Through Udacity’s customized programs in data science and AI/machine learning, Airbus employees learned how to use Python, SQL, and statistics to uncover insights, communicate critical findings, and create data-driven solutions. To date, more than 1,000 Airbus employees across six divisions have graduated from these programs.
The bottom-line impact of Udacity’s talent transformation initiatives at Airbus has been nothing short of amazing. Airbus has seen 237% ROI on its initial investment as well as significant improvements in employee hiring, productivity, and retention. Udacity’s project-based approach equipped employees with job-ready skills that could be applied in real scenarios and business solutions.
Upskilled employees also became key contributors to Skywise, Airbus' open data platform. Previously, aviation data was locked in disparate systems governing maintenance, flight management, aircraft monitoring and safety, and other critical workflows. Skywise changes the game by integrating these disparate data sources into a single platform, enabling data gathering and simplification, transparency, information comparison, data analysis, and easy sharing for customers.
Another important aspect of the program was that it gave real job mobility to Airbus employees, allowing them to move from existing technical positions into data analyst roles all across the organization. These new roles were both highly valuable and strategic to the company and enabled upskilled employees to put their new data analysis and data-driven decision-making skills into practice to solve big-picture problems, build better products, and suggest new services for customers and partners.