Senior Digital Definition Lead - Submarine Program

at; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Submarine Agency is seeking suitably qualified personnel to fill two Assistant Director Digital Definition roles within the VCS and SSN-A Digital Definition directorates. You will support planning, coordination and delivery of digital engineering activities enabling Australian technical control of nuclear-powered submarines.

Ideal candidates will bring strong program/project management, governance, leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to lead teams, manage risks, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in client-side delivery of large scale major programs and/or projects.
• Strong program and project management skills, including governance, controls, assurance and performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading, developing and managing teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to prepare briefs and submissions.
• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving skills under pressure.
• Experience managing complex technical, engineering, digital, or data-centric projects.
• Strong engineering literacy to understand and communicate technical concepts."
• Proven ability to develop schedules, manage risks, track dependencies, and coordinate delivery across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication for executive level documentation and reporting.

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 escalation issues; coordinate across ASA, Defence, industry, and AUKUS partner organisations.
• Support governance, assurance, reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Establish and sustain SSN Authoritative Source of Truth.
• Integrate technical data, modelling, configuration management, and digital systems.
• Align with AUKUS partner systems, processes, and digital environments.
• Adopt MBSE and data-driven delivery practices.
• Deliver assured, traceable, well-governed digital capability across the enterprise.
• Operate with sound judgement and a strong nuclear mindset, ensuring precision and compliance with legislation and ASA governance.

Skills

Program management

Governance

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk management

Coordination

Tools

MBSE methods

Job description

Australian Submarine Agency is seeking suitably qualified personnel to fill two Assistant Director Digital Definition roles within the VCS and SSN-A Digital Definition directorates. You will support planning, coordination and delivery of digital engineering activities enabling Australian technical control of nuclear-powered submarines.

Ideal candidates will bring strong program/project management, governance, leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to lead teams, manage risks, and