🧠 Verändere deine Zukunft als Airport Manager Hamburg & Hanover bei British Airways

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.

We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.

The role:

Airport Manager Hamburg and Hanover

This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit, and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else.

The role of Airport Manager Hamburg & Hanover is a fantastic opportunity to bring your own mark to not only one of the various destinations on our network in Germany but also to the area. Bringing a wealth of different business disciplines and experiences together this is the ideal opportunity to develop within the high performing Worldwide Airports team.

A role in Worldwide Airports comes with big potential to make your mark on our business. The airline industry changes so fast that we’re constantly evolving and finding new ways to impress customers and get ahead of our competitors. If you’re an innovator and brave and bold thinker, you will be in your element at British Airways.

The right to live and work in Germany as well as the ability to communicate in German is a requirement for this role.

What you’ll do:

• Be accountable in all required activities, ensuring these are fulfilled in a set and timely manner. This includes (but is not limited to) LPM, Audits, Station Emergency Response Procedures, and BCP's.
• Delivery of agreed targets and goals in addition to the control of expenditure.
• Lead the operational delivery performance of all suppliers at the airport/airports (cluster).
• Act as Local Emergency Coordinator (LEC).
• Represent British Airways interests at the airport; AOC, Monthly Airport Authority Account Meetings, etc.
• Ensure that all airport activities are undertaken in compliance with BA’s corporate security and safety instructions, local security standards.
• Maintaining effective links with relevant Head Office departments and service partners for day-to-day operational issues.
• Ensure that the quality of services delivered is in line with service level and contractual agreements. Obtain the highest level of performance and motivation through successful communication and influencing skills
• Ensure all local resources are utilised in such a manner that customer satisfaction and revenue are maximized, and efficiency is increased within given constraints.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• A desire for continued learning and development and be able to apply this whilst in role to further grow and enhance your skills and capabilities. You will have a positive can-do approach being operationally driven and customer service focused - leading from the front.
• Have an inquisitive and tenacious approach to problem solving, demonstrating confidence your own ability to quickly get to grips with new subject matter.
• You will regularly demonstrate the ability to collaborate with others to achieve common goals - with experience working cross functionally in an open and collegiate manner, both with internal colleagues at all levels of the organisation, as well as key external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate your ability to remain committed and willing to persevere despite the challenges of an operational environment.
• You will be someone, who demonstrates self-motivation as well as also having the ability to motivate internal colleagues as well as external teams.

Your experience:

Airport operations experience or exposure to operational decision making.

Experience of managing suppliers in an operational environment

A proven track record demonstrating experience of decision making whilst balancing the complex needs of the operation, our people and the busi