Project Manager for Navigation Ground Systems (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Job Description

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Project Manager for Navigation Ground Systems (f/m) to join our Navigation Department based in Toulouse, France.

In the frame of the development of a major Navigation Programme, as a Projet Manager, you will be responsible of the Delivery for a complete sub-system or equipement of the Ground System:

• Accountable for Time, Cost, and Quality of one or several sub-systems (between 10 M€ to 20 M€ of budget each),

• Responsible for the programmatic interface with Business Line,

• Responsible for the programmatic interface with the teams in charge of the development,

• At sub-system level, in charge of managing the relationship with the customer (ESA).

• You will contribute to a major Ground System programme, in an international industrial setup.

Your working environment

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city of the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges

• Manage the Work Package to ensure On-Time, On-Cost, On-Quality (OTOCOQ) & on-performance delivery,

• Ensure right level of requirement/information cascade to allow the team / the supplier to proceed,

• Coordinate and synchronize the work-packages’ activities (technical, configuration management, safety, security, product assurance, architecture, IVQ,…),

• Manage Risks & Opportunities (R&O),

• Manage key interfaces, interdependencies & the best possible synchronization between stakeholders,

• Manages review with key stakeholders (supplier, project team, experts, customers - ESA and EUSPA).

Your profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager,

• Experience in project management of internal teams and/or suppliers (PMP certification, or Airbus PM certification is a plus),

• Risk & Opportunity management,

• Background on system architecture, development, IVV (Integration, Verification, Validation) process,

• PMO & traceability tools (ex. PMOT, JIRA, RQM, ARM, …),

• A plus: Supplier management and control, especially for non-recurring project development phases,

• Soft skills: Leader, customer-oriented, Good communication skills, assertive, collaborative, methodical,

• English advanced level mandatory, German or Spanish is a plus.

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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