PDM Functional Leader (m/f)

Job Description

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a PDM Functional Leader (m / f) to join our Product Data Management department based in Toulouse. You will join the DPPP (Product Data Management) department, the digital heart of the Airbus Development organization, within a transnational team managing the “nervous system” of aeronautical technical data. We are looking for innovative profiles to ensure the consistency of a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) for 10,000 users and to support the transformation of our systems toward a cloud-native and micro‑services architecture, serving current programs and future projects.

Your Working Environment

Toulouse is the global capital of aeronautics and the European capital for space research. The city is dynamic, located in the southwest of France, served by an international airport, and situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Pyrenees Mountains. It offers many options for outdoor activities.

How We Care for You

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abundant 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 sporting activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services centre, 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.

Your Challenges

• Lead the end-to-end functional definition of PDM domains to ensure a seamless “Single Source of Truth” for aircraft data.
• Drive next‑generation PDM projects by anticipating tech trends and managing synergies with legacy systems.
• Align Architects, System Analysts, and Developers to deliver high‑quality solutions within Agile Release Trains (ART).
• Orchestrate functional decision‑making to maintain architectural consistency and minimise functional debt.
• Help define future PDM solutions based on Open Technology standards.

Your Boarding Pass

• Background: Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or Information Systems Management.
• Minimum 10 years experience in Business Analysis, Functional Architecture, or Product Management within a complex industrial PDM / PLM environment.
• Mastery of Bill of Materials (BOM), Configuration Management, and technical data integration in 3D environments.
• Pragmatic leader with a “doer” mentality, capable of bridging the gap between strategic vision and technical implementation.
• Fluency in English is mandatory (transnational environment); proficiency in French is a plus for the Toulouse location.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to

PDM Functional Leader (m/f) • L'Union, Occitanie, France