Skywise - Head of Commercial APAC

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Singapore, SGP
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace
The Role
Lead APAC commercial organisation to drive new sales, renewals, upsells and cross-sells for Skywise. Manage and coach Commercial Directors and Marketing Managers, align with global account teams and cross-functional partners, use Salesforce/CRM for pipeline and forecasting, resolve commercial issues, support product and portfolio priorities, and represent the company at industry events. Travel ~20%.
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Job Description:

Job Objectives

Skywise is a leading digital services company, wholly owned by Airbus. We deliver a first-of-its-kind offer that seamlessly integrates Planning & Operations Control, Flight, Technical, and Ground Operations. By providing interoperable digital solutions for end-to-end operations, Skywise combines aircraft manufacturer expertise and digital know-how to transform Airlines operational complexity into predictable and profitable performance, ensuring resilient and more sustainable operations.

As a Head of Commercial APAC, under the leadership of the Head of Region APAC, you will drive strategic growth, customer retention, and regional market expansion across Asia and Pacific regions (South Asia, SE Asia, North Asia and Pacific, excluding China). Leading a high-performing team of Commercial Directors and Marketing Managers, this role aligns sales targets with exceptional Customer experience.

As a culture carrier at Skywise, you will break down traditional silos to foster collaboration, ensuring your regional team lives the company mindset daily—owning outcomes, operating with transparency, and scaling with speed. You will also work in tight alignment with the Heads of Commercial for the Americas and EMEA to deliver a unified global commercial strategy.

Job Responsibilities

  • Drive Revenue & Growth: Direct your regional team to achieve and exceed new sales revenue, contract renewals, up-selling, and cross-selling targets to ensure profitable business growth.

  • Embody Leadership & Coaching: Manage and coach Commercial Directors; actively close team competency gaps by facilitating upskilling proposals, and track team engagement to maintain high motivation.

  • Feed the ecosystem: ensure perfect alignment and communication with Customer Success and Deploy and Support functions

  • Strategic Account & Ecosystem Management: Oversee strategic account development plans for regional key accounts, ensuring tight, efficient coordination with the Airbus global account management team where appropriate.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner actively with internal departments (Finance, Legal, Portfolio & Program) to optimize contract development, resolve commercial issues, and feed customer insights back into the product roadmap.

  • Commercial Operations Management: Utilize CRM tools (Salesforce) to optimize the sales process pipeline, and direct accurate management reporting, budgeting, and forecasting decisions.

  • Coordinate between finance and legal dept and customers as necessary to resolve invoicing/account receivable issues, contract/pricing issues or any other kind of commercial issue.

  • Assist Portfolio & Global Program organizations as required with reviewing specifications, determining priorities and liaising with potential customers. 

  • Attend trade shows and user conferences as required by the Head of Region

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor or Master in related field 

  • Experience: <10 years of experience in B2B sales with complex contract negotiation + previous team management experience is a plus

  • Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of the airline/aviation industry, aviation IT and application software

  • People Leadership: Proven ability to lead, coach, and inspire a distributed sales team while driving accountability and zero-surprise communication.

  • Entrepreneurial Mindset: Results-oriented, independent, and resilient under pressure, with a strong knack for out-of-the-box strategic problem-solving.

  • Tools: Highly proficient with CRM principles and Salesforce (or equivalent).

  • Travel: Willingness to travel internationally as required to support the territory (around 20% of time)

  • Strong leadership and team spirit

  • Achievement and results oriented 

  • Good public speaking skills

  • High perseverance to ensure all opportunities are uncovered and pursued 

  • Effective team player in the organization 

  • Possess high level of energy and integrity

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 Singapore Private Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Leadership

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [email protected].

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor or Master in related field
  • Less than 10 years of B2B sales experience with complex contract negotiation
  • Previous team management experience
  • In-depth understanding of the airline/aviation industry, aviation IT and application software
  • Proven ability to lead, coach, and inspire a distributed sales team
  • Highly proficient with CRM principles and Salesforce (or equivalent)
  • Willingness to travel internationally (around 20% of time)
  • Strong public speaking and presentation skills
  • Results-oriented, resilient, entrepreneurial mindset and high perseverance

Airbus Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Airbus and has not been reviewed or approved by Airbus.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive in several locations, including medical, dental, and vision options available from day one in the U.S. Access to life insurance, disability coverage, and employee assistance/wellbeing support adds breadth to the health offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is framed as a meaningful part of the package through plans such as a 401(k) with company matching in the U.S. These programs strengthen long-term financial security beyond base wages.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off provisions are described as generous in some settings, including vacation availability from day one and extended holiday coverage. Flexible working arrangements and hybrid options further increase the perceived value of time-related benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Toulouse
52,655 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2020, it generated revenues of €49.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry and a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We believe that it’s not just what we make, but how we make it that counts; promoting responsible, sustainable and inclusive business practices and acting with integrity. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place, on the ground, in the sky and in space.

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