Senior Technical Project Manager (d/f/m)

Job Description

To strengthen our team in Manching, we are looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager (f/m/d) for EF Simulation Programs

Your location

Located about an hour's drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and special payments.
• 30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions.
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects.
• Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, transportation subsidy, employee benefits at cooperating companies.

On-site-facilities

• Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the technical activities along the complete project lifecycle (i.e. bids, proposal, design, implementation, integration, testing, acceptance and roll-out).
• Manage cross functional teams to deliver the engineering solution.
• Working closely with Chief Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Development, V&V, InfoSec, Ops. Factor, Config. & Data Management, etc.
• Coordinate the project technical tasks with the internal and external stakeholders such as Customer, partner companies or suppliers.
• Estimate effort for the technical activities and define resources needed for the project.
• Monitoring and regular reporting of project status to stakeholders.
• Responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance for the engineering activities.
• Conduct and participate in project meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
• This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Desired skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Sciences.
• Minimum of 15 years work experience (within the training and flight simulation industry).
• Experience in the EF programme (e.g., aircraft, training) and flight simulation.
• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Good communication and diplomacy skills with ability to operate under pressure.
• Good knowledge of English both written and spoken is required to be able to work in a multicultural environment.
• Project language is English.
• German is beneficial.

Company & Employment Details

• Company: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Experience Level: Professional
• Job Family: Sub-system development

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