Transformation & Digitalization Project Manager - Group General Secretariat F​/M

Within the Safran SA Finance Department, you will join a team in charge of process transformation, digitalization, and the management of cross-functional projects.

In a context of developing transformation activities, you will take responsibility for the project portfolio of the Group General Secretariat, notably covering the following areas:
Ethics & Compliance, Audit & Internal Control, Security, Export Control, and the Legal Department.

You will act as a privileged intermediary between business teams and IT to ensure a good understanding of needs, the definition of solutions, and their deployment across the Group's various entities.

Define and manage the transformation roadmap

• Build and maintain the roadmap of projects for the perimeter, in line with the expression of business needs from functions/directions.
• Identify opportunities for digitalization, automation, and process improvement.
• Prioritize initiatives in coherence with business stakes and Group orientations.
• Identify synergies between functions/directions to propose common solutions when relevant.
• Prepare and host governance and steering instances.

Support business units in expressing their needs

• Understand the operational processes and stakes of the different functions.
• Lead scoping workshops and requirements gathering.
• Help functions/directions structure, formalize, and prioritize their business needs related to tools, processes, and uses.
• Challenge requests to identify the most suitable solutions with IT support.
• Formalize functional needs and translate them into actionable requirements for technical teams.

Ensure the interface with IT

• Act as a liaison between business users and technical teams.
• Support the definition of application and digital solutions.
• Coordinate the various stakeholders involved in the projects.
• Monitor developments, testing, and deployments.

Manage projects end-to-end

• Ensure the operational monitoring of milestones, progress points, action plans, and tool adoption actions on projects involving one or more directions/businesses.
• Ensure proper articulation between business needs expressed by functions/directions and implemented solutions.
• Ensure compliance with cost, quality, and deadline commitments.
• Identify risks and implement associated action plans.
• Support change management and solution adoption.
• Measure benefits and value created for businesses.
• Participate in the structuring of repositories, content, and bases with the business and the data manager.

This position may evolve towards the management of a dedicated team for the transformation of General Secretariat functions.

Education and experience

• Higher education Master's degree (Business School, Engineering School, or University).
• Confirmed experience (7 to 10 years minimum) in managing transformation, digitalization, or information systems projects.
• Significant experience in a Project Manager role.
• Experience in Legal, Compliance, Audit, or Internal Control fields would be appreciated.

Key skills

• Excellent ability to understand and formalize business needs.
• Mastery of complex and cross-functional project management.
• Strong capacity to facilitate and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Good understanding of IT, data, and digitalization stakes.
• Ability to build a vision, a roadmap, and transform it into a concrete action plan.
• Sense of communication, listening, and negotiation.
• Natural leadership and ability to unite various stakeholders.

Languages

• Fluent French.
• Mandatory C1 English level, in an international environment.

What will make the difference

You are recognized for your ability to make businesses and technical teams talk to each other. Pragmatic, structured, and results-oriented, you know how to transform complex needs into concrete solutions while engaging stakeholders in a rapidly evolving international environment.