Technical Subcontracts Manager

at  Airbus

JOB SUMMARY:

Come work for NAVBLUE, an Airbus Services company, and guide the future of Flight Operations. The solutions we provide solve incredibly complex planning and organizational needs of Airlines. We use advanced algorithms and data analytics to keep airlines running and aircraft in the air.
In this role you will bring your ideas and learning to accelerate our transformation by better integrating and harmonizing the work of our software (SW) subcontractors with our company priorities. At NAVBLUE, we form software development agile teams using diverse specialities to be able to build and release quality software. Within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), agile teams are self-organized - however these teams are formed by NAVBLUE staff and subcontracted teams. This role is responsible for the oversight of all contracted software development activities in collaboration with Release Train Engineers (RTE) to fulfill the development needs required for each train.

EDUCATION:

• Successful completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field
• Additional business education is an asset

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 10 years experience in a combination of technical and/or supplier management fields
• Deep understanding of business and financial principles
• Experience managing subcontractor relationships
• Experience creating and controlling budgets

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, DEMONSTRATED CAPABILITIES & COMPETENCIES:

• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Strong ability to plan, organize, and lead initiatives
• Understanding of DevOps culture and principles, an asset
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Experience creating and monitoring KPIs to provide measurement and direction to teams
• Self-motivated and able to learn quickly
  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.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Professional

Work collaboratively with the agile train leadership to align and prioritize “Buy” requirements
Translate internal requirements for team composition to external requirements as they relate to technology, experience and soft skills
Partner with the Procurement team in contract management activities as it relates to Call for Tender (CFT) and Request For Proposal (RFP) activities
Manage overall Software Factory spend budget, including appropriate forecasting, purchase requisitions and goods receipts
Manage specific work structures such as on-call, firm-fixed contracts and other Time & Material (T&M) engagements
Manage relationships with subcontractors as it relates to SW development activities
Drive consistency across the Navblue Software Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Create, implement and manage the process for software subcontracting
Translate onboarding and offboarding requirements to subcontractors
Empower agile teams to build solutions using best practices and NAVBLUE standards
Create business cases to justify continuous improvement projects as they pertain to subcontracted SW development
Support additional needs as directed by NAVBLUE management