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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Chef de projet

Project ManagementPosted on Nov 13
Full-timePierrelatte, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5-level qualification from an engineering school or equivalent, with a specialization in project management or a technical/industrial domain.
  • At least 5 years of experience leading industrial projects.
  • Professional fluency in English for communications with the Airbus group and clients.
  • Strong knowledge of project management, including project-management tools, budget management, and risk management.
  • General knowledge of how aeronautical and drone products operate.
  • Ability to lead transversely, facilitate a multidisciplinary team, allocate roles, and arbitrate.
  • Rigor, analytical ability, negotiation skills, and ability to propose solutions.
  • Must hold a security clearance or be eligible for clearance by recognized authorities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead drone programs and projects end to end at the Pierrelatte site, ensuring contractual commitments, specifications, budgets, and schedules are met.
  • Structure and organize projects by forming multidisciplinary teams across R&D/Engineering, ILS, Industrialization, Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Customer Support; allocate roles and establish resource and work-package organization charts.
  • Coordinate across internal functions as the operational interface between them.
  • Define and facilitate project governance, including kickoff meetings, internal project reviews, and customer reviews; resolve blockers and lead preparation, consolidation, and formalization of project outputs.
  • Ensure project-management processes and tools are applied.
  • Monitor performance and report by controlling schedules and costs, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and reporting to Program Management with proposed solutions.
  • Manage customer relationships and technical changes by pacing deliverables according to the contract and negotiating technical solutions with the customer.
  • Anticipate and control risks by identifying execution uncertainties, nonconformities, and schedule bottlenecks, maintaining an action register, and ensuring relevant functions deploy mitigation plans.
  • Ensure the application and improvement of processes by promoting project-management tools, contributing to lessons learned, and harmonizing key purchasing, development, and industrialization processes with Airbus's drone ecosystem.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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