Technical Delivery Lead (Cloud, Security) – Hybrid

Data#3; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead for the AIR6500 program in Adelaide. You will lead an Integrated Product Team, directing technical teams and coordinating with Product Owners, SEIT, and stakeholders to deliver mission-critical defence capability across the lifecycle.

You will define priorities, drive risk management, and oversee delivery plans in a hybrid work environment. Strong leadership, agile expertise, and eligibility for security clearance are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex engineering activities.
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks and tools with ability to prioritise demands.
• Experience in systems definition, engineering or delivery of complex technical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
• Experience with MBEs, SAFe and CAM is highly regarded.
• Eligible for, or able to obtain, Australian NV‑1 security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate an Integrated Product Team to deliver capability, cost and schedule objectives.
• Define team priorities, delivery plans and ensure alignment with program goals.
• Provide technical leadership across the engineering lifecycle with Product Owners and SEIT stakeholders.
• Manage capability scope, priorities and acceptance criteria against requirements.
• Drive risk and opportunity management and monitor progress and milestones.
• Foster stakeholder engagement through regular reporting and collaboration.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile frameworks

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Model-Based Engineering

SAFe

Control Account Management

NV-1 security clearance

AI prompting

Job description

Technical Delivery Lead Cloud Security Hybrid

Join the AIR6500 program and lead a high‑performing Integrated Product Team delivering capability on one of Australia's most complex and strategically significant Defence programs. As a Technical Delivery Lead / IPT Lead, you will be responsible for the technical leadership, planning and execution of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring successful delivery of engineering outcomes across the product lifecycle.

Working closely with Product Owners, Systems Engineering, Integration & Test teams and key stakeholders, you will drive technical direction, manage priorities, and foster collaboration to deliver mission‑critical Defence capability. This is an opportunity to combine strong leadership skills with deep technical engagement while contributing to Australia's future integrated air and missile defence capability.

AIR6500 is the RAAF's $3 billion program to develop a joint air battle management system that builds on the capabilities offered by Next Generation sensor and command and control systems. AIR6500 will create a fully networked 'system of systems' that synchronises air and missile defence operations in joint and coalition environments, maximising situational awareness and enhancing the speed of decision making across the battlespace.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary Integrated Product Team to deliver capability, performance, cost and schedule objectives
• Define team priorities, operating approaches and delivery plans, ensuring alignment with program goals and stakeholder expectations
• Provide technical leadership across the engineering lifecycle, working with Product Owners, Product Teams and SEIT stakeholders
• Manage capability scope, priorities and acceptance criteria, ensuring delivery aligns with business and customer requirements
• Drive risk and opportunity management activities while maintaining visibility of progress, dependencies and key milestones
• Foster effective stakeholder engagement through regular communication, reporting and collaboration across the AIR6500 program

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex engineering activities to achieve program outcomes
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks, processes and tools, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands
• Experience in systems definition, systems engineering or delivery of complex technical solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse teams
• Experience assessing team capability, developing talent and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Experience with Complex Systems Integration & Test, Model-Based Engineering (MBE), SAFe and/or Control Account Management (CAM) will be highly regarded
• Eligibility for, or ability to obtain, an Australian NV‑1 security clearance
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

Don’t meet every requirement? If you’re excited by this opportunity but don’t meet every criterion, we’d still love to hear from you. Your skills and experience may be a great fit for this role, or another opportunity within our organisation.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.