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Senior Business Development Manager

Airbus · Herndon, VA · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, legal, etc). Must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We need to extract content. Let's parse the posting. Key sections: - Position Summary (maybe About the role). We'll treat as About the role. - Primary Responsibilities: with subpoints (Regional Growth and Opportunity Development 40%, Opportunity Maturation and Project Leadership 40%, Regional and Global Integration 20%). We'll list as bullet list. - Qualified Experience / Skills / Training: includes degree, MBA, experience etc. This could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. - Education: Bachelor's degree etc. - Experience: approx 15 years. - Licensure/Certifications: None required. - Communication Skills: Fluent in English, French/Spanish preferred. - Travel Required: Up to 40% domestic and international travel. - Decision Making, Complexity: description. - Organizational information: reporting, senior individual-contributor, no direct reports. - Job Dimensions, Contributions to Success: description. - Nature of Contacts: description. - Company: Airbus Americas Customer Services, Inc. - Employment Type: US - Direct Hire - Experience Level: Professional - Remote Type: On-site - Job Family: Customer Account and Service Management - Also mention "Travel Required" etc. - Benefits, Pay, Schedule: Not explicitly stated. There's no mention of benefits, pay, schedule besides travel. So we should NOT create those sections because they are not present. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. So we omit those. Thus sections we can include: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities (Primary Responsibilities), Requirements (Qualified Experience / Skills / Training, Education, Experience, Licensure/Certifications maybe), Skills (Communication Skills, Travel Required maybe?), maybe also "Decision Making, Complexity" could be part of Requirements or Skills? But we need to follow headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose to include only those with content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine Qualified Experience/Skills/Training, Education, Experience, Licensure/Certifications), Skills (Communication Skills, Travel Required, Decision Making/Complexity maybe?), Qualifications (maybe Education/Experience). But we must not duplicate. Let's think. We could structure:

About the role

Position Summary: ...

Responsibilities

  • Regional Growth and Opportunity Development (40%): ...
  • ...

Requirements

  • Degree in aeronautical or aerospace engineering. MBA or another relevant advanced degree.
  • ...

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, economics, aviation, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. An aerospace engineering background and/or MBA is preferred.
  • Experience: Approximately 15 years of progressive relevant experience, including significant aerospace, aftermarket, business development, transformation, or complex program leadership experience.
  • Licensure/Certifications: None required. Relevant project‑management, finance, or commercial certifications are beneficial but not required.

Skills

  • Communication Skills: Fluent in English. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical, commercial, and strategic matters clearly to customers, partners, project teams, and senior executives. French and/or Spanish proficiency is preferred.
  • Travel Required: Up to 40% domestic and international travel, including travel to customer, partner, and Airbus locations.
  • Decision Making & Complexity: Operates in environment of ambiguity, incomplete information, competing stakeholder interests, and significant technical, commercial, and organizational interdependencies; exercises independent judgment in evaluating opportunities, structuring business cases, recommending partnership or delivery models, prioritizing work, and resolving project issues; may influence regional strategy, customer relationships, resource allocation, investment decisions, revenue, margin, and long‑term capabilities; leads assigned activities within approved project charters and delegated authorities.
We could also include "Nature of Contacts" maybe as part of Skills or Responsibilities? But we have limited headings. Could add another section like "Key Contacts" but not allowed headings. So we may incorporate into Skills or Responsibilities. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Also must not include company info? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Company info maybe substantive? It's "Company: Airbus Americas Customer Services, Inc." Could be included maybe in About the role? But we already have About the role summary; we could add a sentence about company. However the instruction: do not repeat job title as heading; we can include company info in About the role paragraph. Also "Employment Type: US - Direct Hire", "Experience Level: Professional", "Remote Type: On-site", "Job Family: Customer Account and Service Management". These are substantive. Should we include them? Probably yes, they are details about the job. Could be placed in About the role or a separate section like "Job Details". But we only have allowed headings; we could add them to About the role paragraph. We must not create sections with filler. So we will include About the role with position summary and maybe company, employment type, remote type, job family. Let's craft About the role paragraph: North America is a critical region for the global growth ambitions of Airbus Customer Services. The Senior Business Development Manager for North America will identify, evaluate, and advance strategic growth opportunities and regional transformation initiatives that strengthen Airbus’ services offering, competitiveness, and long-term commercial performance in the region. Reporting to the Head of Business Development North America for Airbus Americas Customer Services, the jobholder will translate customer needs and market developments into executable business opportunities, partnership strategies, business cases, and transformation projects. The jobholder will lead an assigned portfolio from initial identification through investment decision, launch, and implementation handover. The role serves as a key link between North American customers, regional stakeholders and Airbus’ global Customer Services business lines. Success requires strong strategic, commercial, and financial judgment, sufficient technical understanding of the aerospace aftermarket, and the ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives without direct authority. Company: Airbus Americas Customer Services, Inc. Employment Type: US - Direct Hire. Experience Level: Professional. Remote Type: On-site. Job Family: Customer Account and Service Management. That seems good. Now Responsibilities: we need to capture the three bullet points with details. We'll produce
  • ... each bullet. We must preserve all details: For each responsibility, include the percentages and sub-bullets? The original has sub-bullets under each responsibility. We could flatten them into a single bullet with semicolons, but better to keep sub-bullets as nested
      ? The instruction: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid nested lists. We can do nested lists. Thus:

