Manager International and Environmental Affairs (80-100%)
Infos sur l'emploi
- Date de publication :01 avril 2025
- Taux d'activité :80 – 100%
- Type de contrat :Durée indéterminée
- Lieu de travail :Dübendorf
Skyguide provides air navigation services in Switzerland and parts of neighbouring countries. With around 1500 employees from more than 30 nations, we are pursuing an ambitious innovation strategy that is based on a strong safety and learning culture. We are guided by four values: "We team up to succeed", "We drive innovation", "We own what we do" and, finally, "We create great customer value".
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In this role, you will be accountable for identifying opportunities and driving our international affairs activities which are focussed on shaping Air Traffic Management (ATM) regulations, as well as gaining political support to enable innovation at European level. You will also work closely with Public Affairs to complete the picture of political and regulatory stakeholder management.
- Monitor and influence conversations around ATM with EU and international institutions and committees on behalf of Skyguide
- Closely work with internal stakeholders to formulate position papers, prepare executives to enable them to position Skyguide in the international ATM context
- Represent International and Environmental Affairs within Skyguide appropriately within Skyguide and the wider Communications team.
- Ensure a constant flow of information about relevant international conversations to Executives, keep messaging updated.
- Represent Skyguide at relevant meetings on behalf of or together with Skyguide executives and experts at international meetings.
- Identify and assess influencers and allies: design and implement/execute an extensive outreach program that focusses on political decision-makers and on influencers such as representative bodies of the aviation value chain based on a thorough international stakeholder mapping and monitoring
- Push CANSO and other relevant ATM and aviation representatives to prioritize economical and environmentally sustainable aviation solutions
- Manage a team of experts
- Master's degree in international relations, public affairs, law, political science or equivalent in combination with an economic education
- Strong professional background in Public/International Affairs, ideally in the aviation industry and network in Brussels and within Europe's aviation community (willingness to travel within in Switzerland and EU)
- The ability to absorb and understand technical, economic and legal language, to independently develop new technical, economic or legal arguments and evidence and use them to put into the strawman and convince key stakeholders
- Experience in creating complex strategic documents and lead complex negotiation processes on top exec level
- Empowerment: You empower others by listening, trusting their abilities, sharing ideas, and giving them the opportunity to make a difference
- Communication: You adapt your communication style to the context and stakeholders and actively ask for information through relevant questions and active listening
- Building relationships: You express gratitude and appreciation, respect personal boundaries, and invest time in genuinely caring for others and maintaining your network
- Mother tongue German, English or French, fully fluent in at least English or French and good command of the other language
