Senior Director, Government Programs CLS

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Job Description:

Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. We are a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We aim for a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defense as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international - with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft and helicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than six fold order book increase since 2000.

Airbus Helicopters in conjunction with Airbus Space and Defense is looking for a Sr. Director of Government Programs focused on CLS to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

Meet the Team:

The Lakota support team at Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides material and technical support for Lakotas delivered by Airbus Helicopters, Inc. This position is responsible for the overall parts support and technical support contract performance, and profit/loss performance of the fielded Lakota fleet.

Your Working Environment:

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

• Material support management
• Lakota overhaul activity management
• Technical support management
• Personnel management
• Fostering Teamwork

Your Boarding Pass:

• You must have strong leadership skills and outstanding organizational skills in a logistics environment, with a phenomenal understanding of maintenance operations from a movement-of-parts perspective
• 10 years support, development, or manufacturing of civil or military fixed wing aircraft or helicopters.
• 5 years managing US DoD prime contracts.
• Significant experience with US Army Aviation strongly preferred.
• Experience in international programs or business environments strongly preferred
• Team working mindset

You must be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

You must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance

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