Jihène Saadi
Senior Leader | Head of Infrastructure Architecture & Expertise
Toulouse Area France
Employed
Available
Senior Airbus executive with 18+ years of progressive leadership across technical delivery, cybersecurity, large-scale transformation, and strategic management. Proven ability to build and scale high-performing organisations, drive complex multi-country programmes, and align technical strategy with business growth objectives.
IAM Transformation Manager
Airbus
November 2022
to December 2024
- Architected and delivered the end-to-end IAM strategy for a series of major M&A integrations (Airbus Atlantic, Aerostructures, ATR) — successfully harmonising identity frameworks across highly complex and heterogeneous technical landscapes.
- Led Project Beluga, one of Airbus's most technically challenging carve-outs: the full separation of Airbus Canada from Bombardier, ensuring secure migration of legacy identities with zero business disruption.
- Conceived and brought to market a business-facing IAM product that transformed compliance visibility for non-technical stakeholders — a rare bridge between IT security and business usability.
- Steered a multidisciplinary team of 12 through high-stakes, time-critical delivery milestones.