Trading Manager

Job details

Location:  Hybrid – at least days at VHQ, Crawley

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Closing Date:  27th November 2025

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

In a nutshell
Our commercial success depends on how effectively we trade across markets and we're looking for a Trading Manager to help us raise the bar. In this role, you'll take ownership of trading for a defined product area — shaping and executing strategies that maximise revenue and market share. You'll collaborate across Commercial and Customer teams to prioritise actions, align levers, and ensure trading decisions are governed and delivered effectively. With sharp commercial instincts and analytical expertise, you'll turn insight into impact in a dynamic, fast-changing environment. .

Day to day

• Analyse trading performance across routes and products, identifying emerging trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop and execute market-level trading activities that feed into our rolling 12-month calendar.
• Create trading playbooks and toolkits that capture best practice and enable continuous improvement.
• Produce trading reports and insight packs for forums and leadership updates, highlighting key actions and outcomes.
• Review and prioritise tactical trading activities across Commercial and Customer teams, ensuring trading priorities are clearly communicated, aligned, and delivered to drive network performance. Own the commercial strategy and performance of a specific cabin and set of ancillary products, coordinating levers, driving revenue, and managing supplier relationships where applicable.

About you

Are you a commercially astute strategist who combines sharp analytical thinking with confident decision-making, turning complex data into clear actions that drive revenue growth?

In addition to the above, we'd love for you to demonstrate the following:

• Commercially savvy, with experience in trading, pricing, or revenue management, ideally within travel or retail.
• Analytical and decisive, with the confidence to act quickly on data and performance insight.
• Skilled communicator with the ability to influence across teams and senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable taking responsibility for your area of work, with a proactive approach to delivering results.
• Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic setting. Strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity and can turn complex information into clear actions.
• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience) in economics, aviation, or business.
• A team player who brings initiative, energy, and curiosity to everything you do.

If this sounds like you, and you would like to unlock your potential with us, we would love to hear from you

Be yourself – Our differences make us stronger 

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong. 

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ) feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered. 

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