Strategic Technology Lead (DFM)

Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Strategic Technology Lead (f/m) to join our Airbus Public Safety & Security (PSS) department based in Elancourt France.

PSS is a worldleading provider of missioncritical communication and collaboration solutions. With a 25year legacy in narrowband radio we are now accelerating a bold transformation towards:

• Broadband connectivity 5G 5GAdvanced 6G satellitebackhaul and beyond.
• Digitalized mission focused applications providing capabilities beyond voice and data services.
• Endtoend software cloudnative hyperscalable integrated with modern IT stacks (VNF SDWAN NFV AI quantumoptimized networking).
• Hybrid operations ensuring coexistence of legacy narrowband and nextgen broadband networks.

We serve governments emergency services defense and industrial sectors worldwide. Our critical collaboration solutions are the backbone of lifesaving operations secure data exchange and resilient commandandcontrol. Our purpose is to connect those who protect us.

The Opportunity

As Strategic Technology Lead you will be the strategic leader who steers PSS through this transformative era. You will orient decisions of our critical technology activities each driving pillars of our business growth:

• Research & Technology (R&T): EU & national research projects co-creation with customers and partners experimentations aligning R&T with the business roadmap.
• Technology Strategy: Trend monitoring strategic roadmap management partnership scouting drive longterm tech vision.
• Standardization: 3GPP/ETSI participation advocacy knowledge transfer ensuring our solutions win the standards race while delivering expected business value.
• Regulation: Spectrum security & privacy compliance with NIS2 Cyber Resilience Act ITU/NATO directives.
• Patent Portfolio Management: Foster more patent filing and IP mindset cost optimization protection of our IP.
• Industry Cooperation: TCCA AFNUM BAPCO EU CCS EENA 450Alliance joint whitepapers market & tech promotion.
• Internal & External Representation: Tech events hackathons media internal knowledge sharing external visibility.

You will collaborate with all these functions together under a centralized crossfunctional CTO organization that amplifies information sharing governance and efficiency across PSSs engineering sales operations and partnermanagement teams.

Your challenge

• Lead the transformation helping build a unified CTO organization that integrates these seven activities defines clear ownership and establishes robust processes for coordination and governance.
• Shape the future of missioncritical collaboration solutions set the technical vision for the future of connectivity in terms of technologies regulations as well as the commercial landscape.
• Impersonate a technical authority decide which technologies enter into our portfolio deliver more value to our users achieve our business growth objectives.
• Support standardsetting success leverage our contribution to 3GPP working groups influence ETSI specifications and turn regulatory changes into competitive advantages.
• Secure our IP and market position oversee patent strategy manage the portfolio and protect innovations while ensuring cost efficiency.
• Forge strategic partnerships identify and negotiate with technology vendors telco and cloud providers academia and industry consortia to accelerate technology adoption.
• Champion crossfunctional collaboration act as the bridge between engineering sales operations and procurement ensuring alignment of technology roadmaps with customer needs and business goals.
• Represent PSS globally speak at conferences media and internal tech events; cultivate a reputation as a thought leader in missioncritical communications.
• Ensure regulatory compliance keep the company ahead of evolving spectrum cybersecurity and dataprivacy regulations (NIS2 Cyber Resilience Act ITU NATO).

Why PSS

What it means to be Strategic Technology Lead at PSS:

Impact: Your decisions directly influence lifesaving communication infrastructure worldwide.

Innovation: Work at the frontier of 5G/6G satellitebackhaul AI quantum networking and more.

Autonomy: Own a highvisibility function shape strategy and build a worldclass technology organization.

Collaboration: Partner with top technology vendors and industrial partners and academia.

Career progression: opportunities to lead global initiatives and the chance to publish whitepapers and patents.

Culture: Agile open and customercentric. We celebrate experimentation learning and diversity.

Compensation: Competitive salary equity options comprehensive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

Your profile

• Experience: 15 years in telecom/missioncritical communications with at least 8 years in a senior technology leadership role.
• Technical Depth: Proven expertise in 4G/5G 5GAdvanced 6G concepts broadband radio satellite backhaul but also capable to integrate the impact of for instance AIdriven networking quantumresilient security and standards processes.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to translate market trends and regulatory shifts into actionable roadmaps and partnerships.
• Standardization & Regulation: Handson experience in 3GPP/ETSI working groups spectrum management and navigating global regulatory frameworks.
• IP & Patent Management: Understanding of patent filing portfolio optimization and IP strategy.
• Leadership: Track record of building highperforming crossfunctional teams; excellent communication negotiation and stakeholdermanagement skills.
• Global Mindset Comfortable operating across multiple geographies cultures and time zones.

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity as the foundation for the Companys success reputation and sustainable growth.

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