Senior Project Management Business Partner For Single Aisle Programme

Job Summary

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 Single Aisle (A320 Family) PM Office, supporting the flagship backbone of Airbus Commercial.

As part of the BCS team, you will drive PM Operational excellence and robust PM Governance across key A320 Family Business or Industrial projects.

We focus on spreading a strong PM culture within a trustful, inclusive, and empowering environment where transparency, collaboration, speak-up, and feedback are highly valued.

From maintaining master schedules and managing risks to deploying high-accuracy data control, real-time performance dashboards, and smart PM automation, you will co-pilot critical programme milestones, enable data-driven decision-making, and directly contribute to the ongoing success of Airbuss most iconic aircraft family!

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

About the Role

Are you passionate about turning project data into strategic business valueIn this role, you will provide autonomous project management support across complex initiatives.

By delivering and analyzing integrated schedules, budgets, and risk profiles, you will deliver predictive performance insights that optimize project delivery.

The Project Management Business Partner PMBP is an execution-focused PM specialist embedded within project teams to drive day-to-day project performance. Accountable for maintaining project schedule baselines, generating real-time performance dashboards, tracking risks, and enforcing standardized PM methods, the PMBP bridges technical project execution with strategic business objectives.

Key Accountabilities Main Responsibilities

• Project Execution Operational Support:
  • Provide expert project management support across complex initiatives to secure baseline execution: daily project schedule structures, resource loading, and cost monitoring in accordance with Airbus PM standards MP.PP.01/02.
  • Maintain Top-Down / Bottom-Up planning synchronization within single-source-of-truth systems.
  • Track milestone maturity, quality gates, and deliverables against time, cost, quality, and performance target
• Performance Management Data Analytics:
  • Define, develop, and maintain integrated PM dashboards and project status reports for internal stakeholders.
  • Leverage data analytics to perform data sanity checks, monitor planning adherence, and proactively flag potential project delays before they occur.
  • Secure Planisware data integrity as the Single Source of Truth
• Core PM Governance Risk Tracking:
  • Facilitate project routines, steering meetings, risk reviews, and decision-making workshops.
  • Execute Risk Opportunity management processes ARM, log mitigation action plans, and maintain project registers.
  • Support the capture of lessons learned and process improvement feedback loops.
• Process Standardization AI Adoption:
  • Promote a Digital-First mindset by actively identifying repetitive PM tasks for automation.
  • Utilize AI tools to summarize technical alignment meetings, draft executive status updates, and track operational action items.

Dimensions

• Team Leadership: Individual contributor role; coordinates project work packages, cross-functional contributors, and local subcontractor task units.
• Stakeholder Network: Direct operational interfaces with Project Leaders, Engineers, Domain Experts and Transnational Project Contributors.
• Scope: Dedicated support to specific project work packages or domain portfolios

Desired skills and qualifications

• Educated to a Degree level in Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or an equivalent field.
• Solid professional experience 3 to 5+ years in applied project management across traditional Waterfall and Agile environments.
• Proven experience with enterprise scheduling tools for baseline control, resource planning, and schedule tracking.
• Proficiency in analyzing operational data using advanced platforms and dedicated dashboarding tools.
• Technical background in Industrial project management
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills with fluent English language Proficiency.

Certifications

• PM Certification Iron Bronze, PMI or PMP is mandatory. Agile/SAFe certifications are highly valued.

Competencies

• PM Processes, Methods Tools Autonomous