Digital Definition Lead, Submarine Program

Australian Submarine Agency

Canberra

On-site

AUD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Australian Submarine Agency in Canberra is seeking highly capable professionals for two Assistant Director Digital Definition roles within the Digital Definition directorates. You will support planning, coordination and delivery of digital engineering activities enabling sovereign technical control of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program.

These roles require strong leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and the ability to translate complex technical strategies into deliverable work

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience in program or project delivery of large-scale programs.

Responsibilities

Plan and coordinate digital engineering activities across VCS and SSN AUKUS work streams.
Develop and maintain schedules, milestones, delivery plans, and governance artefacts.
Translate technical requirements and strategy into structured, deliverable work packages.
Provide technical input to ASA and AUKUS partner planning, documentation and artefacts.
Monitor progress, manage risks, dependencies, and constraints, and elevate issues across organisations.
Support governance, assurance, reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
Establishment and sustainment of the SSN Authoritative Source of Truth.
Integration of technical data, modelling, configuration management, and digital systems.
Alignment with AUKUS partner systems, processes, and digital environments.
Adoption of contemporary digital engineering practices, including MBSE and data driven delivery.
Delivery of assured, traceable, and well governed digital capability across the enterprise.