Configuration Management Functional IT Architect (m/f)
// Role Summary
Airbus is seeking a Configuration Management Functional IT Architect in Toulouse, France, to design and implement next-generation IT architectures for aircraft configuration management and change processes.
// Key Responsibilities
- Define IT architectures for aircraft customization and change processes.
- Optimize synergies across legacy IT systems to reduce costs.
- Advise Product Managers and Owners on technical deliveries and business goals.
- Coach and mentor domain architects on standards and best practices.
- Requires 10 years of expertise in Configuration Management and 5 years in complex international environments.
- Full professional fluency in English is mandatory.
// Role Specification
About the Role
Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Configuration Management Functional IT Architect (f/m) to join the Digital for Configuration Management department in Toulouse, France. You will be a key member of the team developing PLM digital frameworks and Configuration Management capabilities, supporting all Airbus aircraft programs. Your role within the DPC organization will involve defining next-generation IT architectures to streamline change processes and harmonize legacy software ecosystems, ensuring delivered aircraft definitions meet airworthiness and airline specifications.
Your Working Environment
Based in Toulouse, the global capital of aeronautics and a European hub for space research, you'll be in a dynamic city with excellent transport links and proximity to both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, offering abundant outdoor activity options.
What We Offer
- Financial Rewards: Attractive salary, success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan, and voluntary employee stock purchase plan.
- Work/Life Balance: Extra days off, holiday transfer options, and a Staff council providing social, cultural, and sports activities.
- Wellbeing/Health: Complementary health insurance (disability, invalidity, death), with site-specific services like health centers, concierge, and gym access.
- Individual Development: Extensive upskilling opportunities with over 10,000 e-learning courses, certifications, expert career paths, and mobility options.
Airbus supports flexible working arrangements to foster collaboration and innovative thinking.
Your Challenges
- Drive IT solution architectures for aircraft customization and change process domains.
- Optimize synergies across legacy system landscapes (e.g., ACS Convergence) to reduce IT total cost of ownership.
- Represent the Product Service Line in the Digital Customization Board to align functional strategies with Enterprise Architects.
- Act as a strategic advisor to Product Managers and Product Owners, ensuring technical deliveries align with functional vision and business goals.
- Coach and mentor domain architects, fostering architectural standards and Agile/SAFe best practices.
Your Qualifications
- 10 years of proven expertise in Configuration Management, Program Management, and Aircraft Customization workflows.
- 5 years of experience in complex transnational and multicultural environments.
- Deep familiarity with enterprise IT landscapes (PLM, ERP, Planning), technical software patterns, and SAFe methodology.
- Strong soft skills with proven ability to influence senior leadership and translate complex concepts for development teams.
- Full professional fluency in English (negotiation level) is mandatory for leading strategy across European and global sites.
Don't worry if you don't meet every single requirement; Airbus is committed to supporting your personal growth with customized development solutions.
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