Industrial Cooperation Manager (India)

Reporting to the Head of Airbus Defence and Space India and South Asia, the Industrial Cooperation Lead will closely support the “Director Strategy International & Industrial Partnerships” by managing offset execution and spearheading strategic industrial cooperation projects. In this role, the incumbent will orchestrate comprehensive internal and external stakeholder engagement, ensuring seamless local and global alignment across Airbus Group representatives and the wider Indian defence and aerospace ecosystem. Additionally, they will be responsible for gathering, analyzing, and reporting on critical market and competitive intelligence to help shape future strategy.

Responsibilities

Drive identification, structuring, and execution of industrial cooperation and R&D projects; Support Airbus Defence and Space Sales campaigns in India from an industrial cooperation and offsets perspective; Foster and maintain key strategic relationships with local authorities, DRDO, and key institutional stakeholders; Provide market competitive intelligence on local industrial, R&D, and regulatory developments; Support planning and implementation of procurement missions, executive visits, engagements with Indian industry and regional events; Take independent ownership of and support the execution of strategic offset projects; End-to-end accountability for the entire offset project process; Efficient stakeholder management across local and global ecosystems; Engage with Indian Offset Partners to secure necessary trade documentation; Contribution towards combined goals wherever applicable; Promote and live by Airbus Values; Demonstrate strong commitment to compliance and integrity; Demonstrate, encourage and develop Airbus Leadership Model behaviors and ways of working within teams

Requirements

Professional experience of 12-15 years; Sound understanding of the Indian Defence and Aerospace ecosystem, government decision making processes, offset guidelines, and the industrial landscape; Education: Engineering, Masters in Tech, Business administrations; Good hands on understanding of the intricacies of the defence procurement guidelines and basic understanding of global trade and finance; Proficient in presentations and basic financial modelling; Proficient in verbal and written communication; Ability to proficiently handle executive stakeholder management; Able to drive cross functional alignments across the organization; Proactive in approach and team work

Nice to have

Prior working experience in the industrial co-operations/partnership domain

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements