Description

Ryanair is currently recruiting for a Route Development Manager to join Europe’s biggest airline group.

This is an excellent time to join Ryanair as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests per year within the next 10 years.

The successful candidate will be based in our Dublin Head office, reporting to the Director of Route Development.

The Route Development team is responsible for managing, negotiating, and developing commercial relationships with airports, governmental agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to support the low-cost expansion of Ryanair’s network across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

As part of the role, the successful candidate will be expected to:

• Take ownership and manage a dedicated portfolio of airports, regional agencies, and countries
• Develop, monitor, and report on key quantitative and qualitative KPIs to better inform wider commercial strategy
• Reduce airport costs at existing Ryanair airports, as well as identify and deliver low-cost deals at new airports
• Manage and develop commercial relationships with airports and Government agencies across the network
• Negotiate and contract commercial arrangements
• Participate in, and provide guidance to, route selection/deselection process
• Interpret competitive analysis to identify new opportunities
• Liaise with internal Marketing, HR, Finance and Operations departments
• Ability to travel internationally once to twice per month to meet with relevant stakeholders and support relevant media obligations
• Other ad-hoc duties as required

Requirements

• Have a commercially focused background (buyer / accountancy / legal)
• 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 the Ryanair network
• Analytical, able to source, produce and draw conclusions from data and reports
• Strong computer skills, especially with Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill
• You must be fluent in 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