IT Delivery Lead — Enterprise & Defence Tech

SAAB; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks paid leave

14% superannuation

Free Income Protection Insurance

Flexible working options

Saab shares matching scheme

MySaab discounts

Job summary

Saab Australia is seeking an experienced IT Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of critical technology outcomes for Australia's defence capability. You will own the full delivery lifecycle, guiding demand through to operations, with a strong focus on governance, security and scalable delivery.

The role reports to the Head of IT/CIO and involves cross-functional leadership, collaboration with IT Strategy & Governance, and vendor management within a hybrid on‑premises and cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise IT project delivery.
• 3+ years in a leadership position within a significant portfolio of change in a hybrid on-premises and cloud enterprise environment.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary teams through the full lifecycle of applications, integration, infrastructure and data solution delivery.
• Expert knowledge in automating the path to production, integrating security, and fostering a "You Build It, You Run It" culture.
• Strong capability to drive organizational adoption, ensuring technical success translates into measurable business process improvement.
• Ability to manage application, integration, infrastructure and data initiatives under a unified delivery framework (including value-stream and product-centric delivery models).
• Proven ability to manage delivery performance of external vendors, system integrators, and technology partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of IT projects, value-streams and programs. Ensure rigorous management of scope, schedule, budget, and risks to meet business commitments.
• Track and manage project performance through quality, delivery velocity, and technical debt reduction metrics. Manage interdependencies through consistent status reporting, milestone tracking, and risk and issue management.
• Collaborate with the Manager IT Strategy & Governance to ensure vendor contracts include clear delivery obligations, acceptance criteria, and escalation paths. Assess and manage delivery risk introduced by third-party dependencies.
• Collaborate with the Manager IT Service to ensure frictionless handover of solutions into production service. Capture lessons learned and applied to continuously improved delivery
• Manage the configuration, deployment, integrationand validation/verificationof oursolutions, includingcorporate applications,IT infrastructure and platforms,and delivery team environments.
• Manage the developmentand delivery of the technical foundation needed for modern application and data integrationincluding the core integration and data architecture and platforms, tooling, API’s, storage & pipelines.
• Ensure that testing standards, code quality, documentation and development practices are defined and enforced.
• Partner with the Organisation Change function to manage the "people side of change. " Ensure that the technical solutions delivered are matched by the necessary stakeholder reviews, impact statements, training, communication, and process adoption required for realization of business value.

Skills

Leadership

Delivery governance

Vendor management

Change management

Security integration

You Build It You Run It

Stakeholder engagement

Hybrid on-prem & cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field

PMP/Prince2 Certification

Agile (Scrum/SAFe) Certification

ITIL or COBIT Foundation Certification

Job description

Saab Australia is seeking an experienced IT Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of critical technology outcomes for Australia's defence capability. You will own the full delivery lifecycle, guiding demand through to operations, with a strong focus on governance, security and scalable delivery.

The role reports to the Head of IT/CIO and involves cross-functional leadership, collaboration with IT Strategy & Governance, and vendor management within a hybrid on‑premises and cloud environment.