Senior Data Quality Specialist

International Air Transport Association; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 90’000 - 120’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading organization in aviation is seeking a Data Governance professional to enhance data quality and governance practices. In this role, you will design automated data quality solutions and ensure data integrity, supporting critical analytics and reporting functions. Your expertise in data engineering and advanced analytical methods will drive initiatives to improve data accessibility and reliability within the organization.

Leistungen

Flexible work options including remote and hybrid work

Time off for volunteering

Comprehensive learning and development opportunities

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years of experience in data quality, data engineering, or data governance roles.
• Ability to apply statistical methods to industry-specific problems.
• Fluency in English; other languages are a plus.

Aufgaben

• Design and implement automated data quality pipelines.
• Profile and assess large datasets for integrity issues.
• Maintain and improve dashboards visualizing data quality KPIs.

Kenntnisse

Data Quality

Data Engineering

Data Governance

SQL

R

Python

Data Profiling

Ausbildung

Postgraduate degree in data science, statistics, computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Jobbeschreibung

Employment Type:Permanent
Contract Duration:15m

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do:ONE IATA- We collaborate across teams,TRUSTED -We do the right thing,INNOVATIVE -We make tomorrow better,INCLUSIVE -We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

About the team you are joining

Part of the Information and Data (I&D) Division, Data Governance team works to define and implement state-of-the-art data practices within our organization to make data and analytics more accessible, trustworthy, and actionable. Our goal is to maximizes the investment in data and analytics initiatives by promoting the proper use of analytics in business processes, ensuring accurate insights based on quality data, reducing risks with security, and guiding the prioritization of projects so the right information is available at the right time.

Reporting to the Head of Data Governance and Framework, you will help drive the successful rebuild of one of IATA’s most critical enterprise reporting solutions. In this role, you’ll focus on improving the quality, consistency, and integrity of the datasets that underpin industry analysis and statistical products. This includes profiling source data, building automated quality controls, and acting as a steward for enterprise reference data.

What your day would be like

- Design and implement automated data quality pipelines, including rule-based checks, anomaly detection, and monitoring logic.
- Profile and assess large datasets to identify integrity issues such as duplicates, null values, outliers, schema mismatches, or logic inconsistencies.
- Define, document, and maintain business rules and technical validations for critical data domains, in close collaboration with stakeholders.
- Act as a data steward for enterprise reference data, ensuring definitions, hierarchies, mappings, and domains are aligned and governed.
- Maintain and improve dashboards and reports that visualize data quality KPIs and surface exceptions to business owners.
- Contribute to the enterprise Data Catalog by ensuring that metadata, data lineage, and quality scoring are kept up to date and transparent.
- Drive root cause analysis of quality issues and collaborate across teams to implement sustainable fixes at the source or process level.

We would love to hear from you if

- Postgraduate degree in data science, statistics, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in data quality, data engineering, or data governance roles, ideally within complex data ecosystems.
- Ability to apply statistical methods to industry-specific problems, such as aviation safety, economic forecasting, or operational performance
- Solid hands-on experience with data querying and transformation using SQL, R and Python.
- Experience in data profiling, validation, cleansing, definition of business rules definition and conformance metrics
- Experience working with Snowflake, cloud-based data platforms, or modern data stacks.
- Fluency in English; other languages are a plus in IATA's international context.

Travel Required: N

Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward tohearing from you!