Description

Ryanair are currently recruiting for a Head of Commercial Regulation to join Europe’s Largest Airline Group. 
This is a very exciting time to join Ryanair as we look to expand our operation to 800 aircraft and 300 million guests within the next 10 years.

Reporting directly to the Director of Route Development, as Head of Commercial Regulation, the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing economic regulation at Ryanair’s European airports and managing the wider Airport Economics team. Working to maintain low airport charges  across our network, your work will directly contribute to Ryanair’s commercial and capacity decisions as the airline grows to over 300 million passengers.

Duties include:

• Develop and implement strategies to maintain lower regulated costs. 
• Work on regulated airport charges across the network, attending airport charge consultation meetings, analysing charge proposals by airports, preparing and reviewing consultation responses.
• Review financial and economic data provided by airports, including proposed opex, capex, WACC, passenger traffic and aeronautical revenues and utilise this info to the benefit of Ryanair’s Commercial team 
• Perform airport cost benchmarking, cost efficiency analysis and financial modelling and make recommendations based on results.
• Represent Ryanair within industry associations and working groups such as Airlines-4-Europe to collaborate and influence European aviation legislation. 
• Engage with Regulators, Airports, Airlines and Government Departments on issues of airport economic regulation across Europe. 
• Lead regulatory and legal appeals against cases of excessive airport charges and monopoly abuse. 
• Provide airport economic and regulatory advice to the Ryanair Route Development and wider Commercial teams.
• Ad-hoc duties as required
   

Requirements

• Postgraduate degree in Economics, Regulatory Law or a related fields 
• Work experience with EU and/or national competition economics. 
• Previous work experience with regulators, consultants, airline associations and/or international companies is an advantage. 
• Knowledge of regulated airport economics and/or that of other regulated industries such as Energy, Pharma.  
• Candidate must be fluent in both written and spoken English. Candidate holding an additional European language will be at a distinct advantage. 
• Previous experience leading a team or in a project management capacity. 
• Must be highly motivated and a self-starter, with ability to work well independently as well as with a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with good stakeholder management   
   

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