Job Description

Join Our Team as a Head of Business Analytics NCEE in Helsinki!

If you're seeking a role where your expertise serves a greater purpose, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you.

As our Head of Business Analytics Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe (NCEE), will be at the forefront, connecting those who protect. Working in international projects, you'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and integrate innovative technological solutions to customers' specific needs.

Does this align with your aspirations?

Let’s take a closer look at your role

As a valued member of our team specialising in the Public Safety sector, your primary objective revolves around technical presales solutions to customer projects with your team.

The HO Business Analytics NCEE plays a key leadership role, directly influencing the company's success by providing both disciplinary and professional guidance to the team. This role encompasses operational planning, staffing, and managing budgets and cost centers to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of technical presales solutions and within customer projects. Additionally, the role drives the strategic development of the team and solutions, which is essential for maintaining a competitive edge in the market.

With team members located across Europe the Head of Business Analytics NCEE is instrumental in ensuring smooth transnational communication and fostering synergies that support business growth and customer satisfaction.

Your specific tasks include:

• Proactive & Self-Driven Team Leadership: Provide disciplinary and professional guidance for a technical pre-sales team across Germany, the Netherlands and Finland. Drive team upskilling, foster an inclusive culture based on four behaviours (discipline, ownership, transparency and collaboration) and proactively identify and mitigate operational risks.
• Strategic Growth & Business Opportunities: Support Order Intake and revenue expansion by identifying market opportunities, developing competitive solution offerings, and ensuring technical excellence aligns with broader company objectives.
• Overseeing Presales,Tender and Customer projects Support: Partner closely with the Head of Bids, Head of Sales, and Head of Program Delivery to evaluate upcoming tenders, optimize bid responses, and deliver timely and with quality technical presales services to customers and internal teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Work in sync with regional Heads of Sales and executive stakeholders to align the team’s direction with overall business growth.
• Financial Management & Profitability: Manage budgets and multiple cost centers across different regions ensuring strict financial control, resource optimization, and cost-conscious operations.

Why choose us?

We're in the business of tackling cool projects with top-notch tech. Which means:

Purpose: With us you make a difference every day, contributing to projects that directly impact public safety and security.

Multicultural Environment: Joining a vibrant team where collaboration knows no borders, provides you an enriching opportunity to expand your horizons and work on diverse projects across various countries and cultures.

Company Culture: You become part of a flexible and collaborative culture that fosters diversity. Together, we're on a transformative journey, embracing new ways of working through open communication and cooperation, nurturing meaningful change.

Skillset Development: With ongoing projects and new tenders constantly on the horizon, there's ample room for growth and a chance to expand your expertise in diverse domains.

Career Opportunities: Whether your aspirations lie in leadership roles, specialised domains, or international ventures, we're committed to supporting your journey every step of the way.

Hybrid Working: We believe in flexibility that supports the well-being of our employees and at the same time value the face to face encounters at the office. According to our hybrid working model, you can work up to 2 days per week remotely.

The Team

You will be part of a global team with various expertise in IT and broadband skills, all committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions. We embrace diversity, ensuring a wealth of ideas and perspectives, and you'll always have the support you need to thrive.

We prioritise collaboration and communication, creating an environment where everyone's input is valued and encouraged. We also collaborate closely with sister teams, enhancing our ability to innovate and deliver exceptional results for our customers.

Let’s talk about you – who is set to thrive in this position?

We are looking for a person with following qualifications:

• Mission-Critical & Telecommunications Expertise: Technical understanding of Mission-Critical communications, PMR (Professional Mobile Radio), TETRA, and modern 4G/5G private broadband networks.
• Industry Experience: Prior experience or domain knowledge in the Public Safety and Defense markets is highly desirable.
• Proven Team Leadership: Solid track record in direct team management and disciplinary leadership, with demonstrated ability to mentor, set clear goals, and manage distributed, cross-border teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a history of building strong alignment across customers, executive leadership, sales and projects.
• Technical Presales & Tender Expertise: Hands-on experience leading presales activities, supporting competitive bidding/tenders, and aligning technical solutions with customer requirements.
• Proactive & Autonomous Mindset: Highly self-driven and preventive approach to risk identification, process improvement, and problem-solving.
• Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable technical/business field.
• Financial & Budgeting acumen as plus: Demonstrated capability in managing multiple regional cost centers, cost forecasting, and balancing operational delivery with profitability goals.

If you're someone who relishes the opportunity to take charge, innovate, and deliver results without micromanaging, then you're the ideal fit for our team.

Let us hear from you!

You can apply for this position until September 27th 2026. Please apply by submitting your CV, cover letter and salary expectation.

If you have any questions regarding this position or working with us, the hiring manager Ewa Wlodarczyk will be happy to provide further information during September 7th and 14th 15:00-16:00 CET (16:00-17:00 Finnish time). You can reach her by phone (+358 44 515 5878).

This position requires standard Finnish security clearance, see https://supo.fi/en/security-clearances.

Airbus' team plays a vital role in supporting those who secure, preserve, prevent, and defend. With a profound expertise in crafting mission-critical solutions, we're not just changing the game in aerospace, we are creating a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

We offer advanced communication and collaboration solutions, compliant with the highest standards of security and reliability, both for mission and business critical users. And we need new minds to join our journey to break the borders of the ordinary.

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 Defence and Space Oy

Contract Type:

Permanent

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Leadership <JF-FA-EM>

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