Department:

Corporate Strategy

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description:

The People of Southwest Airlines come together to deliver on our Purpose, which is to connect People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Strategy Consultant supports Southwest’s Corporate Strategy Team by leading high-level strategy development, delivering data-driven insights, and configuring impactful solutions. They’ll design and execute quantitative analyses, craft presentations with compelling storylines, and engage internal clients, aligning with project leadership before operating with a high degree of independence. The Strategy Consultant is a self-starter with an innovative mindset who looks forward to contributing to Southwest’s growth while developing and maintaining the Company's long-term strategy.

Additional details:

The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX headquarters facility during business hours.

U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

Responsibilities

Collaboratively engage with numerous peers and Leaders across the Company to gather qualitative input, research relevant hypotheses, source data, etc., and maintain relationships across projects
Design and perform high-quality, complex quantitative analyses based on conceptual input from project Team Leadership
Rapidly develop deep knowledge of new topics by translating appropriate learnings from prior cases to new contexts
Align insights from quantitative and qualitative project analyses with broader understanding of business and industry dynamics to develop recommendations
Pose questions and offer perspectives to project Team members and Leadership to develop the overall project solution and associated recommendations
Draft executive-ready presentations to communicate insights from analyses, often owning a “thread” of the overall storyline across multiple slides
Present section(s) of the story in Sr. Leader and Executive meetings, and meaningfully contribute to discussions with insights from project experience
Complete tasks with high level of independence, and work with project Team Leadership to determining next steps
May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Skilled at performing analysis in Excel and developing communications materials in PowerPoint and familiar with other tools, e.g., Word, Visio, etc.
Skilled at working collaboratively on a project team environment
Ability to communicate complex ideas concisely
Ability to collect, organize, visualize and assimilate data including turning raw data into meaningful information using analytical tools and visualization software
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Ability to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense

Education

Required: High School Diploma or GED
Preferred: Bachelor's Degree

Experience

Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:
- Analytical problem solving
- Partnering with internal and external teams
- Communication through storytelling
- Synthesizing analyses to pull out insights

Preferred: Experience in Project Strategy
Preferred: Intermediate experience in Management Consulting
Preferred: Aviation Experience
Preferred: Previous experience at a large-scale Consulting Firm (Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, etc.)

Licensing/Certification

Physical Abilities

Ability to perform work duties from limited space work station/desk/office area for extended periods of time
Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy
Ability to lift and/or carry up to 10 lbs.

Other Qualifications

Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits:

Competitive market salary from $116,350 per year to $129,300 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you’ll love:   

Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too) 
Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**
Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***
Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)
Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.
Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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