Route Development Manager

Company
Ryan Air
Job Location
Ireland, Europe
Job Role
Airport Operations
Contract Type
Full-Time
Salary
Posted Date
2025-11-27
Job Expiry Date
2025-12-27
Qualification
Skills Certificate

As part of the role, the successful candidate will be expected to:


  • Take ownership and manage a dedicated portfolio of airports, regional agencies, and countries
  • Develop, monitor, and report on key quantitative and qualitative KPIs to better inform wider commercial strategy
  • Reduce airport costs at existing Ryanair airports, as well as identify and deliver low-cost deals at new airports
  • Manage and develop commercial relationships with airports and Government agencies across the network
  • Negotiate and contract commercial arrangements
  • Participate in, and provide guidance to, route selection/deselection process
  • Interpret competitive analysis to identify new opportunities
  • Liaise with internal Marketing, HR, Finance and Operations departments
  • Ability to travel internationally once to twice per month to meet with relevant stakeholders and support relevant media obligations
  • Other ad-hoc duties as required


Requirements


  • Have a commercially focused background (buyer / accountancy / legal)
  • Ability to communicate in a simple and concise manner
  • Organised, detail-oriented, motivated to complete tasks independently and as part of a team
  • Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment with continuous change
  • Ability to manage different tasks simultaneously and deal with different people across the Ryanair network
  • Analytical, able to source, produce and draw conclusions from data and reports
  • Strong computer skills, especially with Excel
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skill
  • You must be fluent in written and spoken English; an additional European language is an advantage although not essential


Benefits


  • Competitive salary
  • Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
  • Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Matched up to 5% or €5,000
  • Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
  • 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
  • Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
  • Cycle 2 Work Scheme
  • Unrivalled career progression


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