Airline Relationship Manager
Added 27 Aug · still live
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£55,200
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 3556 (75% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £55,200, and Heathrow is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
Worth checking: this could also be SOC 4143 (Customer service managers, Customer relationship management focus could fit customer service manager), which is not on the eligible-occupation list. Ask Heathrow what the duties actually are.
About the role
Introduction
It takes a special kind of team work to keep the world’s most iconic airport running smoothly.Over 65,000peopleacross hundreds of companieswork at Heathrow and together they are Team Heathrow. The airport team includes colleagues from airlines, baggage handlers, control authorities, retailers, passenger services, emergency services, transport providers, security, engineering, airfield operations and more.
Our team are responsible for managing relationships with our partners, and coordinating day-to-day operational activities, including the Airport Operating Centre (APOC) operational plan.
Our purpose is to make every journey better and we work closely with our Team Heathrow Partners to achieve it. We do this by building trusted relationships with our partners, working to understand our shared goals and continually driving up standards across safety, operational and resilience performance. This demands close collaboration and communications, clear governance, working to quickly identify and to resolve shared issues that proactivelydeliverimprovement across Heathrow and forourpassengers.
It’s an inspiring, exciting place to work, with unlimited opportunities to make a difference. Be part of this city within a city and you’ll find a team that feels like family, and a place where you belong.
Job Description
Take your career to cruising altitude as an Airline Relationship Manager, where you'll lead strategic engagement with Heathrow’s airline customers, and the AOC. In this dynamic role, you'll build and manage high-impact relationships, drive behavioural change through a targeted Key Account Management approach, and guide stakeholders through operational changes. You'll be the connector coordinating end-to-end airline requirements, simplifying communications, and ensuring seamless integration of operational change across business units. you'll be at the forefront of delivering excellence for passengers and partners alike. If you're ready to influence, innovate, and make a lasting impact in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you.
Your role will involve
It takes a special kind of team work to keep the world’s most iconic airport running smoothly.Over 65,000peopleacross hundreds of companieswork at Heathrow and together they are Team Heathrow. The airport team includes colleagues from airlines, baggage handlers, control authorities, retailers, passenger services, emergency services, transport providers, security, engineering, airfield operations and more.
Our team are responsible for managing relationships with our partners, and coordinating day-to-day operational activities, including the Airport Operating Centre (APOC) operational plan.
Our purpose is to make every journey better and we work closely with our Team Heathrow Partners to achieve it. We do this by building trusted relationships with our partners, working to understand our shared goals and continually driving up standards across safety, operational and resilience performance. This demands close collaboration and communications, clear governance, working to quickly identify and to resolve shared issues that proactivelydeliverimprovement across Heathrow and forourpassengers.
It’s an inspiring, exciting place to work, with unlimited opportunities to make a difference. Be part of this city within a city and you’ll find a team that feels like family, and a place where you belong.
Job Description
Take your career to cruising altitude as an Airline Relationship Manager, where you'll lead strategic engagement with Heathrow’s airline customers, and the AOC. In this dynamic role, you'll build and manage high-impact relationships, drive behavioural change through a targeted Key Account Management approach, and guide stakeholders through operational changes. You'll be the connector coordinating end-to-end airline requirements, simplifying communications, and ensuring seamless integration of operational change across business units. you'll be at the forefront of delivering excellence for passengers and partners alike. If you're ready to influence, innovate, and make a lasting impact in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you.
Your role will involve
- Engage with airlines in performance discussions, using data and dashboards to identify trends and drive improvements.
- Build and manage relationships at all levels, aligning airline needs with Heathrow’s operational priorities.
- Represent senior managers at key customer engagement sessions, acting as an ambassador for Heathrow and reporting back on issues, concerns, and feedback.
- Prepare agendas, briefings, and minutes for airline engagement meetings, ensuring actions are clearly recorded and tracked.
- Collaborate with the Heathrow Operational Readiness Team to deliver business change, including airline moves, new entrants, schedule changes, and automation.
- Work closely with Aviation, Operational Readiness, and Operations Planning teams to ensure joined-up delivery and communication.
- Proven account management experience with the ability to build strategic partnerships, influence stakeholders, and deliver value through a collaborative approach.
- Strong understanding of the aviation industry and airline operations, with the ability to balance customer requirements with Heathrow's operational and commercial objectives.
- Confident in leading meetings, delivering impactful presentations, and driving clear actions and outcomes.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and come home buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working location
This is an airport-based position. Every day, you will play a critical role in helping us to give our passengers the best airport service in the world.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
Working location
This is an airport-based position. Every day, you will play a critical role in helping us to give our passengers the best airport service in the world.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Heathrow, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 3556 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~392k in sampleP25 £43kP75 £80k
£33kmedian £58kgoing rate £55k£107k
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Not necessarily. Heathrow holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 3556 going rate of £55,200. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.