Senior Project Manager

00160 Leidos Australia Pty Ltd.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days

Headspace access

120,000+ on-demand courses

Professional development and growth

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Project Manager for the GEO SPACES program in Canberra. You will lead planning and delivery of GEOINT capability activities, coordinating schedules, stakeholders and benefits realization to achieve defined outcomes.

You will work with leaders and customers, shaping governance artefacts, plans and delivery reports, ensuring clear visibility of progress and risk in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects in Defence or technology environments.
• Knowledge of ADF and GEOINT environments, with delivery experience in GEOINT or geospatial programs.
• Capability in scheduling, planning and delivery management with milestones and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated delivery schedules and milestones across the GEO SPACES program.
• Coordinate stakeholders to align activities and manage interdependencies.
• Establish benefits management approaches linking delivery to GEOINT outcomes.
• Develop governance artefacts and concise reporting for leaders and customers.

Skills

Project management

GEOINT knowledge

Integrated scheduling

Benefits realisation

Stakeholder engagement

Briefings & reports

Job description

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work.

This includes:

• Flex Your Way - Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters - Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits - Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact - Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future - Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More - These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About the Team

You'll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.

Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Project Manager within the GEO SPACES program, you will lead the planning and delivery of GEOINT capability activities, bringing together schedules, stakeholders, benefits and delivery priorities to support clearly defined capability outcomes. You will:

• Develop and maintain integrated delivery schedules, milestones, dependencies and critical paths, providing a clear and coordinated view of delivery across the program.
• Coordinate customer, operational, technical and program stakeholders to align activities, manage interdependencies and support effective delivery decisions.
• Establish practical project and benefits management approaches that connect delivery activities with intended GEOINT capability outcomes.
• Develop plans, frameworks, governance artefacts and concise reporting that give leaders and customers visibility of progress, risks, issues, decisions and change.

About You

You will bring experience delivering complex projects in Defence or technology environments, with the ability to create structure around interconnected activities and communicate delivery priorities clearly to varied audiences.

Essential:

• Experience in project management within complex Defence or technology environments.
• Knowledge of ADF and GEOINT environments, supported by delivery experience within GEOINT or geospatial programs.
• Capability in integrated scheduling, planning and delivery management, including the management of milestones, dependencies and critical paths.
• Experience developing and managing benefits realisation or benefits management activities linked to capability outcomes.
• Ability to articulate complex capability outcomes, dependencies, risks and benefits for leadership, customer, technical and delivery audiences.
• Experience producing structured plans, frameworks, governance artefacts, briefings and delivery reports.
• Capability in stakeholder engagement across customer, operational, technical and program teams.

Advantageous:

• Relevant project management qualifications or professional credentials.
• Further experience delivering GEOINT or geospatial capability programs.

Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role. Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian-U.S citizens, may require the candidate to obtain a U.S. Persons Abroad authorisation from the U.S DDTC.

What to Expect When You Apply

• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel
• Any role-specific assessment, technical discussion or customer step required for the position

We'll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you'll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.