure projects stay on track
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Be the voice of the customer by identifying pain points and recommending ways to improve the customer experience
Qualifications
What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
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Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant work experience
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Strong analytical and problem solving skills
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Strong written and verbal communication skill
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Experience presenting analytical data in a visual, easy-to-digest format using MS PowerPoint
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Experience in project management
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Solid understanding and working knowledge of MS Office tools (especially Excel, Powerpoint, Word).
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Contact Center Performance Management
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Strong analytical and problem solving skills
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Strong communication skills
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Knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Power Point)
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Knowledge of call center operations
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Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
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Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
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Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
The base pay range for this role is $81,795.00 to $106,602.00.
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 14,807 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$82–107K/yr
- Illinois median$101–159K/yr415 salary ranges
- US median$102–166K/yr9,630 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $94K, is 29% below the Illinois median midpoint ($133K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 490 open Project Management jobs in Illinois and 14,807 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 8 years (11,868 postings).
- Education
- 5,650 of the 14,807 open Project Management jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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