Network Strategy & Planning Analyst

ENGINEERINGUK; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Network Strategy and Planning Analyst where you'll play a crucial role in shaping the route network strategy. This hybrid role combines strategic and tactical responsibilities, analyzing performance and supporting decision-making to maximize profitability. Perfect for those passionate about aviation and making impactful contributions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar analytical role with proven results.
• Expertise in financial calculations and modelling.
• Strong understanding of airline economics.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse route performance and market demand.
• Inform network strategy and seasonal planning.
• Develop presentations for senior management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Problem structuring skills

Communication skills

Education

Business degree

Science degree or similar

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

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Job Details

Hours: 37.5 Monday to Friday

Location: Hybrid remote working up to 3 days a week in Crawley, West Sussex

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday, 15th June 2025

In a nutshell

Join us as Network Strategy and Planning Analyst, and you will be a key member of the Network & Alliances team, responsible for shaping the Virgin Atlantic route network offering. Collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, you will inform decisions about which markets to serve and how we serve each market to maximise profitability. This is a fun and rewarding role for anyone looking to combine strategic and tactical thinking in a fast-paced environment with thrilling changes.

At Virgin Atlantic, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on the next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.So, if you're ready to take your career to new heights, read on..

Day to day

• Monitor and analyse route performance, market demand and customer behaviour, and use findings to develop robust business cases for profitable change and growth
• Inform the cross-functional task of developing and determining a commercially and operationally robust network strategy and 5-year execution plan
• Translate the network strategic objectives into actionable proposals for seasonal planning backed up by robust business cases
• Develop compelling presentations fit for senior management review that incorporate risk assessment and stress-testing
• Develop and maintain key relationships across Virgin Atlantic and external parties to facilitate network development
• Support projects and research related to fleet composition and cabin configurations
• Assist in commercial analysis for high value projects and programmes
• Take active part in improving work methods and best practices

About you

You will be analytically focused, working in a similar role with experience of turning strategy into actions. You will also be able to convey ideas and findings effectively to others based upon data and trends to provide credible storytelling.

In addition to the above, we are looking for our successful candidate to demonstrate the following:

• Business degree, science degree or similar with proven numeracy and problem structuring skills
• Expertise in using software tools (e.g. Microsoft Excel) to produce high-quality financial calculations and modelling
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and other reporting tools to produce slides, reports and decks that can summarise important financial messages to a high standard
• Strong understanding of commercial, operational, and financial drivers of airline economics
• Awareness of the Virgin Atlantic network and fleet, the markets we serve, and our partners
• Excellent attention to detail and a thorough approach to accurate task completion
• Evidence of strong communication and interpersonal skills, and high degree of integrity and resilience
• Passion for aviation to bring people and businesses together

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Our recipe for leadership

At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ( [email protected] ) feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.

Company

Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with the intention of shaking up the aviation industry. Since then, we’ve grown from a small team, one 747 plane and a single route, to a global network that employs thousands of wonderful people worldwide.

We’re not just your average airline. We’re a family-centric one who recognises togetherness as a hugely important aspect of life. We support and care about our employees and their families, which makes Virgin Atlantic a special place to work and the long-haul airline our customers fall in love with.

When it comes to our people, they’re a passionate lot, united in creating something different. It’s always been like this. It’s in our DNA, and it was ignited within us from the moment we started flying. So, step on board, get ready to find your purpose, embrace your human spirit and let it fly.

Our ways of working

We’re on a mission to become the most loved travel company, but with this comes great responsibility. We must support all of our people to embrace a growth mindset. To think like a start-up and act like an owner of Virgin Atlantic and to live our values every day. Our ways of working are designed to reflect the balance of happiness, productivity, collaboration, and team spirit that make us uniquely Virgin. We have built our approach on six core principles, recognising work as an activity, not a place. The focus is less on when and where people work, collaborate, or learn, but on their performance and outcomes. This is built on a foundation of trust and celebrates the diversity of our people, embracing that we all have different work-life considerations and varying times when our energy is highest.

Our people & networks

At Virgin Atlantic, we want to inspire everyone to take on the world, championing inclusivity, activism, and challenger spirit. It guides us in everything we do as we strive to make progress on the issues that matter most. We know difference is a strength, enabling us to be a force for good for our employees, customers, and communities. We aim to be an employer of choice, and our purpose, the belief that drives us, is that everyone can take on the world. We’re committed to bringing together a workforce that reflects the society we live in, creating an environment that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and allowing all our people to bring their whole selves to work.

Supported by their own Executive Ally, our four employee networks are employee-led communities where our people can connect, celebrate and support each other. The networks work together to raise awareness of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion across the business and, through regular conversation, inform the actions we need to take as an organisation to create an environment where everyone feels they belong.

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