This is a pivotal role in shaping the customer journey, ensuring that every interaction a customer has with the ground experience is not only satisfactory but exceeds expectations. By focusing on innovative concepts and services, from check-in to lounges, departures and arrival experiences, you are setting a new benchmark for customer experience. Your efforts in enhancing the Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) scores reflect a commitment to excellence. Working with a team of professionals, you will lead initiatives that maintain and elevate our standards, ensuring that the customer experience is not just a part of the journey but a memorable part of the story that begins on the ground.

Other key responsibilities are:

• Establish comprehensive engagement standards for hub and all global airports, encompassing Check-In, Lounges, Departures, and Arrival environments.
• Formulate Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in collaboration with business owners for all ground service touchpoints.
• Create a cohesive product and service strategy for global lounges, including Hub Lounges, QR outstation lounges, and third-party lounges, aligning with the broader business objectives.
• Integrate ground services and lounge strategies with strategic partnerships, such as joint ventures and capital equity partners, as well as oneworld alliance partners, to enhance revenue, reduce costs through shared resources, improve customer satisfaction, and ensure accurate representation of Qatar Airways.
• Develop the customer journey mapping across all ground touch points and ensure it is regularly updated based on the agreed  
• Analyse data from Business Intelligence and Product Insights teams, as well as mystery shopper feedback, to develop products and services that surpass industry standards.
• Collaborate with the hub and network stations customer experience management teams for a consistent customer experience at every interaction point across the journey.
• Conduct regular thorough evaluations of airport and lounge amenities, ensuring they adhere to established quality benchmarks.
• Participate in the development of customer experience specifications for new check-in areas, lounge constructions, refurbishments, and upgrades.
• Foster synergy among various customer touchpoints, including ground services, lounges, onboard facilities, and digital platforms, to ensure a seamless and superior customer journey.
• Guarantee a cohesive and high-standard customer experience at every touchpoint, aligned with the product and service language across all customer touch points.
• Design customized experiences for different customer segments to enhance satisfaction and create a distinctive service.
• Utilize technology in ground operations and lounge services to enhance the customer experience, in partnership with the Manager of Customer Experience Design – Digital.
• Lead the Ground and Lounge product development team from ideation to execution, including design evaluations, workshops, and problem-solving sessions, to guarantee successful product introductions.
• Drive continuous improvements and innovations based on feedback from internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Manage major product development projects, providing insights and recommendations on design and functional improvements.
• Work with oneworld and partners alliance to ensure a smooth experience for customers transferring between airlines at the airport.

Be part of an extraordinary story

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

We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional to join the Product Development & Design Team

• Min. Diploma, Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
• Min 8 years of job related experience
• Experience in luxury hospitality environment required
• Proven experience or advanced level of knowledge in customer experience initiatives or design
• Advanced understanding on airport operations
• Results driven, excellent time and project management skills

 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.

How to Apply

If you are interested to submit your application and feel you are a good fit for this role, please complete our application form and upload your CV for our review and consideration.