Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days

Wellbeing programs

Continuous learning portal

Impactful projects

Career development pathways

Flexible work options

Job summary

Leidos Australia seeks a Stakeholder Engagement Lead within the GEO SPACES program to align customer, operational and technical perspectives for geospatial capability planning and delivery.

You will work across a secure environment to develop relationships with customer, ADF, and technical teams, translating insights into concrete requirements and delivery inputs, ensuring clear communication and robust engagement plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, relationship management and facilitation.
• Experience in Defence, the ADF or a similarly complex and secure environment.
• Knowledge of GEOINT, GIS or geospatial capability environments.
• Working knowledge of ESRI software suite and geospatial technologies.
• Capability in information gathering and requirements elicitation.
• Ability to communicate credibly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong written communication, briefing and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop productive relationships with customer, ADF and other stakeholders to enable collaboration.
• Plan and facilitate interviews, workshops and discovery activities to understand needs and priorities.
• Translate stakeholder insights into clear requirements, risks and delivery inputs for technical teams.
• Prepare audience-appropriate briefings and engagement materials while maintaining maps and engagement plans.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Defense environment

Geospatial/GEOINT knowledge

ESRI software familiarity

Requirements elicitation

Communication (oral/written)

Briefing and presentation

Tools

ArcGIS / ESRI suite

Job description

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 Stakeholder Engagement Lead within the GEO SPACES program, you will connect customer, operational and technical perspectives to shape effective geospatial capability planning and delivery. Working across a complex, secure environment, you will:

• Develop productive relationships with customer, ADF, operational, delivery and technical stakeholders, creating clear pathways for collaboration and informed decision-making.
• Plan and facilitate interviews, workshops and discovery activities to understand stakeholder needs, constraints and priorities.
• Translate stakeholder insights into clear requirements, decisions, risks and delivery inputs, bridging operational needs and technical teams working with ESRI-based capabilities.
• Prepare audience-appropriate briefings, engagement products and correspondence, while maintaining stakeholder maps, engagement plans, action registers and communication records.

About You

You will bring experience engaging diverse stakeholders in complex environments and the ability to turn varied perspectives into clear, practical inputs for capability delivery.

Essential:

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, relationship management and facilitation.
• Experience working within Defence, the ADF or a similarly complex and secure environment.
• Knowledge of GEOINT, GIS or geospatial capability environments.
• Working knowledge of the ESRI software suite and associated geospatial technologies.
• Capability in information gathering, discovery and requirements elicitation.
• Ability to communicate credibly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Well-developed written communication, briefing and presentation capability.

Advantageous:

• Previous experience supporting Defence or Intelligence programs.
• Practical exposure to ESRI architecture, software or geospatial workflows.
• Experience supporting technology or capability transformation programs.

This role does requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance, accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA.

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

Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate. If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage. You can expect:

• 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.