Job Description:
Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Lead Solution Architect for DECADE-X (f/m) to join our DOPO - Digital For Flying Parts Purchasing department based in Toulouse, France.
DECADE-X (Digital ECosystem for Aerospace and DEfence) is a non-profit association officially launched to serve as the first trusted and collaborative industrial digital ecosystem for the sector. Founded by major industry players—including Airbus, Thales, Liebherr, Collins Aerospace, and BoostAeroSpace—it is designed to enable seamless and secure data exchanges across the entire aerospace and defense supply chain.
The purpose of DECADE-X is to address critical industry challenges:
Supply Chain Connectivity: Enabling trusted data sharing across all levels of the supply chain.
Data Sovereignty: Ensuring companies maintain full control over their digital assets.
Interoperability: Implementing common standards to allow diverse systems to work together.
Inclusivity: Providing access for companies of all sizes, from SMEs to global leaders.
Be part of the fantastic journey of Decade-X, designing the future of data exchange for the Aerospace & Defence industry.
Link to Decade-X web site : https://www.decade-x.org/
Your working environment:
Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!
How we care for you:
Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
Wellbeing / Health:Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Your challenges:
The Lead Solution Architect is responsible for the End-to-End (E2E) coherence of the final data space solution (including business use cases and data space services), acting as the bridge between technical execution and business value.
Dual-Track Leadership: Provide clear technical and functional direction to teams developing the data space building blocks while simultaneously guiding the implementation of business use cases from a technical and architectural perspective
E2E Coherence & Integration: Ensure the overall integrity and security of the solution, guaranteeing that individual technical components align to deliver a seamless user experience across the data space and addressing the right business needs
Interdependency Management: Proactively identify and manage complex technical and functional interdependencies between various workstreams
Architectural Governance: Actively lead the technical vision to success by ensuring a consistent connection between enterprise architecture, technical architecture, and real-world application at the use case level.
Stakeholder Orchestration: Navigate a multi-stakeholder environment, harmonizing requirements and technical contributions from external industrial partners and the two attached initiatives (Aerospace-X and DECADE-X France)
Your skills :
Complex Ecosystem Management: Proven experience in managing technical roadmaps within complex, multi-partner environments or large-scale industrial consortia.
Architectural Expertise: Strong background in software design, languages, and cloud computing, with the ability to "see the big picture" of data space solutions.
Strategic Communication: Excellent skills in communicating technical visions to both internal teams and high-level external stakeholders from the Aerospace & Defense sector.
Security & Sovereignty: Familiarity with IT security management and data sovereignty principles essential for critical industry exchanges.
Problem-Solving & Organization: Good organizational skills to manage the friction points between business requirements and technical feasibility.
This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.
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.
Company:
AIRBUS SAS
Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15
Experience Level:
Professional
Job Family:
Digital
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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
