Manager Distribution Platform Enablement

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia's largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group's main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands - Qantas and Jetstar - operating regional, domestic, and international services.

• Shape and lead the strategic direction of Qantas's distribution platform model, ensuring platforms are scalable, resilient, and capable of supporting the full breadth of Qantas Group distribution requirements
• Own the end-to-end platform capability and performance framework for all distribution platforms ensuring they deliver the revenue, channel reach, and merchandising capability the Qantas Group requires to compete effectively across all booking channels.
• Permanent role based at our Mascot Campus

We've always been pioneers, and we're proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

The Manager, Distribution Platform Enablement is a senior management role responsible for designing and executing capability enhancements and ensuring operational resilience across the Qantas NDC (New Distribution Capability) platform and all other flight distribution platforms across Qantas Airways. This role sits as the bridge between industrial transformation, commercial strategy, and outcome delivery, providing expert leadership to define, build, and continuously evolve a world-class distribution ecosystem that enables Qantas to compete effectively across all booking channels.

Through deep product and capability expertise and strategic leadership, the Manager will drive platform adoption, integration, and performance across customer booking channels, ensuring Qantas remains at the forefront of airline distribution innovation. The Manager will leverage platform performance data, industry trends, and competitive intelligence to inform investment decisions and influence senior stakeholders across the Group to prioritise initiatives that deliver measurable commercial value.

You'll have -

• 10+ years' experience in airline distribution, travel technology, digital platform delivery, or related technology leadership roles; with demonstrated experience leading complex technology programs at a senior level
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline; or equivalent experience in airline distribution technology
• Proven senior leadership capability with demonstrated experience influencing executive stakeholders and driving complex cross-functional technology and commercial initiatives
• Deep expertise in airline distribution technology including IATA NDC standards, ONE Order, GDS integration, and modern API-based distribution architecture
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated ability to translate technology platform capability into measurable revenue and distribution outcomes
• Experience managing large-scale technology platform delivery programs, including vendor management, architecture governance, and multi-stakeholder delivery coordination
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with ability to navigate complex organisational structures and align diverse stakeholders on technology strategy and investment
• Excellent strategic thinking capability, with experience defining multi-year technology roadmaps and translating business strategy into executable platform architecture decisions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience using data and platform telemetry to drive continuous improvement

Why Qantas?

You'll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you'll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You'll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we've got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We'll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We'll support your wellbeing: Whether it's learning to better support your own and others' mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story - get in touch today.

Applications close Sunday 5th July

Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.