Australian Industry Development Lead – Defence Supply Chain

Northrop Grumman; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Purchased annual leave — 2 weeks

Salary packaging including novated car

Parental leave — 18 Weeks

Volunteer and Reservist Leave

Health & Wellbeing program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Australia seeks a role to help build the nation's sovereign solid rocket motor manufacturing capability by developing suppliers and coordinating with industry, program leadership and Northrop Grumman US specialists. The role supports production readiness and cross-functional collaboration across Australia, with hybrid arrangements in Canberra or Brisbane.

You will engage with diverse stakeholders, shape plans to meet future production milestones and contribute to defence

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating with industry, government and programme teams.
• Ability to identify capability gaps and develop supplier networks.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships across industry, government and internal programme teams to strengthen Australia's future manufacturing capability.
• Work with suppliers to understand capability gaps and support their journey towards production readiness.
• Coordinate conversations between technical specialists, programme teams and industry partners to keep qualification and development activities moving forward.
• Align supplier development plans with future production and capability requirements.
• Support Australian Industry Capability (AIC) commitments and reporting.

Job description

Northrop Grumman Australia seeks a role to help build the nation's sovereign solid rocket motor manufacturing capability by developing suppliers and coordinating with industry, program leadership and Northrop Grumman US specialists. The role supports production readiness and cross-functional collaboration across Australia, with hybrid arrangements in Canberra or Brisbane.

You will engage with diverse stakeholders, shape plans to meet future production milestones and contribute to defence