Senior Project Manager — Defence Bids & Complex Programs

ASC; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional leave

Parental leave

Subsidised childcare

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Professional development

Job summary

ASC, Australia’s submarine company, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the SSN AUKUS Build Program bid delivery and governance. You will guide complex bids, CCP development, and strategic opportunities across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure executable, governance-aligned proposals.

You will validate scope, schedules, resources and costs, with experience delivering capital, defence or complex asset programs. An NV1-level clearance will be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in a complex project environment at PM level.
• Experience leading development of complex bids, proposals and CCPs in large, multifaceted environments.
• Strong ability to validate and optimize project schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies.
• Proven cross-disciplinary collaboration with engineering, commercial, finance and delivery stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project delivery aspects of complex bids, proposals and CCPs, ensuring solutions are achievable and delivery ready.
• Review and validate project scope, schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies to support successful outcomes.
• Collaborate with project, engineering, commercial and bid teams to develop robust and executable customer proposals.
• Identify, assess and manage delivery risks, assumptions, dependencies and opportunities.
• Act as the key link between bid teams, technical specialists and delivery stakeholders to ensure alignment across all proposal activities.
• Ensure proposals meet governance requirements and align with organisational capability.

Skills

Project management

Bids & CCPs

Delivery governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical/business/project discipline

Job description

ASC, Australia’s submarine company, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the SSN AUKUS Build Program bid delivery and governance. You will guide complex bids, CCP development, and strategic opportunities across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure executable, governance-aligned proposals.

You will validate scope, schedules, resources and costs, with experience delivering capital, defence or complex asset programs. An NV1-level clearance will be required.