Senior Airline Strategy & Product Lead (Hybrid)

SITA Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Week

Flex Day

Flex-Location

Employee Wellbeing

Professional Development

Competitive Benefits

Job summary

SITA Group is seeking an Airline & Product Strategy Lead in Manchester to bridge MAG and SITA's product teams. You will own airline strategy, collate business requirements, and translate them into production with a strong operational credibility.

In this senior role, you will drive adoption, support biometrics/digital identity initiatives, and maintain trusted relationships with MAG and its airline partners, ensuring strategic ownership remains with MAG.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in airline/aviation environment spanning product/strategy and operational delivery.
• Proven ability to support and execute a customer's strategy with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with product adoption, governance and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver MAG's airline strategy with operational and commercial teams to translate objectives into delivery.
• Accelerate MAG's strategic objectives and help grow core airports business through long-term airline partnerships.
• Lead the airline technology agenda across the MAG estate, focusing on biometrics and digital identity.
• Provide commercial/industry insight to support MAG's cost and value objectives, including quarterly insights for billing discussions.
• Collaborate with the General Manager on strategy, governance and reporting; work with the Project Manager on delivery and governance.
• Build relationships across the Airports unit and other teams to identify opportunities to grow the MAG partnership.
• Oversee the innovation pipeline and align with MAG's objectives forProofs of Concept and future service evolution.
• Act as the primary contact for MAG's airline community and engage with airlines at station and central levels.

Skills

Product strategy

Operational delivery

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Customer relationships

Cross-functional collaboration

CUPPS/CUSS knowledge

Job description

SITA Group is seeking an Airline & Product Strategy Lead in Manchester to bridge MAG and SITA's product teams. You will own airline strategy, collate business requirements, and translate them into production with a strong operational credibility.

In this senior role, you will drive adoption, support biometrics/digital identity initiatives, and maintain trusted relationships with MAG and its airline partners, ensuring strategic ownership remains with MAG.