Senior Product Owner - IFR

easyJet; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading low-cost airline in the UK is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead inflight retail initiatives. The role focuses on driving product lifecycle processes while managing stakeholder relationships and ensuring delivery of valuable solutions. Candidates should have strong leadership skills and a background in product ownership, preferably in retail or commercial settings. The position supports hybrid working, requiring attendance in the Luton office three times a week, and offers a competitive benefits package including bonuses and flexible options.

Benefits

Up to 20% maximum bonus

PMI

7% pension contributions

Excellent staff travel benefits

25 days of annual leave + bank holidays

Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday

Various flexible benefits and extras

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering business product launches.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to drive innovation.
• Comfortable managing the full development cycle.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives across the full product lifecycle.
• Create, prioritise, and deliver a roadmap of initiatives.
• Ensure inflight retail products deliver maximum value.

Skills

Leadership and stakeholder management skills

Strong product ownership experience

Proven facilitation skills

Commercial acumen

Experience in Agile or Lean methodologies

Passion for data and analytics

Delivery focus

Ability to make trade-offs

Education

Quantitative degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or data science

Job description

Senior Product Owner – Inflight Retail

We are easyJet – a FTSE-100 listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easyJet? Our Promise Behaviours – we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easyJet.

Read on if you

• Have experience leading and delivering business product launches, ideally in a commercial or retail environment.
• Enjoy working cross functionally, driving innovation, and delivering technology and data solutions at pace.
• Can be in our fantastic Luton head office 3 x per week.

The Team

Our Inflight Retail (IFR) team is at the heart of easyJet’s commercial function, building the world’s leading airline retail offering. We’re passionate about staying ahead of consumer trends in food, beverage, and retail, and we thrive on identifying technology disruption and building strong brand partnerships. You’ll join an ambitious team that works closely with Data and Technology, launching new products and solutions in a fast-paced, agile environment.

The Role

As Senior Product Owner for Inflight Retail, you’ll drive initiatives across the full product lifecycle, from idea to delivery. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to create, prioritise, and deliver a roadmap of technology and data driven initiatives that enhance our retail offering and support easyJet’s key objectives.

You’ll be the link between data, technology, and business, ensuring our inflight retail products deliver maximum value and keep us ahead of the curve.

What we’re looking for

• Leadership and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative approach to achieving shared goals.
• Strong product ownership experience, with a pragmatic toolkit and agile mindset.
• Proven facilitation skills, able to lead refinement sessions and drive actionable outcomes.
• Commercial acumen and entrepreneurial spirit, with a focus on results and long term value.
• Experience in Agile or Lean methodologies, contributing throughout the launch process.
• A challenger attitude, confident in questioning and influencing at all levels.
• Change agent mentality, comfortable with ambiguity and driving positive momentum.
• Passion for data and analytics, with strong analytical skills and understanding of the data ecosystem.
• Delivery focus, self-motivated and hands on in managing the full development cycle.
• Comfortable making trade-offs and prioritising in a dynamic environment.

Nice to have:

• Experience in airline retail or related commercial environments.
• Quantitative degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or data science.

What you’ll get in return

• Up to 20% maximum bonus
• PMI
• 7% pension contributions
• Excellent staff travel benefits
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday
• Various flexible benefits and extras

Practicalities

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend 60% of our time per month in the office.

Reasonable Adjustments

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [e-mail]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.