Step into a career with purpose - daa's Business Pathways Graduate Programme is a two-year journey for ambitious graduates ready to shape Ireland's connectivity and help connect people, businesses, and communities across the world.
daa is a global airport and travel retail group with operations across 13 countries. We oversee Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland, operate Jeddah and Red Sea International airports in Saudi Arabia, and operate in retail locations spanning North America, Europe, Canada, Portugal. Our vision is to be leaders in the airport industry, delivering excellence while building a sustainable future. Our purpose is simple yet powerful: to enable business and connect lives across the world.
Graduates will join the Early Careers Community, a network of interns, apprentices, and second-year graduates, offering opportunities to learn, collaborate, and build professional connections across the business.
As part of the programme you’ll complete two rotations across key business areas, you'll gain hands-on experience, contribute to high-impact projects, and build the skills, networks, and commercial understanding needed to accelerate your career.
This is more than a graduate programme. It's an opportunity to make a real impact, solve meaningful challenges, and help shape the future of aviation. At daa, you won't just witness change. You'll help drive it.
Responsibilities
What We Are Offering You?
As a Business Pathways Graduate, you'll enjoy a rewarding experience designed to help you grow, develop, and thrive. Our two-year programme combines meaningful work, structured development, and exciting opportunities to build the skills, networks, and experience needed for a successful career.
Programme benefits include:
Competitive salary with a performance-related bonus that recognises your contribution and impact.
A comprehensive onboarding experience and structured rotations that provide exposure to different areas of the business and help you understand how our business works.
Opportunities to build a strong professional network through mentoring, networking events, and collaboration with graduates, interns, leaders, and stakeholders across daa.
A structured learning and development journey focused on building skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, innovation, change management, personal branding, wellbeing, and resilience.
Hands-on experience contributing to high-impact, cross-functional projects that address real business challenges.
Ongoing career development support, helping you take ownership of your growth and prepare for future opportunities within daa.
Team-building activities, site visits, and graduate events that allow you to connect, learn, and celebrate achievements throughout the programme
Do you have what it takes?
We're seeking ambitious graduates who are eager to learn, embrace new challenges, and contribute to meaningful work from day one. Successful candidates will:
Hold, or be expecting, a 2.1 degree or higher in any discipline.
Demonstrate adaptability, responding positively to change and thriving in dynamic and evolving environments.
Show an innovative mindset, seeking opportunities to improve processes, challenge conventional thinking, and solve problems creatively.
Apply critical thinking, using evidence, insight, and sound judgement to make informed decisions.
Exhibit learning agility, learning quickly, embracing feedback, and continuously developing new skills and capabilities.
Be strong collaborators, building effective relationships and working successfully across teams and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Align with daa's values and purpose, sharing our commitment to enabling business, connecting lives, and building a sustainable future.
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Skills Required
- Hold or expect to achieve a 2.1 degree or higher in any discipline
- Adaptability and ability to respond positively to change
- Innovative mindset with creative problem-solving abilities
- Critical-thinking skills and sound judgment
- Learning agility and willingness to embrace feedback and develop new skills
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder relationship-building skills
- Alignment with daa’s values and purpose
What We Do
We are a global airport and travel retail group with business in 15 countries around the world. daa’s principal activities include operating and managing Dublin and Cork airports, global airport retailing through our subsidiary Aer Rianta International, and international aviation consultancy through daa International. The company is state-owned and headquartered at Dublin Airport.