        Responsibilities

        • Regional Growth and Opportunity Development (40%):
          • Execute priorities established through the North American Customer Services strategic pipeline
          • Identify and prioritize new services, capabilities, business models, and partnerships by translating customer needs and regional market developments into actionable recommendations.
          • Engage customers, suppliers, MROs, technology providers, and potential partners in coordination with regional and global Customer Services stakeholders, and represent the team in relevant multi‑functional forums.
        • Opportunity Maturation and Project Leadership (40%):
          • Lead assigned opportunities from initial concept through business case, approval, launch readiness, and implementation handover.
          • Define the value proposition, service scope, operating and delivery model, route to market, partnership approach, and implementation roadmap in collaboration with relevant functions.
          • Develop decision‑ready business cases covering demand, revenue, profitability, investment, cash flow, lifecycle returns, resource requirements, sensitivities, and risks, including evaluation of build, buy, and partnership alternatives.
          • Lead cross‑functional transformation and partnership projects, establishing appropriate governance and driving decisions, delivery, risk resolution, and realization of approved benefits.
          • Coordinate partner evaluation, due diligence, and the development and negotiation of business and contractual frameworks with Legal, Procurement, Finance, M&A, and other responsible functions.
        • Regional and Global Integration (20%):
          • Serve as the North American focal for selected global and regional business development initiatives, providing relevant customer, market, competitive, regulatory, economic, and operational context.
          • Ensure assigned initiatives align with the broader Customer Services growth and transformation portfolio, identifying dependencies and presenting concise recommendations to regional and global leadership.
        Now Requirements: we need to capture Qualified Experience / Skills / Training, Education, Experience, Licensure/Certifications. Could be separate sections but we have only Requirements heading. We'll put all under Requirements. We'll produce a list. Items: - Degree in aeronautical or aerospace engineering. MBA or another relevant advanced degree. - Experience with commercial aircraft upgrades, modification development, certification, MRO operations, or regional services capability development. - Experience with strategic partnerships, joint ventures, due diligence, or M&A-related processes. - Familiarity with the North American commercial aviation and aerospace aftermarket. - Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, economics, aviation, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. An aerospace engineering background and/or MBA is preferred. - Experience: Approximately 15 years of progressive relevant experience, including significant aerospace, aftermarket, business development, transformation, or complex program leadership experience. - Licensure/Certifications: None required. Relevant project‑management, finance, or commercial certifications are beneficial but not required. We could also include "Communication Skills" but that's more Skills. Now Skills: we can include Communication Skills, Travel Required, Decision Making & Complexity, maybe also Nature of Contacts? But we can incorporate Nature of Contacts into Skills as well. Let's decide: Skills heading includes Communication Skills, Travel Required, Decision Making & Complexity, Nature of Contacts. We'll produce list items. Communication Skills: Fluent in English. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical, commercial, and strategic matters clearly to customers, partners, project teams, and senior executives. French and/or Spanish proficiency is preferred. Travel Required: Up to 40% domestic and international travel, including travel to customer, partner, and Airbus locations. Decision Making & Complexity: The jobholder operates in an environment characterized by ambiguity, incomplete information, competing stakeholder interests, and significant technical, commercial, and organizational interdependencies. The jobholder is expected to exercise independent judgment in evaluating opportunities, structuring business cases, recommending partnership or delivery models, prioritizing work, and resolving project issues. The jobholder will make recommendations that may influence regional strategy, customer relationships, resource allocation, investment decisions, revenue, margin, and long‑term Airbus capabilities. The jobholder has authority to lead assigned activities within approved project charters and delegated authorities. Final investment, pricing, contractual, and organizational commitments remain subject to applicable Airbus governance and delegations. Nature of Contacts: The jobholder engages daily in high-level stakeholder management and frequently performs at negotiation level with internal and external stakeholders. Internal contacts include regional and global Customer Services leadership, Sales, Airbus Customer Services business lines, Engineering, Programs, Operations, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Strategy, M&A, Quality, and other Airbus entities. External contacts may include airline customers, lessors, M

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