Project Manager, Quality & Transformation

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] Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination   (English) Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación  (Spanish) Job Description: Are you a strategic quality professional with the business acumen to scale a fast-moving business? Airbus Flexrotor is seeking a dynamic Project Manager within our Quality and Transformation department to play a pivotal role in standardizing, maturing, and shaping the future of our unmanned aviation business. This isn't about enforcing heavy, rigid bureaucracy. We are looking for an agile change agent—someone who can leverage a solid quality engineering foundation to implement an elegant, customer-centric Quality Management System (QMS) and Business Management System (BMS) that drives efficiency without slowing us down. Meet the Team: The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by US and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea. Your Working Environment: Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game-changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings. Whether it's solving complex challenges, or celebrating victories, you’ll be part of a cohesive crew that thrives on innovation and the beauty that the Northwest has to offer! 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. Your Challenges: Lead QMS and BMS implementation: 35%   System Design and Deployment: Define and improve quality processes alongside the core quality team at Airbus Flexrotor. Define a simplified BMS framework that is customer-centric for the entire company. Minimize complexity and ensure cohesion between departmental processes. Collaborate with cross-functional department heads to map, document, standardize and optimize end-to-end business processes.  Support with governance, decision making and escalation path design. Change management: Act as a change agent for process adoption across the business by spreading awareness that the right processes drive efficiency and prevent uncertainty. Support a fast-moving and adaptable organization by ensuring it is not hindered by heavy, bureaucratic processes.  Drive the adoption of the BMS and QMS companywide through being the champion for change, to standardize and simplify daily operations. Measure process efficiency and drive improvements as needed. Project management for transformation: 35%   End-to-End Project Delivery: Successfully scope, plan, and define objectives for transformation projects. Launch and manage projects within timeline and budget constraints, while consistently reporting on overall progress.  Integrated Planning : Maintain accurate project plans and map interdependencies across other projects, departments, and stakeholders to drive initiatives to successful completion.  Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify project risks and operational bottlenecks, developing and implementing robust contingency plans to safeguard uninterrupted business continuity.  Internal auditing and external compliance: 15%   External certification management: Own the preparation and readiness strategy for the division's AS9100 certification.  Strategic roadmap: Perform comprehensive gap analyses and design the execution plan for the business’s route to AS9100 certification.  Internal auditing oversight: Define the overarching internal audit strategy, supporting the entire organization by reviewing process applications, highlighting opportunities for continuous improvement, and identifying systemic gaps or inefficiencies.  Regulation and customer requirements: Maintain oversight of all external regulatory and contractual customer requirements. Define and implement a robust compliance tracking system, provide clear visibility to the leadership team and define corrective actions as needed   Continuous Improvement: 15%    Continuous improvement: Spearhead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives that embed quality and maximize customer satisfaction across all business operations.  Airbus core values: Exemplify and uphold Airbus Core Values to cultivate an environment of success. Set the standard by welcoming challenges while maintaining integrity, commitment, courage, teamwork, customer focus, respect, and reliability. Executive intelligence: Formulate high-level performance narratives, translating complex compliance and quality data into strategic, actionable intelligence to guide the senior leadership team's business decisions.  Your Boarding Pass: Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, business administration, quality management or equivalent.   Eight (8) + years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, auditing or business improvement.   Working knowledge of Business Management Systems or Qu