It’s time to go places

Ryanair Holdings plc, Europe’s largest airline group, is the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air & Ryanair DAC. Carrying over 154 m guests p.a. on more than 2,400 daily flights from 82 bases, the group connects over 200 destinations in 40 countries on a fleet of over 475 aircraft, with a further 210 Boeing 737’s on order, which will enable the Ryanair Group to lower fares and grow traffic to 200m p.a. by FY24. Ryanair has a team of over 19,000 highly skilled aviation professionals delivering Europe’s No.1 on-time performance, and an industry leading 34-year safety record. Ryanair is Europe’s greenest cleanest airline group and customers switching to fly Ryanair can reduce their CO₂ emissions by up to 50% compared to the other Big 4 EU major airlines.

The Department
From negotiating airport contracts to optimising Ryanair’s routes and flight schedule, our Commercial department is at the forefront of everything we do as an airline. Working in the commercial department, no two days are the same and the decisions that you make impact the day to day running of the airline. This position will be based at Ryanair’s Head Office in Airside Business Park in Swords.

The Role
We are currently seeking a Model Validation Analyst to join the Commercial Analytics Team in our Yield department. We are looking for an analytically minded and commercially astute individual who will contribute to department strategy by completing analytical work, participate in company-wide collaborations and supporting the Yield team with the right insights.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Analytics, he or she will:

• Explore and develop Revenue Analytics for reporting and other purposes
• Analyse business performance by applying, developing and/or reviewing models regarding load factor and financial yield data.
• Give input and improve experimentation framework
• Partner with Data Scientists from Ryanair Labs to improve solution architectures and business objectives understanding.
• Give input for further development of Yield data science models
• Execute and develop new yield model validation procedures
• Analyse and potentially manage revenue on flights using a bespoke system.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience with various data visualisation/ statistical analysis packages such as Tableau, PowerBI, Dax, SAS or Stata. Some exposure to R/Python.
• Experience with SQL querying and cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience in an airline Yield department is an advantage
• Experience with translating business requirements into analytical problems by prototyping actual solutions and architectures.
• A degree in one or more of Statistics, Applied Sciences, Aviation Management, Finance, Economics, or related fields.