Manager Aircraft Interior
Qatar AirwaysQatar3 days ago
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Job title
Manager Aircraft Interior
Ref #
224686
Location
Qatar - Doha
Job family
Corporate & Commercial
From concept to launch, our Product Development and Design (PDD) Team collaborates with industry leaders to create products that set new standards in travel.
If you are passionate about innovation and design, this is your chance to make a lasting impact in the aviation industry.
Join our Product Development and Design Team that transforms ideas into reality and shape the future of airline experiences!
About The Role
In this role, you will be responsible for managing and supporting the team that shapes the creative vision and product strategy leveraging cross-industry trends such as automotive, consumer electronics, and hospitality environment whilst ensuring compliance with QA standards and project requirements. You will also be responsible for developing and managing portfolio of products and services and ensure that they drive and execute the QR vision into tangible and implementable hard product design concepts across Qatar Airways in service and new fleet from layout, galleys, lavatories, seating, storage etc.
As part of your role, your responsibilities will be inclusive of, but not limited to the following:
Strategic:
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible.
Qualifications
About you
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
How To Apply
If you’re ready to join a progressive team and have a challenging and rewarding career, then apply now by uploading your CV and completing our quick application form.
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
https://aa115.taleo.net/careersection/QA_External_CS/jobapply.ftl?lang=en&job=224686
Manager Aircraft Interior
Ref #
224686
Location
Qatar - Doha
Job family
Corporate & Commercial
- Closing date: 22-Sep-2025
From concept to launch, our Product Development and Design (PDD) Team collaborates with industry leaders to create products that set new standards in travel.
If you are passionate about innovation and design, this is your chance to make a lasting impact in the aviation industry.
Join our Product Development and Design Team that transforms ideas into reality and shape the future of airline experiences!
About The Role
In this role, you will be responsible for managing and supporting the team that shapes the creative vision and product strategy leveraging cross-industry trends such as automotive, consumer electronics, and hospitality environment whilst ensuring compliance with QA standards and project requirements. You will also be responsible for developing and managing portfolio of products and services and ensure that they drive and execute the QR vision into tangible and implementable hard product design concepts across Qatar Airways in service and new fleet from layout, galleys, lavatories, seating, storage etc.
As part of your role, your responsibilities will be inclusive of, but not limited to the following:
Strategic:
- Manage all customer facing cabin interiors products and onboard features for new and existing aircraft, as well as updates to the current onboard interiors products.
- Support the development and implementation of interior product plan across all aircraft programs to enhance passenger comfort, aesthetics and brand identity
- Assist in defining interior features, branding, lighting and specifications meeting high quality and comfort standards.
- Use insights from top automotive and consumer brands maintain leadership in cabin design.
- Work closely with external industrial design studios to conceptualize and evolve future cabin design languages.
- Collaborate with Product Development, R&D teams from seating, lighting, interiors and materials suppliers within aviation industry and those with automotive or high-end consumer experience.
- Translate design briefs into visual experiences, concept directions, and compelling narratives for stakeholder alignment.
- Manage various aircraft projects amongst the team to ensure full representation from Product Development in order to ensure that project timelines are not compromised.
- Attend and actively participate in all aircraft interior program related milestone meetings with the OEM’s, these meetings would cover all meetings starting with a kick off meeting/ITCM’s and then finally ending with a final product inspection/FAI or cabin walk.
- Represent Product Development & Design (PDD) department and be the ‘voice of the customer’ at these meetings in order to ensure that interior design aspects fully meet customer expectations upholding the brand image of the company
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to prepare signature design features for Qatar Airways aircraft interiors based on QR brand, best practice, market trends, creativity and innovation to deliver product of a world class standard with special focus on Brand and image management.
- Review, plan and support interiors development projects conferring with internal departments the scope of work, efficiency, aircraft operation and related production factors. This entails very close coordination with the Technical Aircraft Programs team who manage the overall aircraft program and all meeting milestones.
- Plan and implement aircraft cabin designs such as floor plans, seating arrangements, color combinations, space arrangements, fit-outs and coordinate in the development of galleys, lavatories and seating with all stakeholders to ensure the relevant needs of the support teams are met.
- Provide updates specifically on usage of space within aircraft cabins, inspection reports and surveys of specific aircraft in relation to layouts, design and CMF, preparing detailed schedules for all projects assigned, carrying out research to ensure that plans are technically feasible, liaising with operational teams to validate the feasibility and viability of projects and choosing appropriate materials for the design by maintaining budgetary requirements.
- Advising the Line Manager on progress, deliver overviews of projects complete with presentations and reference samples to facilitate decision making process.
- Managing a library of materials, ICS, fabrics, images, drawings, presentations, reference samples for each aircraft programme that are both communicated to Senior Management in a timely manner as well as archived for future requirements
- Managing the research and sampling of material such as fabrics, flooring, wall finishes, textures and aesthetics.
- Designing professional product specifications and providing samples layout styles or products to the Line Manager for review.
- Interprets, re-thinks and re-designs customer needs as outlined in creative briefs by translating them into compelling visual product designs.
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible.
Qualifications
About you
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with minimum 8 years of related experience
- Experience in product development, aircraft interiors, Project Management preferably within the automotive, airline, or high-end consumer electronics industries
- Experience working in multinational creative environments especially within product innovation, R&D, design studios
- Ability to review and benchmark competitor airlines in order to maintain standards
- Results driven, excellent time and project management skills
- Team leadership and people development capability
- Thinking out of the box by providing valuable suggestions and recommendations on cost saving techniques
- Ability to make swift decision in order to aid timelines
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, excellent oral presentation and written skills
- Managerial skills - set clear direction and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills. Ability to train and develop subordinate's skills. Ability to foster teamwork among team members
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
How To Apply
If you’re ready to join a progressive team and have a challenging and rewarding career, then apply now by uploading your CV and completing our quick application form.
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
https://aa115.taleo.net/careersection/QA_External_CS/jobapply.ftl?lang=en&job=224686
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