Airbus Americas Customer Services, Inc.

Director,ProgramsSupport&Engineering

Herndon, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Director, Programs Support & Engineering at Airbus Americas Customer Services, Inc.. Skills: Fleet Management, In-Service Engineering, Technical Data Support. Manage team of Fleet Efficiency managers. Provide supervision and guidance”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Ability to take initiative; Analyze fleet in-service data to identify top drivers and emerging fleet issues; Define mitigations for regional issues

Eligibility Requirements

30% Domestic and International travel required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in engineering, aeronautical studies or aircraft systems, More than 10 years’ minimum experience in airline maintenance & engineering activities, Knowledge of airline engineering, Knowledge about airlines’ organization and operation, Good knowledge of customer needs in terms of maintenance & engineering operational activities, Experienced in working with Electronic Data Processing systems, people management skills and ability to manage a large team, Proven high motivation and flexibility skills to work in a high-demanding environment, Excellent presentation skills, Excellent coordination and people skills to deal with customers, employees and industry partners, Autonomous, ability to take initiative, customer focused, Works well in a collaborative team environment, Present a professional appearance as generally accepted in the business and aerospace environment, Mature interpersonal skills, strong, polished communication abilities, Have analytic and/or technical understanding

Nice to Have

Masters or MBA preferred, Knowledge of FAA/EASA Regulation (minimum JAR121, JAR145 and JAR66) is a plus, Experience in technical service/support field/aircraft fleet reliability is a plus

What You'll Do.

Manage team of Fleet Efficiency managers

Provide supervision and guidance

Monitor and recommend fleet performance improvements

Define mitigations for regional issues

Support Programs and Customer Services organizations

Promote fleet performance tools

Cooperate with authorities

Monitor fleet performance

Propose necessary actions

Build up partnership with customers

Gather operational/maintenance/airworthiness requirements

Ensure safety of in-service fleet

Provide expertise to Safety organizations

Evaluate maintenance and engineering practices

Identify areas to be enhanced

Act as regional focal point

Coordinate fleet review activities

Prioritize regional fleet issues

Organize expert forums

Support activity to improve performance

Analyze fleet in-service data

Identify emerging fleet issues

Prepare and manage reviews

Produce Fleet Performance Dashboards

Contribute to conferences

Act as regional focal point

Promote available solutions

Provides Technical Data familiarization course

analyzes customer feedback

Ensures regular communication

Answers Technical Data queries

Support local Airbus teams

Perform market analyses

Prospect identification

Implement service strategy

Promote services internally

Promote services externally

Ensure full management of sales campaign

Perform contractualisation

Contract administration

Ensure full knowledge of upcoming services

Coordinate contributions of colleagues

Ensure consistent internal and external communication

Coordinate team’s contribution for activities

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Works well in a collaborative team environment; Close interface with SB interfaces; Coordinate contributions of colleagues, other teams and subcontractors; Coordinate Maintenance & Engineering team’s contribution

Communication Scope

Excellent presentation skills; Excellent coordination and people skills; Mature interpersonal skills; strong, polished communication abilities; Ensures regular communication towards operators; Communicates/Coordinates with the Airbus Headquarter organization; Consistent internal and external communication

Process & Methodology

Ensure full management of sales campaign to meet regional revenue targets

Full Job Description

Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) * [Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal](https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights.pdf) * [Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination](https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PayTransparencyPoster.pdf) (English) * [Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación](https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/federal-contractor-pay-transparency-spanish.pdf) (Spanish) ****Job Description:**** This role is in the US-based Fleet Efficiency & Engineering team, which is the US extension of the worldwide Fleet Efficiency (SB) organization. The jobholder’s main responsibility is the overall management of a team composed of Fleet Efficiency managers, Technical Data regional managers, and other hosted functions. **Primary Responsibilities:** _Fleet Management._ The job holder is responsible for providing supervision, support and guidance for Fleet Efficiency Managers performing the following role: * Monitor and make recommendation improve fleet performance * Define mitigations for regional issues in North America and follow up final fix availability, with close link with SB program team * Support all Programs and other Customer Services organizations by providing in-service data, reference data, dashboards, reports etc. and support Aircraft and Services Sales activities * Promote fleet performance tools and support to North American customers utilizing the regional industry group network (Example: Airlines For America) * Cooperate with authorities, monitor fleet performance of the Americas customers in respect of safety, reliability and economics, and propose necessary actions. * Provide oversight and guidance

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