Project Manager / Technical Brand M/F

About the company

Safran Aerosystems designs high-technology solutions that optimize aircraft performance and flight safety. As the world leader in emergency evacuation systems and crew oxygen systems, Safran Aerosystems is also a major player in fuel and fluid systems.

The Technical Brands department within our company, Safran Aerosystems, is responsible for the QCD performance of product development projects and the proper implementation of project management standards. It intervenes from the tender response and development phases through to the management of in-service maintenance activities.

Are you looking for a human-sized company with the advantages of a large group? Aerosystems has retained a strong culture and values; join a trusted environment, commit to a shared vision, and dare to innovate so that we succeed together.

Your tasks

Do you want to manage a portfolio of large-scale product development projects in a future-oriented industry?

Reporting to the Technical Brand Pole Manager of our DSFF division at our Safran Aerosystems site in Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf, your main missions will be:

• Manage a portfolio of product or service development projects, by delegation from one or more program managers.
• Guarantee Quality (Product), Costs (RC, NRC, DMC), and Deadlines (OTD, OTT) for their project portfolio.
• Represent the technical function to the program team, the customer, and our partners.
• Define the global strategy for structuring technical projects based on their nature (organization, development logic, reporting, schedule and critical path monitoring, configuration management, lot performance, lot sheets) and ensure its implementation.
• Be responsible for development milestones and lead MER (Main Engineering Review) milestones.
• Supervise the management of risks and opportunities on projects within their scope.
• Ensure the optimization of deadlines, costs, and technical product and process choices to achieve the best technical compromise.
• Ensure compliance with current regulations (particularly Certification/Airworthiness).

As a functional manager

• Ensure that project team members have the necessary skills to achieve project objectives.
• Coordinate a team of Lot Managers (Project team).
• Ensure the proper execution of the APQP methodology.
• Report progress, bottlenecks, and main project risks to management.

Requirements

Holding a Master's level engineering degree (Bac+5), you have a proven experience of at least 8 years in managing complex projects, in product design and industrialization, ideally in the aeronautical or automotive sector.

You master project management, aeronautical systems/equipment development processes, and problem-solving methodology.

You demonstrate an appetite for technology and aeronautical products.

You have operational and technical English proficiency.

You have the ability to coordinate and unite a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team, and you possess good communication skills, customer listening, and strong synthesis capabilities.

You demonstrate assertiveness and are recognized for your pragmatism and excellent interpersonal skills.