Product Manager – Departure & Compliance

Job Description – Product Manager – Departure & Compliance (16992)

We are easy

Jet – a FTSE‑250 listed, £multi‑billion low‑cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easy

Jet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low‑cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easy

Jet? Our Promise Behaviours – we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easy

Jet.

Ready to help us build the future of airport experiences?

Are you a strategic product leader who excels at untangling complex technical landscapes? Do you want to own the product vision that ensures safe, compliant, and seamless flight departures across a global network of over 150 airports?

We are seeking a Product Manager – Departure & Compliance to lead multiple cross‑functional squads. In this role, you will drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution for our mission‑critical departure systems, data flows, and regulatory integration platforms.

Role Overview

As the Product Manager for Departure & Compliance, you will lead the transition toward a standardised hybrid Departure Control System (DCS) model. You will be responsible for rationalising a complex vendor landscape, ensuring that departure‑critical passenger, flight, and regulatory data is accurate, highly resilient, and seamlessly integrated across a massive ecosystem of central systems, third‑party providers, and international border authorities.

Key Accountabilities

• Product Strategy & Vision: Shape and own the long‑term product vision, budget, and roadmap. Define clear OKRs and metrics to measure success and maximise business value.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the strategic bridge between operational, commercial, and technology leaders. Translate complex technical data challenges into clear, outcome‑focused business language.
• Team Leadership: Provide direction, purpose, and mentorship to Product Owners and cross‑functional delivery squads, fostering a culture of high performance and deep customer empathy.
• Agile Delivery: Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate strategic goals into actionable backlogs, balancing rapid short‑term delivery with long‑term platform stability.
• Lifecycle & Data Management: Oversee the full product lifecycle from ideation to retirement. Ensure compliance, reliability, and data integrity across all live operational systems.

Requirements of the Role

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Proven PM
  
  Experience:
  
  Demonstrated success as a Product Manager in a technology‑heavy, data‑heavy, or complex operational environment.
• Aviation & DCS Expertise: Strong understanding of core passenger data flows (Reservation → Departure → Regulatory) and Departure Control Systems (DCS/PSS).
• Compliance & Borders: Familiarity with regulatory and border authority data exchanges (e.g., APIS, ETIAS).
• Integration Mastery: Experience managing complex, highly fragmented legacy system landscapes and multiple third‑party vendor integrations.
• Agile Execution: Proven track record of delivering scalable product features within Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Dev Sec Ops ).
• Technical & Data Literacy: Strong problem‑solving skills focused on data‑led platform strategies, architecture considerations, security, and performance.

Core Competencies for Success

• Strategic Acumen: Comfort navigating highly ambiguous environments, managing competing priorities, and making data‑backed trade‑offs.
• Influence Without Authority: Exceptional ability to lead, inspire, and align cross‑functional teams and senior leaders without formal hierarchical power.
• Customer Focus: Deep empathy for both internal operational teams and external passengers, transforming operational insights into elegant product solutions.

Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for visa sponsorship, and we are therefore unable to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Benefits

Competitive base salary, up to 20% bonus, equity share schemes, flexible benefits package, excellent staff travel benefits.

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