Engineering & Maintenance Strategy Analyst

A Career Without Limits

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.

Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.

It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.

This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we're re-imagining the way we fly the skies.

Are you naturally curious, analytical and excited by solving complex business problems?

British Airways Engineering & Maintenance is creating a new strategy team to help shape the future direction of one of the most important engineering organisations in aviation. As part of this exciting new team, we're looking for an Engineering & Maintenance Strategy Analystto support strategic decision-making, deliver high-quality insight, and help translate data into meaningful business action.

Working closely with theE&M Strategy Manager, Head of Strategy, CTO and senior leaders across Engineering & Maintenance, you will play a key role in developing analysis, identifying opportunities, learning from best practice and supporting strategic projects that influence the future of the business.

This is far more than a traditional analyst role. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Join a newly established Strategy team and help shape its future direction and ways of working.
• Work on some of the most important strategic questions facing Engineering & Maintenance.
• Support senior leaders in making informed decisions that improve operational performance and long-term competitiveness.
• Influence strategic projects from concept through to recommendations.
• Bring external best practice into the organisation and help turn insight into action.
• Build relationships across British Airways, Engineering & Maintenance and IAG.

This role offers an exceptional platform for somebody looking to develop a career in strategy, consulting, business analysis or transformation within a complex and highly visible operational environment.

Supporting the E&M Strategy Manager, you will:

• Produce strategic analysis to inform major decisions and support the development of E&M's long-term strategy.
• Undertake benchmarking, market analysis and external research to understand how BA Engineering & Maintenance compares with industry best practice.
• Develop insights and recommendations that help improve performance and support strategic objectives.
• Support strategic projects for the CTO and E&M Directors, helping develop recommendations for leadership audiences.
• Build analytical models, forecasts and business cases to evaluate future options and scenarios.
• Analyse operational, financial and market data to identify opportunities, risks and emerging trends.
• Create clear, engaging materials and presentations that communicate complex findings to senior stakeholders.
• Support the annual strategic planning process and contribute to the ongoing evolution of E&M's strategy.

We're looking for someone who combines strong analytical capability with commercial awareness and a genuine interest in strategy.

• Numerate degree or proven aptitude in a similar role (Preferred)
• Relevant experience in an analytical role (Preferred)
• Experience from consulting roles, relevant industries (e.g. transport, aviation, utilities, engineering and other big technical, operational or infrastructure companies is advantageous (Preferred)
• Previous experience of market analysis, or similar roles (Preferred)
• Understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes (Preferred)
• Experienced in scoping, planning and building insights to drive…