Finnair is a diverse community of professionals who work ambitiously with a big heart and commitment. A strong safety culture is our priority and at the core of our everyday work, never taking it for granted. We are committed to doing our share in solving the climate challenge by determinedly following our science-based pathway to decarbonize our operations. We find meaning in our purpose: With our heart in Finland, we make every journey better, today and tomorrow. Our values – Always Safe, Customer at Heart and Stronger Together– guide us in everything we do. Finnair Real Estate team plays a key role in enabling employees and businesses an efficient, sustainable and high performing physical environment. We deliver cost effective, innovative, and user centric facility solutions and services that support business operations and diverse stakeholder needs. The team is responsible for managing Finnair’s real estate assets, development and modification projects as well as workplace and user services across the entire property portfolio. This portfolio covers a wide range of highly specialized facilities, including headquarter offices, aircraft hangars, air cargo and food production facilities, ground support equipment storage and maintenance workshops as well as a comprehensive training center with aircraft simulators and advanced training capabilities. We are a small dynamic team of professionals working closely with a broad partner network and internal business owners to deliver impactful and high quality solutions. We are now looking for a REAL ESTATE MANAGER, OPERATIONS to join our Real Estate and Facility team! In this role, you will be responsible for high quality daily operations across the company’s real estate portfolio. The role enables continuation in core operations within Finnair production facilities and office environment, efficient handling of daily operational tasks, including defects, findings, and service tickets and proactive support of onsite activities performed by external suppliers. This position is key in ensuring a smooth experience for all user groups from office to production. The role works closely with the Real Estate managers, the key suppliers as well as the stakeholders working in different units. In this role, you will: Run the real estate daily operations across the Real Estate portfolio, including action planning to avoid or minimize operational deviations. Ensure timely and high-quality resolution of service tickets related to defects, findings, maintenance and service requests. Serve as the point of contact for daily facility operational questions and for real estate maintenance supplier on site team. Coordinate and supervise external service providers (e.g., maintenance, cleaning, security, technical services) performing on‑site work. Ensure suppliers comply with agreed service levels, quality requirements, and workplace safety protocols. Identify opportunities for process improvement in daily operations and suggest solutions to enhance service quality and efficiency. Our expectations: 5+ years relevant work experience in real estate, facilities, or construction environments. Technical education, preferably in real estate and/or construction and real estate maintenance. Excellent collaboration skills to foster a positive working environment and build trust with stakeholders and partners. Good understanding of stakeholder’s needs and development. Strong capability to coordinate internal and external teams and supplier/partner networks. Strong problem solving skills. Ability to work independently and lead others without formal authority. Good technical know-how on real estate technical systems. Ability to keep high level of operational capability even in challenging and fast-moving operational difficulties. Clear communication skills in Finnish and English, both written and spoken. Working at Finnair: We offer you an exciting opportunity to work in the fast-changing aviation and international travel industry in a culture that drives and enables professional development and continuous improvement. You will be supported by internally highly rated supervisory work with modern leadership practices that we constantly develop. We are happy to enable our employees to enrich their lives and fulfill their travel dreams by offering a wide leisure travel benefit. We also support the health and wellbeing of our employees through our own Sickness Fund insurance benefit, Epassi sport (culture, health & wellbeing or commuting benefit), gyms around the Finnair campus and activities organized by our hobby clubs. Are you ready for the challenge and want to join our team? Get onboard! Submit your application with your CV, cover letter and salary expectation no later than Sunday 10 May 2026. Please note that the hiring process includes a pre-employment security clearance and a drug test. For more information, please contact Arne Ziessler (Head of Facilities) by phone +358 50 392 6125 on the specified hours stated below (GMT +03:00): Wednesday, 22 April between 12pm to 4pm Wednesday, 29 April between 8am to 11am Please note that we do not process applications submitted via email. Our people are key to our success and the foundation that makes Finnair unique. We are committed to creating a safe work environment where all our people can thrive and succeed. We cherish diversity and strive to employ people with different backgrounds and experiences, to bring together multiple views to foster our business success. According to our employee survey, respecting diversity is at a high level in our work community. You are welcome to join Finnair as your authentic self. Finnair is a network airline that specialises in passenger and cargo traffic between Europe, North America and Asia. It also offers package tours under its Aurinkomatkat-Suntours brand. Finnair offers direct flights to approximately 40 countries and over 100 destinations.
