Program Manager - Multiple Positions

Nova Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Parental Leave

Professional and Personal Development

Flexibility

Dress For Your Day

Wellbeing Hub

Nova Employee Company Share Offer

Job summary

Nova Systems is seeking experienced Program Managers to join our Canberra-based Nova MSP team. These senior roles balance delivery outcomes and governance, with a focus on client relationships and profitable service delivery to contracted Defence clients.

You will allocate resources, coordinate delivery across projects, and lead business development and talent leadership to drive growth and continual improvement within a trusted culture.

Qualifications

• Relevant Defence industry experience at a senior level.
• Ability to balance client outcomes with commercial performance.
• Strong stakeholder and client management experience.
• Ability to lead, manage and mentor employees.
• Experience managing complex programs or projects.
• Strong commercial acumen with negotiation skills.
• Australian Citizenship with AGSVA NV1 or ability to obtain.
• Ability to work on client sites and travel interstate.

Responsibilities

• Leading program delivery to meet contract outcomes, quality expectations, and agreed strategic objectives.
• Owning program performance against budget, with a focus on commercially sound delivery and sustainable growth.
• Managing resources across projects, monitoring delivery, and driving continual improvement.
• Maintaining proactive client relationships and representing Nova in client and stakeholder forums.
• Leading business development activity for new and follow-on work, including capturing and bid development.
• Providing people leadership to build capability and a high-performance culture.
• Ensuring governance using internal project, risk and budget systems and communicating risks.

Skills

Program management

Defence sector experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Budget governance

Risk management

Travel interstate

Job description

Australian owned and operated, purpose driven work across Defence and national security

Values-led culture where people are trusted, supported and enjoy what they do

Ownership of delivery, commercial outcomes and client relationships

Multiple opportunities available

Canberra Based only

About the role

We have multiple opportunities for experienced Program Managers to join our Nova MSP team. These are senior program roles where you’ll balance delivery outcomes and quality with strong governance, using internal project, risk and budget systems.

You will be known for building trusted client relationships while supporting the growth of the program through contribution to capture and bid activity.

You will shape how the program operates by allocating resources across projects, coordinating delivery to maximise value, and embedding continual improvement. You will lead the effective delivery of assigned projects within a defined scope, with clear accountability for client management, personnel leadership, and the profitable delivery and growth of services provided to contracted clients.

If you’re looking to join a company known for its culture, where you can make a real difference to portfolio delivery and client outcomes, this role offers that opportunity.

What you would be involved with

• Leading program delivery to meet contract outcomes, quality expectations, and agreed strategic objectives
• Owning program performance against budget, with a clear focus on commercially sound delivery and sustainable growth
• Managing resources across projects, monitoring delivery, and driving continual improvement
• Maintaining proactive client relationships and representing Nova in client and stakeholder forums
• Leading business development activity for new and follow-on work, including contributing to capture and bid development
• Providing people leadership (including hiring, performance management, feedback and recognition) to build capability and a high-performance culture
• Ensuring effective governance using internal project, risk and budget systems, coordinating reporting (including finance and risk), and working with your General Manager to identify, assess and communicate risk

What we would like from you

• Relevant Defence industry experience at a senior level, with an understanding of how Defence programs operate
• Demonstrated ability to balance client outcomes with commercial performance
• Strong stakeholder and client management experience, with proven ability to build and sustain trusted relationships
• Ability to lead, manage and mentor employees
• Demonstrated experience managing complex programs or projects
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to negotiate effectively while maintaining long-term relationships
• Australian Citizenship with a current AGSVA NV1 security clearance, or the ability to obtain one
• Ability to work on client sites and travel interstate as required

Life at Nova – it all adds up!

With people being our point of difference, we deliver on promises, reward good work, champion professional growth and support flexibility, all within a diverse and inclusive culture that recognises moments that matter.

Life at Nova is our collection of employee benefits, designed to meet the many and varied needs of our people.

Just a few of the great benefits you will have access to are:

• Generous Parental Leave: Primary Carers receive 20 weeks paid leave; Partner Carers receive 4 weeks. Full superannuation contributions for up to 52 weeks
• Professional and Personal Development: Up to $5,000 per year of allowance with PD leave included. Up to $750 per year can be used towards wellbeing such as a gym membership or assets related to wellbeing activities
• Additional Leave: Ranges from - Reserve, Loyalty, Emergency Services, Purchased (up to 2 weeks), and Community Service
• Flexibility: We promote a culture that encourages and enables flexible ways of working that support our people
• Dress For Your Day: We empower our people to determine their outfit for the activities of the day which allows for personal expression that builds trust
• Reward & Recognition Program: Offering exclusive discounts from hundreds of major retailers, helping you to save on groceries, petrol, holidays, and more
• Employee Assistance Program: for employees and family members
• Annual Nova employee engagement: Great way to connect more broadly and strengthen your internal networks and have some fun!
• Wellbeing Hub with access to health and fitness content
• Access to Defence Health and Travel Insurance
• Free Flu Vaccination annually
• Novated Leasing and Salary Sacrifice
• Nova Employee Company Share Offer
• An inclusive, collaborative, and supportive culture
• Social activities throughout the year, we even dress up at times, think Safari – we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously!

You can view the full range of benefits at https://www.novasystems.com/au/careers/life-at-nova-systems

Nova Systems is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone feels safe, valued, and included, where our people are our point of difference.

Nova Systems respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters in which we live and work, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Nova Systems also acknowledges the services of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have contributed to defending Australia and its national interests.

To find out more about our commitment to Reconciliation, please visit our website.

Veteran

Nova Systems is a Veteran Employment Supporter of the Veteran Employment Program. We value the skills Veterans bring and encourage Veterans and Defence partners to apply. Nova supports our Veterans through reserve leave and top-up pay entitlements. No need to tailor the use of Defence language in your resume, we prefer to see this however, please let us know if you need support with your application. We also ensure all applications receive a response and feedback when appropriate.

As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian Citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable and as such, your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role. To learn more, please visit: www.defence.gov.au/security/clearances

NOVA SYSTEMS

Nova Systems is Australia’s largest privately-owned Defence company with global reach. We are leaders in capability assurance and systems integration solving complex challenges in innovative ways.

We are relied on to develop and test capabilities critical to national security and safety. We are trusted to integrate mission systems solutions and develop software and products that protect lives every day.

For 25 years, Nova has brought a different perspective. From national Defence and essential services to border control and cyber security, these are the challenges we partner with our clients to anticipate, understand, and solve. We have strategically located offices in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, and Singapore.

But what makes Nova Systems truly unique, is our people. Nova Systems is where the best and brightest minds come together to challenge, collaborate, and innovate. At Nova Systems, we see things differently.

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