Service Delivery Project Manager

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Leidos Australia delivers technology and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts backed by our global experience and network of partners are working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in government intelligence defence aviation border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

Leidos Australia supports the integration of intelligence and situational awareness capabilities through the JP2096 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system. This work enables Defence analysts to rapidly search collate and assimilate data from multiple sources supporting more timely and informed decisionmaking in complex operational environments.

The Service Delivery Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of software sustainment and enhancement activities across multiple Development & Integration (D&I) squads within the Mission System environment. Working closely with customer stakeholders Engineering Leads and delivery teams you will translate strategic priorities into executable delivery outcomes while balancing operational commitments technical constraints and delivery risk.

This is a hands-on delivery leadership role suited to professionals who enjoy working closely with engineering teams delivery plans release schedules and day-to-day execution. The role is not a portfolio management director-level or manager-of-managers position.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of software sustainment and enhancement activities across multiple agile delivery teams ensuring predictable and reliable delivery outcomes.
• Develop maintain and communicate integrated delivery plans release schedules roadmap views and delivery artefacts that provide transparency across customer engineering and governance stakeholders.
• Translate customer priorities and roadmap objectives into an achievable delivery sequence balancing scope schedule risk quality and technical feasibility.
• Manage cross-team dependencies delivery risks issues constraints and competing priorities to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Partner closely with Engineering Leads Technical Leads and Product Owners to coordinate planning release readiness sequencing and delivery execution.
• Drive effective release planning and delivery governance activities ensuring commitments are met while supporting continuous improvement and delivery maturity.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across customer and governance forums managing expectations escalation paths and delivery trade-off decisions.
• Monitor delivery performance through practical delivery metrics reporting and visual management tools to support informed decision-making.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of service operations capabilities building repeatable delivery practices that improve delivery reliability scalability and customer outcomes.
• Support program growth objectives by strengthening delivery capability operational maturity and customer confidence.

What Youll Bring to Make an Impact

• Demonstrated experience in a hands-on delivery leadership role within software application development systems integration or technology delivery environments.
• Recent experience in positions such as:
  • Service Delivery Lead
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Project Manager
  • Delivery Lead
  • Delivery Operations Lead
• Proven experience owning integrated delivery plans release schedules roadmaps dependencies and delivery outcomes across multiple teams.
• Strong experience balancing software sustainment operational support and planned change delivery in complex environments.
• Demonstrated capability managing competing priorities delivery trade-offs risks issues and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience working directly with engineering and technical teams to coordinate delivery planning sequencing release readiness and execution.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery principles and practical experience using delivery management tools such as Jira Confluence Azure DevOps Microsoft Project Smartsheet or similar.
• Experience operating within structured governance environments while remaining closely connected to day-to-day delivery execution.

Dont worry if you dont tick all the boxes if you meet most of them we encourage you to submit your application. Were most interested in your strengths what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

Diverse Team Members Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. Its about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work feels welcome valued and respected and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities veterans neurodiverse people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies NetworkYoung Professionals Defence & Emergency Services Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please get in touch with our Careers team if youd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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