Distribution Manager

Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 10,000 employees from more than 100 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.

As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.

Distribution Manager

Based in Budapest

Purpose of the role

The Distribution Manager will manage the delivery and continuous improvement of Wizz Air’s API distribution capabilities, supporting the evolution of the airline’s multichannel strategy and the growth of indirect sales through third-party platforms.

This role plays a crucial strategic function in driving scalable, low-cost distribution aligned with ULCC (Ultra Low-Cost Carrier) principles. The role is responsible for translating commercial and partner requirements into clear product priorities and coordinating delivery across product owners, developers, and relevant business stakeholders. The role will ensure that API features, partner integrations, reporting, controls, and operational processes are delivered effectively and remain aligned with Wizz Air’s distribution strategy.

This role will monitor partner performance and contractual compliance, support audits and remediation activities, and provide actionable reporting and analysis. It requires a travel-distribution professional with strong API, NDC, GDS, product or project management knowledge and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

This role requires a commercially and technically savvy professional who can define and track performance KPIs, influence strategic decisions, and deliver measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of API distribution capabilities in line with the distribution strategy and commercial priorities.
• Translate partner, customer, and business requirements into product needs and coordinate their prioritization with product owners, developers, and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery of API features, enhancements, integrations, and operational improvements across commercial, digital, legal, finance, customer experience, ancillary and sales teams.
• Act as the internal product and delivery focal point for API distribution initiatives, ensuring clear requirements, ownership, progress tracking, and stakeholder alignment.
• Build a strong understanding of partner technical and functional requirements and use these insights to improve API capabilities, sales performance, partner adoption, and customer experience.
• Support partner onboarding and integration activities by coordinating technical requirements, internal readiness, testing, launch preparation, and post-launch follow-up.
• Maintain effective operational relationships with aggregators, TMCs, metasearch platforms, OTAs, and other indirect distribution partners, with a focus on product requirements and delivery.
• Monitor and ensure the compliance with API access policies from technical and commercial perspective towards pre-identified KPIs.
• Oversee internal reporting of sales performance, product development delivery, and other relevant areas.

Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience preferably in airline distribution, travel technology, API/NDC distribution, GDS environments, or a comparable travel-industry roles.
• Product and/or project management experience in a travel distribution, airline, or travel technology environment.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving commercial, product, technology, legal, finance, and operational stakeholders.
• Experience translating business and partner requirements into product or delivery priorities and driving execution through teams without direct reporting lines.
• Experience in performance reporting, compliance monitoring, audits, operational controls, or partner performance management is preferred.

Hard skills

• Strong understanding of the travel distribution ecosystem, including airline APIs, NDC, GDS, aggregators, TMCs, OTAs, metasearch engines, and other B2B travel platforms.
• Proven product and/or project management skills, with the ability to structure requirements, coordinate priorities, manage dependencies, and follow delivery through to completion.
• Knowledge of distribution contracts, partner obligations, API usage controls, content and pricing requirements, payment processes, and compliance monitoring.
• Advanced analytical and reporting capability using Power BI, Excel, and internal reporting tools to evaluate channel and partner performance.
• Technical fluency to work effectively with API documentation, product owners, developers, and technology teams.

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree

Language

Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Skills and competencies

• Strong product and delivery mindset, with the ability to convert commercial and partner needs into practical priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to coordinate product owners, developers, and business teams without direct authority.
• Strong knowledge of travel distribution and the ability to connect partner requirements, technical capabilities, operational controls, and commercial performance.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong reporting, problem-solving, and business judgment.
• High attention to compliance, process quality, documentation, and follow-through on audit findings and remediation actions.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives, dependencies, and partner requirements simultaneously.
• Outcome-oriented and proactive, with a focus on continuous improvement, delivery quality, and measurable business impact.

When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.

We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.