Skywise - Business Applications & Development Tools Manager

Job Description:

Skywise is a leading digital services company, wholly owned by Airbus. We deliver a first-of-its-kind offer that seamlessly integrates Planning & Operations Control, Flight, Technical, and Ground Operations. By providing interoperable digital solutions for end-to-end operations, Skywise combines aircraft manufacturer expertise and digital know-how to transform operational complexity into predictable and profitable performance, ensuring resilient and more sustainable operations.

Role Summary

The Business Applications & Development Tools Manager is responsible for leading the strategy, implementation, operations, and tooling for both Business Applications (spanning HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and Support) and internal Development Tools across NAVBLUE. The Manager provides direction for internal stakeholders when refining the backlog, establishes software development infrastructure and developer platforms, and leads development subcontractors executing on the backlog.

The Internal Tools Development Lead is expected to work very closely with internal tool owners, business subject matter experts, or other internal customers to understand the business needs and processes which require tooling support..

Main Responsibilities

• Position discipline : Technology management

• Sphere of influence : Team Level / Business / Software Factory

• The incumbent benefits from industry experience or an ability to learn quickly as the airline management solution space is wide and deeply interesting. Responsibilities include working with internal team members and external contractors (as needed) to decide on tooling and design of configuration to meet the documented business and development tool processes. Gathering, measuring and generating monthly metrics/reports with KPI’s and communicating with Project Management, Product Management and other internal and external stakeholders is also required.

• The team operates on a self-driven Kanban backlog while actively triaging incoming support requests. This role oversees system maintenance and operations, ensuring high availability through robust, well-defined support plans.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the selection, implementation, and management of tooling and systems for Business Applications across HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and Support.
• Oversee development tools infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines, source control, artifact repositories, and developer platforms to support internal software engineering squads.
• Act as Technical Product Manager, understanding direction and guiding solutions with IT and architecture leadership.
• Allocate team resources and engage with subcontractors as required to meet product roadmaps and business process needs.
• Supervise tool upgrades, security compliance, server infrastructure, and license management across developer and business application suites.
• Manage departmental operational budgets and evaluate ROI for third-party software tools and vendor services.
• Monitoring and guiding processes to ensure high quality solutions are output on time.
• Team building and health reporting, using servant leadership to remove impediments and remove risks.
• Lead change management activities for business applications and development tools, ensuring controlled software releases, clear stakeholder communication, and smooth user adoption of process and system updates.
• Work closely with process owners to ensure alignment of tools with business processes, providing expert feedback and technical guidance on feasibility.
• Fostering a positive, productive, supportive, collaborative and energetic team environment with a customer-centric focus on delivering solutions.
• Support the development of annual budgets for development to support the business’ goals
• May be involved in interviews; support hiring decisions.

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in data management, IT Management, CS or related field.
• Candidates with equivalent experience will also be considered.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience facilitating business systems and guiding end-to-end organizational transformations.

• Proven experience in maintaining project schedules, documentation, communications and meeting deadlines

• Experience in project management and change management.

• Proven experience leading projects with multiple stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies:

• Able to effectively communicate, both verbally and written, highly technical aspects of architecture and integration to management, clients and staff at all levels
• Strong team orientation - someone who can enable others, instill a unified and collaborative atmosphere amongst a diverse team of software developers.
• Ability to manage through a period of growth or transition a definite asset
• Able to translate business requirements into technology solutions, and new technology solutions into business opportunities; capable of understanding complex technical issues and their impact on customers’ operations.
• Able to translate strategic objectives into daily activities and guide and motivate others to deliver
• Supplier (including contract) and partners management
• Ability to delegate tasks and monitoring progress;
• Ability to develop high-quality and high-availability software to business specification while understanding process and requirements
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

Communication Skills:

• English.
• French is an asset

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• Experience with IT infrastructure and IaC would be an asset.
• Effective use of Google Workspace office tools.
• Basic understanding of AWS or similar cloud technology.
• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise business applications (HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, Support) and modern development tooling (CI/CD pipelines, source control, Cloud infrastructure especially AWS, and application integration utilities).
• Knowledge of Aviation topics, Aeronautics, or Flight and Operations Management nice to have

Travel Required:

• 5% - 20% International and Domestic

What We Offer

• Stable, full-time employment contract
• Flexible working hours with a hybrid model (3 days per week in our Gdansk office at Olivia Business Centre)
• Training and development opportunities to support your career growth (3000 PLN gross per year after the probationary period)
• Co-funding for meals and commuting
• Access to the latest knowledge and technologies enabling professional development
• Opportunity to work on international projects and collaborate with global teams, including occasional international travel
• Private medical coverage
• Sport card
• Mental health support platform
• Life insurance
• Access to Employee Share Scheme
• Employee referral program bonus (5000 PLN)

Selection and Hiring Commitment

We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

Skywise is committed to creating an environment and a culture where everyone feels like they belong no matter who they are or where they are from. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, record of offences, and basis of disability or any protected class. Accommodations will be available on request for candidates throughout the entire recruitment and selection process.

Skywise Gdansk is operating within the Airbus Helicopters Polska Structure.

At Airbus Helicopters Polska sp. z o.o. Gdańsk Plant, the "Internal procedure for reporting legal violations and taking follow-up actions at Airbus Helicopters Polska sp. z o.o. Gdańsk Plant" is in effect. This procedure was introduced in accordance with the Act of June 14, 2024, on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 928). In the event of any detected violations, whistleblowers can submit reports to the following email address.

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• The Controller of your personal data is Airbus Helicopters Polska Sp. z o.o., with its registered office in Łódź.
• You can contact the Controller by mail, or in writing using the contact details provided.
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