Project Manager

Leidos; City of Knox; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Friendly certification

Equal opportunities employer

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a proactive Project Manager to deliver complex initiatives within a dynamic enterprise environment. You will lead a team of technical professionals, align resources, manage customer relationships and oversee governance, finance and contract obligations.

The role requires strong leadership, clear communication, and a track record of delivering on time and within budget. An Australian citizenship and Baseline security clearance are required, with opportunities across

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in Project Management within complex environments.
• Experience leading technical teams with a strong focus on people management, team engagement and stakeholder coordination.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail across project planning and delivery activities.
• Proven experience managing schedules, budgets, and reporting for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Australian Citizenship and Baseline security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project delivery, including managing activities, coordinating resources, and facilitating project and financial meetings.
• Lead, support and guide a team of skilled technical team members, promoting collaboration, accountability and connection to Leidos processes, expectations and support channels.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, ensuring expectations relating to Leidos resources, support and commercial obligations are understood and effectively managed.
• Lead contract management activities, including scope tracking, contract obligations, change requests, renewals, customer updates and internal approvals.
• Deliver financial management and governance activities, including budget tracking, forecasting, billing inputs, cost visibility, financial reporting and variance commentary.
• Maintain key project and resource artefacts such as resource plans, staffing trackers, financial inputs, registers, governance material and reporting documentation.
• Proactively identify people, commercial, financial and coordination risks, escalating early and supporting practical resolution.

Skills

Project Management

People leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

• We’re a ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here Explore Leidos Australia Careers

Do Work That Matters

Leidos Australia delivers IT 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 world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

Opportunity available for a Project Manager to join our team, delivering complex projects within a dynamic enterprise environment.This role focuses on achieving successful outcomes through effective people leadership, structured governance, strong customer engagement, and sound commercial andfinancial management.

This role will have you managing a team of skilled technical team members, supporting their delivery outcomes,maintainingteam alignment, and managing key customer relationships. You will collaborate across technical, commercial,financeand leadership teams to manage delivery activities, coordinateresourcesand support contract obligations.

The role is suited to a proactive and self-starting Project Manager who is comfortable working under limited guidance, seeking clarity whererequired, and driving actions through to completion in a busy multi-stakeholder environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project delivery, including managing activities, coordinating resources, andfacilitatingproject and financial meetings
• Lead,supportand guide a team of skilled technical team members, promoting collaboration,accountabilityand connection to Leidos processes,expectationsand support channels.
• Build andmaintainstrong customer relationships, ensuring expectations relating to Leidos resources, support and commercial obligations are understood and effectively managed.
• Lead contract management activities, includingscopetracking, contract obligations, change requests, renewals, customerupdatesand internal approvals.
• Deliverfinancial managementand governance activities, including budget tracking, forecasting, billing inputs, cost visibility, financialreportingand variance commentary.
• Maintain key project and resource artefacts such as resource plans, staffing trackers, financial inputs, registers, governancematerialand reporting documentation.
• Proactivelyidentifypeople, commercial, financial and coordination risks, escalating early and supporting practical resolution.

About You and What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated experience in Project Management within complex environments
• Previousexperience leading,supportingand guiding technical teamswith a strong focus on people management, teamengagementand stakeholder coordination
• Strong communicationand relationship-building skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail across project planning and delivery activities
• Proven experience managing schedules, budgets, and reporting for both internal and external stakeholders
• Analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to navigate delivery challenges effectively

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen andhold a Baseline level security clearance.

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. It’s 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 Network, Young 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

• Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & background checks.
• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In 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 contact our Careers team [e-mail] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.