#DIGITALCAMPUS - Project leader for MVC governance & Solution (M/F)

Job Description

Take off with Airbus Helicopters! Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Project leader for MVC governance & Solution (f/m) to join our Digital Infrastructures & Platforms department, based in Marignane, France. Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters. The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix‑En‑Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high‑tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment. You will have a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions

You will be part of a team ensuring the efficient design, deployment, and evolution of Airbus Helicopters’ Major IT infrastructure to support business needs, while maintaining security, performance, scalability, and cost‑effectiveness. As part of the Architecture & Projects team, you will be involved in a critical strategic initiative designed to guarantee the “Minimum Viable Company” operations in the event of a major infrastructure failure or cyber‑attack. After an assessment phase that has been done, your mission will be to build a resilient, isolated IT ecosystem that ensures our ability to maintain and deliver aircraft under any circumstances. This role sits at the intersection of Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Business Continuity, requiring a leader who can navigate complex technical layers while managing high‑level business expectations.

Responsibilities

1. Technical Implementation – Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE)
   • Lead the end‑to‑end implementation of an isolated 'buffer zone'.
   • Define and deploy the infrastructure architecture: Network isolation, Identity & Access Management, Hosting (Compute/Storage).
   • Infrastructure optimization: enhance existing backup systems to meet defined Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for critical applications.
   • Tooling: oversee the deployment of 'Instant Restore' application tools to minimize downtime during a transition.
2. Stakeholder Coordination & PSL Integration – Cross‑Functional Alignment
   • Act as the central point of coordination between various Infrastructure Product Service Lines (PSLs), including Connectivity, Digital Workplace, and Identity & Access Management.
   • Project synergy: ensure seamless integration with parallel infrastructure programs such as R2P (Ransomware & Resilience Program) and the DataCenter Journey.
   • Governance: lead the synchronization of all stakeholders.
3. Business Continuity & Transition Management
   • Organizational readiness: implement the end‑to‑end process ensuring that when the button is pushed, the business can actually function.
   • Switchover readiness: address the project's primary complexity—ensuring a seamless user switchover to the MVC environment on “Day1” of a crisis.
   • Business challenging: interface with business directorates to refine requirements, priorities, and recovery expectations.

Your profile – Qualifications

Project leadership : Minimum of 5 years of professional experience managing complex, cross‑divisional IT infrastructure projects, with strong focus on Infrastructure deployments (network, server, cloud, or digital workplace). Analysis, risk, priority, planning, monitoring, reporting, communication, stakeholders, transversal teams animation.

Technical Knowledge : Proven and very good knowledge of all core infrastructure components and technologies (e.g., LAN/WAN, Wi‑Fi, virtualization, end‑user computing, etc.).

Soft Skills :

• Strategic Thinking – Translate “Minimum Viable” business needs into technical requirements without over‑dimensioning.
• Influence & Access: Experience navigating multi‑stakeholder environments and driving consensus between technical teams and business leadership.

3 Reasons to join us

• Values – Six essential values that form the core of our company, defined by employees and shaping the DNA of our business.
• Inclusion and diversity – Inclusive and rewarding work environment where everyone’s diversity is valued and respected.
• Compensation & benefits – Global, competitive, and transparent package (salaries, bonuses, profit‑sharing, participation, preferred share ownership plan). Professional development, health coverage, retirement, work‑life balance, child support, flexibility, travel allowances, company restaurant, children’s leisure centre, sports complex and transport facilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.