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European External Engagement Director – Industrial
Airbus
full-time
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Location: 🇧🇪 Belgium
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Lead
About the role
- Create favourable external ecosystem conditions to bring Airbus’ purpose to life
- Create and maintain a network of key relationships with external stakeholders (Divisions and Affiliates)
- Provide advocacy advice at Airbus executive level and generate ground for Airbus Sustainability strategy implementation
- Embrace Sustainability strategic topics and be accountable for position papers where referent
- Lead advocacy on Airbus Group's vision with external stakeholders (in conjunction with Public Affairs where appropriate)
- Ensure Airbus speaks with One Voice across external stakeholders and coordinate One Voice approach across company with Public Affairs, International, Marketing and Communications
- Hold sound relationships with stakeholders; understand their organisation and strategy and relay Airbus vision
- Directly engage with stakeholders on strategic topics impacting Airbus development
- Work with Regulatory Intelligence & Trends team and functions to respond to European Commission consultations
- Advocate Airbus positions through negotiation, engaging complex discussions to resolution
- Act as Airbus internal focal point for Sustainability company advocacy
- Bring together internal skills and align transverse teams on advocacy material; validate positions with relevant services and hierarchy
- Define and implement advocacy plans on strategic sustainability topics in close coordination with Brussels Public Affairs
- Ensure Airbus sustainability topics conveyed to EU institutions (EU Commission, Member States and European Parliament)
Requirements
- Proven experience in external stakeholder management and influence; key account management
- Experience in dealing with Institutions, Governmental bodies and associations is a plus
- Ability to build and sustain business relationships across all levels
- Open mindedness with respect to public issues; ability to create consensus and engagement around pioneering topics
- Natural spokesperson
- Understand the major challenges for Airbus (Divisions & Affiliates); ability to mobilise concepts in several disciplines and foremost in Sustainability
- Strategic thinking, analytical skills and ability to structure, synthesize and give meaning
- Ability to manage an internal cross-disciplinary network of experts
- Topic knowledge: REACH, Circular Economy, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR), ODS and FGas regulation, ESG Reporting
- English - Fluent negotiation
