Head of Route Development

Job Description:

Ryanair are currently recruiting for a Head of Route Development to join Europe’s Largest Airline Group.

This is an excellent time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years.

Reporting to the Director of Airports and Commercial Finance, the successful candidate will be based in our global head office in Dublin and will lead a team responsible for managing and developing commercial relationships with airport and governmental agencies to support the low-cost expansion of the Ryanair network across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Dutie include but not limited to;

Take lead implementing commercial strategy in key Ryanair geographical locations

Reduce airport costs at existing Ryanair airports

Identify and deliver low-cost deals at new airports

Manage and develop commercial relationships with airports and Government agencies across the network

Participate in, and provide guidance to, route selection/deselection process

Interpret competitive analysis to identify new opportunities

Provide spanet data as well as competitive insights on spanet portfolio

Liaise with internal Marketing, Finance and Operations departments

Ability to travel internationally at least twice per month

Other ad-hoc duties as required

Requirements

Have a commercially focused background (accountancy / commercial lawyer / investment or similar)
Ability to communicate in a simple and concise manner
Organised, detail-oriented, motivated to complete tasks independently and as part of a team
Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment with continuous change
Ability to manage different tasks simultaneously and deal with different people across Europe
Interest in route development and the airline industry
Analytical, able to source, produce and draw conclusions from data and reports
Strong computer skills, especially with Excel
Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken English. An additional European language is an advantage although not essential

Benefits

Competitive salary
Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Matched up to 5 or 5,000
Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
Cycle 2 Work Scheme
Unrivalled career progression

Competencies

Interpersonal Skills
Analytical Thinking
Leadership
Negotiation Skills

Business unit: Office

Division: Commercial

Employment Type: permanent

Job Ident #: 33644

Company Details

Ryanair

Airside Business Park, Swords, Co.
Dublin, Dublin Ireland, International d1 International
careers.ryanair.com/recruitment-events/

We Are Ryanair! and we are GROWING! With over 25,000 aviation professionals from over 70 countries and we are not stopping there! As we will create thousands of new jobs as we grow to 300m guests by 2034.

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Job Info

Location

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Type

Permanent

Company Details

Ryanair

Airside Business Park, Swords, Co.
Dublin, Dublin Ireland, International d1 International
careers.ryanair.com/recruitment-events/