Senior Airline Partnerships Manager - Testing & Development

TUI; Zaventem; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Travel benefits

Health & wellbeing

Learning Hub access

Global projects

TUI Care Foundation

Résumé du poste

TUI Airline is seeking a Senior Airline Partnerships Manager to ensure seamless integration and commercial success of codeshare and interline partnerships, acting as the technical bridge between TUI's systems and partner airlines. The role can be located at one of our Airline AOC locations including Zaventem and other hubs.

You will lead end-to-end testing across distribution systems, configure fares and schedules, and coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve complex integration challenges

Qualifications

• Experience with airline distribution systems, GDS platforms, and testing methodologies for airline distribution channels.
• Ability to interpret complex fare rules and partnership conditions.
• Strong project management and cross-functional coordination skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead end-to-end testing of codeshare and interline implementations across distribution systems and platforms.
• Ensure accurate configuration of fares, schedules, and commercial conditions in GDS, direct channels and partner platforms.
• Serve as the technical liaison between TUI Airline and partner carriers' implementation teams.
• Develop and maintain technical reporting frameworks to measure accuracy and effectiveness of implementations.
• Create comprehensive technical documentation for partnership implementations and testing protocols.

Connaissances

Airline distribution systems

GDS platforms

Testing methodologies

Project management

Cross-time zone communication

Outils

GDS platforms

API integrations

Technical documentation

Description du poste

TUI Airline is seeking a technically skilled Senior Airline Partnerships Manager to ensure seamless integration and commercial success of our codeshare and interline partnerships, serving as the technical bridge between TUI's systems and partner airlines.

This vacancy can be located at any of our headquarters of our Airline AOC locations - namely Luton, Rijswijk, Zaventem, Stockholm or Hannover.

This role sits within Airline Commercial and Network Planning & B2B Sales (SD_0654) and reports to Head of Strategic Airline & Airport Partnerships.

The role will be published until 27 September 2026.

About Our Offer

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
• Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
• A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
• Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams.
• Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.

About The Job

• You’ll lead comprehensive end-to-end testing of codeshare and interline implementations across all distribution systems and platforms, ensuring our partnerships deliver a flawless customer experience.
• You’ll ensure accurate configuration of fares, schedules, and commercial conditions in GDS systems, direct channels, and partner platforms while implementing monitoring protocols to detect technical discrepancies.
• You’ll serve as the primary technical liaison between TUI Airline and partner carriers' implementation teams, coordinating cross-functional resources to resolve complex integration challenges.
• You’ll develop and maintain technical reporting frameworks that measure the accuracy and effectiveness of partnership implementations, identifying optimization opportunities to improve conversion rates.
• You’ll create comprehensive technical documentation for all partnership implementations, building a repository of testing protocols and system configurations to enable scalable partnership growth.

About You

• You have proven experience in airline distribution systems, GDS platforms, or technical partnership implementation with demonstrable expertise in testing methodologies for airline distribution channels.
• You possess strong understanding of codeshare, interline, and fare filing technical requirements, with experience working with virtual interlining partners such as Hahn Air, Go7 or Dohop.
• You bring experience with API integrations and technical documentation in travel distribution environments, along with the ability to interpret complex fare rules and partnership conditions.
• You demonstrate exceptional attention to detail with a systematic problem-solving approach and strong project management capabilities for technical implementation timelines.
• You have excellent communication skills to translate technical concepts to commercial stakeholders and can work effectively across multiple time zones with international airline partners.
• This role requires strong business English (written & spoken).

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please do let us know.

SECURITY STATEMENT

Safety and security are top priorities for us, so all job offers require successful completion of security checks before you can start. The specific requirements, timelines, and processes vary by country and may include professional references, criminal record checks for countries where you’ve recently lived, and any additional documentation required by local regulations, some of which may involve a cost depending on your location.

We’ll guide you through every step of the process. Your official start date will only be confirmed once all required checks have been completed and cleared, as employment can only begin after these requirements are satisfactorily met.