Senior Project Management Business Partner - PM Method and Performance Specialist

Job Description:

Shape the Future of Airbus with Us!

By joining the global Airbus BC (Cross-Programme) organization as a founding member of the newly created Airbus PM Office in India, you will play a pivotal role in operating projects, programmes, portfolios, and performance management to enable efficient decision-making and execution with a high level of PM standard. 

We are looking for passionate talent, whether you want to develop your Project Management skills toward seniority or are an experienced PM Expert ready to mentor and innovate, to help us reshape the future of Aircraft programmes through PM excellence.   

Driven by an entrepreneurial mindset and our Vision 2028 ambition to build an autonomous, high-performing PM Team in India, our mission rests on three core pillars:   

• Driving PM Excellence & Global Competitiveness: Enabling strategic impact and operational standards locally.   
• Delivering Smart PM Digital Ecosystem: Deploying data-driven solutions and optimizing cost structures.   
• Ensuring Seamless PMBP Experience & Beyond: Simplifying ways of working across Airbus India and broader BC activities.   

In this role, you will be directly embedded in the ERP Transformation Program, one of Airbus’s most strategic enterprise initiatives, and the Digital PM Office (BCXX). We are modernizing and simplifying our legacy landscape of over 110 SAP instances, shifting to a standardized, Clean Core S/4HANA Cloud platform. 

Our ambition is to turn our ERP into a high-velocity engine powered by embedded AI, advanced analytics, and real-time data continuity. 

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to harmonize end-to-end business processes, deploy reusable assets, and drive structured governance across a global portfolio of execution projects. 

As a PM specialist within this programme, you will co-pilot critical operations, streamline execution routines, and help pave the way for the future of digital operations at Airbus.

Come sharpen your craft, unleash your potential, and build the future with us!

About the Role

Are you driven to eliminate ambiguity and establish clarity across complex enterprise portfolios? In this strategic role, you will lead global performance tracking and methodology standardization for ERP Accelerator Operations. You will empower transnational teams with robust hybrid frameworks, unified toolkits, and data-driven governance to accelerate value creation and deliver predictable, high-performing outcomes.

The Project Management Methods and Performance Specialist (d/f/m) serves as a core structuring governance and methodology lead within ERP Accelerator Operations. Responsible for eliminating ambiguity and establishing end-to-end operational transparency, this role drives global performance tracking and accelerates business transformation through scalable, standardized Project Management (PM) solutions.

He bridges traditional enterprise governance with modern iterative frameworks, enforcing robust project lifecycles across a Hybrid methodology environment (Waterfall/LBiP & Agile/SAFe) to ensure seamless delivery, predictability, and performance alignment across transnational teams.

Key Accountabilities & Main Responsibilities

• Structuring Governance & Performance Tracking:
  • Define, establish, and maintain a standardized global performance tracking framework to drive transparency and remove operational ambiguities across ERP Accelerator Operations.
  • Establish baseline metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Objective & Key Results , and health dashboards to track progress across all release trains and work packages as part of the Airbus Process ((MC.PI.02 / MC.RP.02).
  • Lead governance routines, performance reviews, and executive reporting cycles for transnational stakeholders.
• Hybrid Methodology Enforcer & Standardizer (Waterfall/LBiP & Agile/SAFe):
  • Architect, deploy, and enforce standardized PM standards and lifecycle controls bridging Waterfall / LBIP (Launch-Base Implementation Process) governance with Agile / SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) execution.
  • Define clear interaction models between traditional milestone gates (LBIP) and SAFe Program Increments (PI Planning), System Demos, and Value Stream alignments.
  • Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on PM standards, providing coaching and guidelines to Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Product Managers, PMBPs, and Work Package Leaders.
• Operational Acceleration & Scalable PM Solutions:
  • Design and roll out scalable, reusable PM toolkits, templates, and automated workflows that streamline project administration and shorten cycle times.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks, continuous improvement opportunities, and process gaps across ERP Accelerator workstreams to accelerate transformation delivery.
  • Facilitate change management initiatives to secure high adoption of standardized PM practices across global delivery centers.
• Digital Tooling and Data Integrity:
  • Secure single-source-of-truth data integrity across the PM digital ecosystem, establishing automated data validation rules between Agile tracking tools and enterprise portfolio systems.
  • Champion "PM Governance" by integrating predictive analytics to identify performance drift, schedule variance, and delivery risks before they impact target milestones.
  • Propose automation of repetitive status reporting, data aggregation, and compliance auditing using advanced analytics and AI capabilities.

Dimensions

• Scope of Impact: Global governance footprint across ERP Accelerator Operations and BCX PM Office initiatives (Europe, India, and global deployment sites).
• Stakeholder Network: Direct interface with ERP Operations Executives, Value Stream Owners, Release Train Engineers, PM Office Leaders, and Transnational PMBPs.
• Methodology Scope: Oversight of hybrid delivery models managing multi-million-euro digital enterprise transformations.

Desired skills and qualifications

• Experience: 7–10+ years of proven experience in Project Management Governance, Methods & Processes, and Performance Management within complex, transnational IT/ERP or aerospace engineering environments.
• SAP Activate & Hybrid Framework Mastery: Require demonstrated experience in defining or enforcing hybrid PM methodologies combining SAP Activate (Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run) with enterprise Agile/SAFe or Waterfall/LBIP frameworks.
• SAP configuration or Technical Expertise is not required but instead PM process governance for large-scale enterprise ERP/SAP transformations is.
• Process Harmonization & Quality Gate Knowledge:
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills with fluent English language Proficiency.

Certifications: 

• SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), or SAFe POPM / RTE certification, STE is highly valued.
• PMI-PMP, or PM Certification (Bronze/Silver).
• Lean Six Sigma is a plus.

Competencies:

• PM Processes, Methods, tools (Expert)
• PM Operations & Performance (Advanced)
• AGILE & SAFe Framework Implementation (Advanced)
• Project Portfolio Management & Governance (Advanced)
• Risk & Opportunity Management Execution (Autonomous)
• Stakeholder Management & Executive Alignment (Advanced)

Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical capability, executive presentation skills, structured problem-solving, strategic negotiation, and natural influence without direct authority.

Languages: Fluent / Negotiation level English (mandatory). German, French is a plus

Technical Stack & Tooling

• Agile & Work Management: Jira, Agility, SAFe Launchpad
• Enterprise PM & Portfolio: Planisware (E7 / Enterprise), Zoho 
• Analytics & Performance Dashboards: Qlik Sense, PowerBI, Palantir (Skywise)
• Risk & Quality Management: ARM (Active Risk Manager)
• Digital Workplace & Automation: Google Workspace, Gemini AI

Your Benefits

• Challenging tasks and unique high-tech products and services
• Good work-life balance in a big international company
• Actively lived values "We are one", diversity really matters
• On-the-job trainings for personal development and technical skills
• Mentoring programmes
• Flexible working hours and working time compensation
• Home office is possible
• Compatibility of family and career
• Attractive salary and company benefits

Your Location

• Site-based position with hybrid working options

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.

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