Management Traineeship Business & Tech

Our two-year program offers you the opportunity to complete four challenging assignments, each carrying significant responsibility. You will gain extensive experience in managing technology, leading a team, and successfully completing tech-related projects. You will focus on the latest technology trends to optimize business operations and enhance our services.

In addition, we have an intensive training program every Friday, where you get the chance to excel and reach your full potential.

What kind of assignments can you expect as a Business & Tech management trainee? Here are examples of what you may encounter at Air France-KLM:

Product Manager of an agile team in Cargo

As a product manager, you are responsible for a team that develops new functionalities in Cargo. This is to enhance collaboration with their customers (forwarders) in the sale of Cargo products. This team works according to agile principles and consists of both French and Dutch employees from IT and the Cargo business. Apart from setting up a team, you will be responsible for realizing the first minimum viable product (MVP).

Leading a combined (AF-KL) team

You are responsible for delivering IT products to employees or businesses of Air France and KLM. This together with your team members in Amsterdam, Valbonne, Toulouse, and Paris. Including, the AF-KL Collaboration team, who are responsible for delivering Office 365 solutions such as Microsoft Teams and Office.

Also, new initiatives like Power Platform, a set of tools for rapid and easy application development. In this role, you will learn how to efficiently align IT products with both KLM and Air France and how to manage teams at different locations with all the associated cultural aspects.

Managing the transition of Air France-KLM to the cloud

This time requires faster time-to-market and the flexibility to better respond to the needs of our passengers. To achieve this, we say goodbye to our physical data center and migrating our applications to the cloud. This brings significant changes to our way of working (DevOps). As well as investments in our colleagues' knowledge and training. It will be your task to guide this process with your team, or as part of the transformation program.

Applying Artificial Intelligence

Data is the new oil and plays a growing role in making better decisions. You will be challenged to explore which new AI tools we can use to further optimize our schedule. This involves using data sources both within and outside of Air France-KLM.

Other assignments could include:

• Setting up a new team as a product owner to develop APIs;
• Further development of our successful social media HUB;
• Ensuring a successful rollout of our self-check-in equipment at the kiosks at Schiphol Airport;
• Leading the implementation of a private ChatGPT environment within Air France-KLM;
• Developing a seamless integration of Air France-KLM with Skyteam partners for check-in functionality.

To continue writing aviation history in the coming century, we are looking for inspiring and resilient talent. Individuals who thrive in an innovative and collaborative environment. Connecting leadership starts with self-awareness: you have a good understanding of your strengths, weaknesses and leadership skills. An open, curious attitude combined with an eagerness to learn, both about yourself and others, is essential. Do you want to develop yourself into the data and technology leader of the future?

You have;

• You have a higher professional or university degree in, for example, business administration, data science, (computer) engineering, information management, IT or digital discipline;
• You are interested in and aware of some of the innovation methods in your work field: Design Thinking, Agile & Lean, Scrum
• You are interested in and aware of some of the core elements in your future work field: GenAI, Cloud Computing, Sustainable IT, Robotics & Autonomous Operations, Virtual & Augmented reality, OKR, DevSecOps, Data Science.
• You have achieved clear results that show your affinity with IT, this could be anything from having a state-of-the-art network at home to building applications.
• You are a(n informal) leader and have communicative and advisory qualities;
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset, drive initiatives for improvement
• You combine clear communication with in-depth knowledge and therefore offer added value to customers;
• You are an ambitious team player who likes to deliver quality;
• You take initiatives to organize events and activities that connect individuals and encourage creative problem-solving.

In addition, we value:

• The ability to approach problems from different perspectives;
• The flexibility to work well with diverse cultures;
• Innovative thinking and acting;
• Proactively embracing change;
• A curious mindset.

At KLM, we believe it's important for you to be yourself, regardless of how you look, how you identify, what your religious beliefs are, or who you embrace when you come home. That's why we treat every applicant with fairness. Did you know that research shows women are less likely to apply than men if they don't meet all the job requirements? Such a shame. Because we believe 'the perfect candidate' is a myth. So, do you have the drive to grow in some aspects of this role? We look forward to receiving your application. A disability or special needs should not be a barrier to applying. Is there anything we should consider? Please let us know, and we will work together to ensure your application process is a pleasant experience.

The Business & Tech Management Traineeship provides you with a broad view of IT within a challenging sector. Due to the combination of transformation and operational tasks, you are guaranteed interesting work at KLM; the aviation sector is constantly changing. This provides the ideal contect for rapid growth in your development!