Global Aviation Commercial Planning Lead

Nextens; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirium is seeking an aviation and product leader to drive the global Commercial Planning workflow and partner with airlines, airports and ecosystem players. You will shape opportunities, optimise plans and improve commercial performance while product managers retain ownership of their capabilities.

This senior, hands-on role involves discovery with customers, portfolio strategy, and close collaboration with data science, engineering and sales to deliver valued analytics products across the

Qualifications

• Significant direct exposure to airline network planning, schedule planning or airport commercial planning.
• Experience as a Product Lead or Senior Product Manager in B2B data/analytics or SaaS.
• Strong track record in customer discovery, co-development and delivering complex products.
• Commercial acumen: assess opportunities, build investment cases, shape pricing/packaging/go-to-market.
• Ability to influence senior customers and cross-functional teams globally without authority.
• Analytical judgement balancing data with market insight.
• Experience with engineering, data science and design to deliver analytical products.
• Fluency with data platforms, APIs, analytics and AI trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Define the Commercial Planning strategy and investment priorities.
• Lead discovery and co-development with airlines, airports and customers.
• Collaborate with data and SaaS partners to expand solutions.
• Identify new analytics capabilities with data science teams and validate impact.
• Align product, data, analytics and delivery surfaces for value realization.
• Drive go-to-market direction with Sales, Marketing and Customer Success.
• Deliver measurable outcomes across the workflow and adoption.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to maintain alignment on strategy.

Skills

Airline network planning

Product leadership

Customer discovery

Commercial acumen

Cross-functional influence

Analytical judgement

Technical fluency

Strategic thinking

Tools

APIs

Data platforms

Job description

Cirium is seeking an aviation and product leader to drive the global Commercial Planning workflow and partner with airlines, airports and ecosystem players. You will shape opportunities, optimise plans and improve commercial performance while product managers retain ownership of their capabilities.

This senior, hands-on role involves discovery with customers, portfolio strategy, and close collaboration with data science, engineering and sales to deliver valued analytics products across the