Product Manager - Airline Operations

easyjet; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday

BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

Pension 7%

Life Insurance

Work Away Scheme

Flexible benefits package

Staff travel benefits

Job summary

easyJet is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead one or more digital product domains across Europe. You will partner with operational teams, third-party suppliers and senior stakeholders to shape strategy and delivery that benefits millions of passengers and frontline staff.

The role emphasizes customer insight, operational efficiency, and commercial value in a high-volume environment. You will work at the intersection of business, technology and customers, guiding teams that leverage

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success driving products in technology/data-heavy or complex operational environments.
• Translating business challenges into prioritized backlogs and roadmaps.
• Experience delivering scalable features within Agile frameworks (Scrum/SAFe).
• Strong problem-solving skills with data-led decision making.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product strategy and roadmap for multiple squads.
• Collaborate with operations, suppliers and stakeholders to align with corporate objectives.
• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, analysts and delivery partners.
• Translate complex business problems into prioritized work and measurable outcomes.
• Apply AI and automation to improve operational efficiency and customer experience.

Skills

Product management

Agile delivery

Data literacy

Airline experience

Job description

Preferred Skills & Attributes

Aviation/Airport Tech Experience: Proven experience managing products in distributed airport environments

As a Product Manager working reporting to the Senior Product Manager you will support and drive the strategy, development, and delivery of products that directly impact millions of passengers and frontline staff across Europe.

Supporting a critical product domain- aligned to driving the long-term vision, delivering on strategic priorities, and guiding multiple cross-functional squads. These teams, made up of engineers, analysts, and delivery partners, will rely on your leadership to ensure every product decision is grounded in customer insight, operational efficiency, and commercial value. You will play a key role in shaping the products that will enable the airline's growth, competitiveness, and customer experience at scale.

This is a highly collaborative and strategically influential role. You'll work closely with operational teams, third-party suppliers, and senior stakeholders to translate complex business challenges into clear priorities and value-focused roadmaps. You'll also be responsible for aligning your product strategy with broader corporate objectives, ensuring that your roadmap supports both near-term delivery and long-term transformation. You'll provide clear, data-driven insights that influence decision‑making at the highest levels.

This role is ideal if you thrive in a high-volume, high‑impact environment with hands‑on execution.

You’ll focus on solving problems, identifying opportunities, and applying new capabilities like AI, Agentic AI, and automation, to return human hours to focus on what matters most. Speed and accuracy of decisions, augmented intelligence and accuracy are key for our future network control teams.

• Demonstrable Product Management Experience: Demonstrated success as a Product Manager in a technology, data-heavy, or complex operational environment.
• Execution & Delivery: Manage the full product lifecycle from user discovery to technical delivery, translating complex operations into prioritized backlogs
• Agile Execution: Proven track record of delivering scalable product features within Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps).
• Technical & Data Literacy: Strong problem‑solving skills focused on data‑led platform strategies, architecture considerations, security, and performance

When it comes to innovation and achievement there are few organisations with a better track record. Join us and you'll be able to play a big part in the success of our highly successful, fast‑paced business that opens up Europe so that people can exercise their get-up‑and‑go. With almost 300 aircraft flying over 1,000 routes to more than 32 countries, we’re the UK's largest airline, the fourth largest in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Set to fly more than 90 million passengers this year, we employ over 10,000 people. Its big-scale stuff and we’re still growing.

Over the last 30 years, easyJet has disrupted the travel industry, changing the way people fly across the UK and Europe. Today, with a fleet of over 300 aircraft and 85 million annual passengers, we are still innovating. What sets us apart is our \"Orange Spirit\"-our passion, forward‑thinking mindset, and sense of fun.

Job Overview

Are you ready to keep a major airline moving. Are you ready to lead one of the airline industry’s most commercially and environmentally significant digital product areas? easyJet is building world‑class operational capabilities, putting data and AI at the heart of our strategy.

Product and its ways of working is new to Easyjet, and we are looking for people who are able to help us mature our capability as we journey through the skies together!

This role sits at the intersect between the business, technology teams and our customers, and will really make the difference. The team is highly specialised in emerging technologies and importantly understands airline operations and factors that help recover from disruption events.

\"Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for visa sponsorship, and we are therefore unable to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.\"

What you'll get in return

• Competitive base salary
• Up to 20% bonus
• 25 days holiday
• BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
• 7% pension
• Life Insurance
• Work Away Scheme
• Flexible benefits package
• Excellent staff travel benefits