About Virgin Australia Group :

What a great time to join Virgin Australia! With a strong market position and an outstanding leadership team, we are embarking on an exciting new chapter in our journey as we begin to recover from the impact of COVID-19.

Virgin Australia took flight under new ownership last year, with a renewed sense of identity and a focus on our mid-market heartland. We are more passionate and committed than ever to delivering the uniquely Virgin customer experience Australians know and love.

Since November, we have been re-designing our business for future success, ramping up flying, simplifying our organisational structure, growing our fleet, and delivering a deeper investment in technology and customer experience.

The Role :

The objective of the Manager, Alliance Strategy role is to develop and maintain Virgin Australia’s alliance portfolio strategy, and to lead activity around new partner identification, new partner negotiation, and implementation projects.

The Alliances team is a high calibre team that defines what winning looks like for Virgin Australia, solving important organisational challenges and enabling informed decision making.

Reporting to the Head of Alliances, you will work closely with broader Strategy & Transformation team and our commercial and operational business leaders.

Key Accountabilities :

• Develop and maintain Virgin Australia’s overall Alliance portfolio strategy ;
• Apply critical strategic thinking to inform short, medium and long-term decisions ;
• Financial analysis, including airline operating economics, to inform Alliance opportunities ;
• Identify and evaluate business cases for new business and scale-up opportunities ;
• Support the negotiation of any new alliance agreements and contract renewals ;
• Manage a suite of performance reporting to support the Alliances function.

What you need to be successful :

• Leadership by example and by innovative thinking ;
• Experience communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders ;
• A desire to deliver meaningful results and be part of a high performing team ;
• Flair and capability to analyse financial data and make substantive recommendations ;
• Complex financial modelling experience, ideally using Power BI ;
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to communicate at all levels ;
• Time served in an airline strategic planning function ;
• Knowledge of aviation economics and key success drivers ;
• Solid understanding of the competitive aviation landscape is advantageous.

Virgin Australia prides itself on hiring the right people to meet the challenges ahead. No matter our background or experience, we all share an enormous amount of passion for our guests and ambition to be the most loved airline in Australia.

Ready to spread your wings?

Boarding for this opportunity won’t last long – register your interest by applying via the link.

Virgin Australia is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture and supportive environment for our people.

For the health and safety of staff and guests, Virgin Australia has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. New staff will be required to comply with the Policy which includes being vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to 31 March 2022 and providing Virgin Australia with evidence of your vaccination status.

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