An exciting opportunity to join the Qatar Airways Corporate Development team as Program Manager - Strategic Partnerships and Synergies. This role is responsible for managing and executing integration and synergy projects within the organization and accountable for its related portfolio with the objective of Delivering Sustainable Profitability. This role involves hands-on operational tasks, ensuring the successful implementation of processes and tools to optimize resource utilization and reduce operational costs. The position requires strong skills in project management, operational execution, and stakeholder engagement. In addition to these responsibilities, the role will collaborate closely with peers to support other critical initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions, investment management, and partnerships. This role requires close collaboration with middle level leadership and peers to identify and capitalize on high-impact opportunities that drive sustainable growth and enhance shareholder value.
Formulate and implement integration and synergy initiatives with partner airlines through strategic negotiations and face-to-face meetings to achieve cost reduction on procurement costs.
Collaborate with the Head of Integration & Synergies and VP Corporate Development to compile and review data and reports prepared by the Integration Synergies Team, providing strategic and operational direction to QR Leadership and relevant stakeholders such as the Procurement team.
Develop long-term and short-term plans through strategic development, resource allocation, work plans, timelines, and financial outcomes to achieve organizational goals.
Act as a Strategic Business Partner for Senior Leaders and stakeholders through engagement and collaboration to drive strategic initiatives.
Provide subject matter expertise and industry best practices through continuous learning and application to support business transformation.
Plan, prioritize, and reallocate work through effective resource management to achieve objectives and respond to changing needs.
Manage risks through identification and implementation of risk management strategies to ensure business continuity.
Support peers and management on the entire lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, and divestments, from initial evaluation through to post-acquisition integration.
Implement infrastructure synergies through collaboration with partner airlines to optimize resource utilization and reduce operational costs.
Work closely with Chiefs, SVPs/VPs of all departments, to plan, define, manage and communicate priorities for the transformation or change initiatives
Execute the implementation of a shared procurement platform to streamline the procurement process across partner airlines, enhancing procurement efficiency.
To standardize fleet operations, through coordination with partner airlines, in order to achieve operational efficiency and cost savings.
Implement cost-sharing models through analysis and collaboration with partner airlines to distribute costs equitably and enhance financial efficiency.
To ensure the continuity and improvement of non-commercial activities, through strategic planning and execution, in order to maintain operational stability and efficiency.
Train, coach, and mentor team members using best practices and methodologies to build a high performing team.
Ensure delivery of financial and non-financial tangible benefits to the company through effective project management and implementation of improvement initiatives.
Lead medium to large-scale cross-functional projects to improve speed, enhance value, and build healthy professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
To interface with Category Management, through collaboration and support, in order to ensure a common framework across all categories.
Manage teams’ service measurement and report service feedback to senior management.
Drive team culture of service and programs to enhance service capabilities.
Perform operational reviews on the efficiency of transactional activities through analysis and assessment to identify areas for improvement.
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible.