National Security Program Leader (M/F)

Job Description:

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a National Security Program Leader (f/m) to join our Corporate Security Department based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high-tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

You will have a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

To learn more about our site and our activities: Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your challenges:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a National Security Program Leader to spearhead the security strategy for our military programs across the different entities. You will be responsible for the coordination, coherence, completeness, optimization and strict compliance of security requirements across various domains - including physical infrastructures, sensitive areas, industrial assets, and information systems - with national and international defense regulations.
Acting as the central pivot between Functions, Program Security Officers and specialized Security organizations (such as the Defense Office), your primary focus will be on identifying security needs upstream, supporting the specification of these requirements and prioritizing in the best interest of Airbus Helicopters. While you will not directly manage the operational implementation (e.g., site security), you will guide, oversee and support the dedicated implementation teams ensuring they fully understand and accurately execute the required security measures.
Ultimately, you will guarantee that all military contracts are executed securely and in full compliance, while optimizing the associated costs and resources, focusing on Airbus internal coordination (the national security officers being the single point of contact towards national authorities and their local implementation).
 

Your Main Responsibilities

• Program Security Governance: Prioritize and harmonize security actions for military programs, in support to the National Security Officers, ensuring the security requirements for the protection of buildings, technical means, and IT systems are defined and met in alignment with specific program requirements.

• Contractual Compliance & Oversight: Analyze Defense contracts, Program Security Instructions (PSI), Plan d'Assurance de la Sécurité de l'Information (PASI) and Security Annexes to anticipate security requirements and provide clear specifications and guidelines to operational teams.

• Network Leadership: Animate, drive and coordinate the network of Program Security Officers (PSOs), Site Security Officers, National Security Officers ensuring a cohesive approach while respecting the legal autonomy of individual sites.

• Budgetary Management: Define, justify, and manage the national security budget allocated to military programs and projects.

• International Regulatory Watch: Ensure strict adherence to French Defense regulations (IGI 1300, IM900, II901, CAC Armement) and the specific regulations of international partners (notably Germany and Spain).

• Reporting to Top Management: Ensure the full visibility, the transverse reporting of the compliance status and the progress of ongoing actions.

• Strategic Liaison: Act as a key point of contact for state clients regarding program security audits and compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

• Defense Regulations: Absolute mastery of French Defense security regulations. Proven knowledge of German, Spanish, EU, NATO and OCCAR defense security frameworks (or other key export clients) is highly desirable.

• Project Management: Project Lifecycle Excellence and ability to steer complex projects from initial scoping to final delivery, ensuring all milestones are met through rigorous planning, risk mitigation, and proactive stakeholder coordination.

• Financial & Budgetary Oversight: Proven expertise in managing project Profit & Loss, including precise budget forecasting, real-time cost-tracking, and resource optimization to ensure maximum fiscal efficiency.

• Operational Agility: Skilled in navigating shifting priorities while maintaining a strict focus on quality standards, timelines, and bottom-line financial constraints.

• Contractual Expertise: Deep understanding of defense procurement markets and associated documentation (Security Clauses, PSIs, Security Annexes).

• Classified Assets Management: Expert knowledge in the handling and circulation of physical and digital classified information and material (including in particular Crypto, Armament, and Classified Weapons).

• International Frameworks: Proficiency in NATO, OCCAR, and EU Military regulations, specifically regarding the treatment of marked materials and information.

• Stakeholders management: Proven experience in negotiation, influence and difficult stakeholders management.

Expected qualifications:

• Proven ability to work and interact with high-level state representatives and international military organizations.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive results in a matrix organization.

• Experience in project management for defense programs (PM certification).

Highly appreciated background:

• Professional background within the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) or the DRSD (Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité de la Défense), particularly in industrial and classified environment.

• Experience in contract management of complex military programs.

• Experience as a Security Officer (Officier de Sécurité) within a  company manufacturing military products under a Facility Security Clearance. Your experience must go beyond site guarding and include the management of complex military programs.

Language:

• Fluency in English and French is mandatory.

• Proficiency in German or Spanish is a plus.

3 Reasons to join us:

Our Values: Six essential values form the core of our company. Defined for employees by employees, our Airbus values shape the DNA of our business, reflecting the unique mix of qualities found in each member of our global family.

Inclusion and diversity: We foster an inclusive and rewarding work environment, where everyone's diversity is valued and respected. An inclusive and diverse workforce is the engine of innovation at Airbus. It makes us unique and contributes to better problem-solving.

Compensation and benefits:

At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.

Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit-sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.

We invest in your complete well-being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work-life balance (parental support, flexibility).

And for your daily life, benefits that make a difference:

• A dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).

• Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Our recruitment process:

• Apply online.
• Analysis of your application by the recruitment department.
• Our positions require a security clearance, complete the questionnaire that will be sent to you.
• Conduct recruitment interviews: HR interview and technical interview with your future manager
• Receive the job offer!

Ready to take off? Give a new dimension to your career by applying online now!

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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 Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Physical Security <JF-CG-GP>

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