Regional SAF Lead — Africa & Middle East

Airbus; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Africa and Middle East FZE in Dubai seeks a SAF Officer to lead the 5-year SAF Regional Roadmap and a detailed 1-year plan, aligned with GC and regional strategy. You will manage stakeholder engagement across production, airline, and regulatory actors, ensuring execution with autonomy and rigorous milestone tracking.

Travel across regions is frequent. You will report to GC in the global org and to Head of Business Growth regionally, contributing to Airbus objectives and safety and

Qualifications

• Entrepreneurship mindset to explore opportunities in countries.
• Ability to build trustful relationships and long-term business strategy.
• Strong sense of ownership and proactive milestone-driven management.
• Great collaboration with full transparency and rigor in execution.
• Understand and be comfortable in the dual GC-Region setup; comply with Airbus policies.
• Fluent in English; Arabic languages welcome as an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition, update and execution of the 5-year SAF Regional Roadmap.
• Develop a one-year detailed action plan derived from the SAF Roadmap.
• Ensure Roadmap is endorsed by Region and GC and aligned with regional strategy.
• Engage stakeholders internally and externally to support the plan.
• Drive the action plan with autonomy and ownership; track milestones.
• Monitor progress, escalate blockers, prepare quarterly reviews.
• Update External Affairs on SAF activities for consistent regional advocacy.
• Ensure governing commitments (MoU, JSA, IC&O) are executed and blockers resolved.

Skills

Entrepreneurship mindset

Trustful relationships

Ownership

Milestone driven management

Collaboration

Rigor in execution

Assertiveness and diplomacy

GC-Region dual setup understanding

Compliance with Airbus policies

Safety and E&C awareness

Fluent in English

Arabic language welcome

Job description

Airbus Africa and Middle East FZE in Dubai seeks a SAF Officer to lead the 5-year SAF Regional Roadmap and a detailed 1-year plan, aligned with GC and regional strategy. You will manage stakeholder engagement across production, airline, and regulatory actors, ensuring execution with autonomy and rigorous milestone tracking.

Travel across regions is frequent. You will report to GC in the global org and to Head of Business Growth regionally, contributing to Airbus objectives and safety and