- Full-time
- Melbourne
Strategy Manager
- Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd
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- Develop, lead and execute Jetstar’s overall strategic initiatives that drive the long-term profitability across our APAC business
- Manage high priority projects, to influence and contribute to Jetstar's overall strategic direction
- Permanent full-time opportunity at our Collingwood Head Office
Join our team as the new Strategy Manager where you will develop and lead strategic projects which assist senior management to make significant strategic decisions. Strategy projects are unique in nature and have high value, high impact outcomes. They involve complex and detailed analytical review of current business and industry performance and developing improvement and growth recommendations for the Group. Our Strategy Managers find and solve critical and challenging problems.
You will be responsible for identifying and developing strategic project proposals, scoping and leading approved projects and working in partnership with business owners to implement strategic recommendations and realise value for the business and customers.
You will be accountable for:
- Preparing and presenting well-written, logical and insightful documents for Senior Management
- Developing and utilising a detailed understanding of the Qantas & Jetstar Group businesses
- Developing strategies to maximise shareholder value
- Providing expert strategic advice and support to senior management
- Facilitating strategic planning processes and support robust strategic analysis and planning
- Developing and/or evaluating beneficial and/or profitable strategic opportunities
- Identifying strategic risks and mitigation strategies
- Presenting and communicating material to Senior Executives to promote understanding on recommendations and communicate progress towards assigned project outcomes
- Coordinating multiple resources to deliver and lead strategic projects
- Supporting the development of Jetstar’s Transformation pipeline
- Developing knowledge and expertise related to Jetstar's markets, competitors, customers and capabilities and act as a centre of excellence in those areas of expertise
To be considered, key skills will include:
- Tertiary qualification in a business-related subject
- Post-graduate qualifications, such as MBA, CA, CFA, will be highly regarded
- Minimum 5-7 years of relevant work experience in management consulting, investment banking, or in-house advisory preferred
- Functional knowledge across marketing, sales, distribution, operations and customer facing areas
- Highly self-motivated with a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering results
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to think big picture and understand potential outcomes
- Outstanding verbal and written presentation skills with the ability to communicate information that tells a story, highlights key insights and facilitates business decisions
- Extremely well developed numerical, analytical and modelling skills with a focus on developing actionable insight
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish sound working relationships with peers and senior personnel
- Highly developed time management and prioritisation skills to effectively structure and execute multiple project work-streams in a dynamic, fast paced environment
- Maturity and ability to work diplomatically across cultures with international stakeholders across Asia Pacific countries; Asian language skills will be advantageous
- Willingness to travel as required for the needs of the position.
- Experience in the Transport and /or Aviation industry is preferred
About Jetstar
The Jetstar Group has airlines in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan. Launch in 2004, we have grown from a team of 700 to 7,600 and have flown more than 250 million passengers. Collectively we now offer more than 5000 flights a week to more than 85 destinations in 17 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, with a fleet of more than 130 aircraft.
Our Culture
Jetstar is alive with a sense of adventure. Day in and day out, our teams search for new places to fly, new ways to add value and new ideas to improve performance. If you love the road less travelled, you’ll love working here because ours is a team who innovate every day, thrive on delivery, support each other and celebrate our successes. You’ll be supported to challenge, anticipate and explore while you work will connect people and enrich lives. We encourage diversity and aim to create an environment where our employees feel valued, respected and enabled.
Our Benefits
Team members have access to heavily discounted fares to destinations all over the world – not only for team members, but for their favourite travel companions too. Our staff travel benefit includes discounts on airfares, accommodation, car hire and travel insurance for both domestic and international travel. Discounts can be used within the Jetstar Group airlines, Qantas and other partner airlines.
Inclusion and Diversity
Jetstar is an equal opportunity employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or accessibility requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
If you’re ready to step into a culture that will challenge and excite you, submit an application and let’s explore how we go places together.
Applications Close: 1st November 2024
We're Jetstar
We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.

We're Jetstar
We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars.
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