Aerospace IT Project Manager – Hybrid, Growth & Impact

Airbus; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus is seeking an Aerostructures IT Project Manager to lead cross-functional projects across the global organization. You will establish planning, budgets, and capacity, coordinate initiatives, and drive delivery with PMO practices. The role requires strong leadership, English proficiency, and willingness to travel.

Hybrid working model and modern offices support collaboration with engineering and business teams. Prior experience in matrix organizations and AI-enabled tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related field.
• 2–3 years of project management experience.
• Experience delivering projects from initiation to completion.
• Experience in matrix organizations and cross-functional teams.
• Business fluent English.
• Willingness to travel.
• Master’s degree preferred; German language skills are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains detailed planning, workload estimations, project budget, and capacity balancing.
• Coordinates and monitors key project initiatives through to completion.
• Identifies and develops improvement ideas, new processes or digital solutions and assesses their impact in the project scope.
• Tracks project timelines and budgets, flags risks and opportunities, and implements basic mitigation steps.
• Prepares status updates on tasks and runs routine progress meetings.
• Drives project execution and handles handovers to leadership.
• Applies standard PMO frameworks to daily work and escalates critical risks and opportunities when necessary.
• Acts as the primary point of contact for the project to higher project management levels.
• Guides and supports cross-functional project team members and key stakeholders.
• Ensures project workflow alignment with organizational standards, manages documentation and communications, and delivers timely, accurate progress reports.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Prioritization

Delegation

Cross-functional

Matrix teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Admin, or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

G Suite

AI tools

Job description

Airbus is seeking an Aerostructures IT Project Manager to lead cross-functional projects across the global organization. You will establish planning, budgets, and capacity, coordinate initiatives, and drive delivery with PMO practices. The role requires strong leadership, English proficiency, and willingness to travel.

Hybrid working model and modern offices support collaboration with engineering and business teams. Prior experience in matrix organizations and AI-enabled tools is a plus.