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We work in a thriving sector – one that puts us at the forefront of exciting and meaningful work. Every day we push boundaries to produce some of the world's most innovative and ground breaking technology.

Recognised for delivering projects of global and national significance that help keep Australia safe, it is our shared passion that shapes our culture, and our people that make it a great place to work.

About the Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager - Platform Engineering to join our Hunter Class Delivery team based in either Osborne, South Australia or Bourke Street, Melbourne.

Reporting to the Head of Platform Engineering, and in conjunction with their whole-ship counterpart, this role will manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and opportunities to enable successful delivery of program outcomes.

The successful incumbent will make informed decisions, trade-offs and prioritisation between projects to optimise program outcomes, through planning and managing program performance, inter-project dependencies, portfolio resources, and program risks and opportunity.

We embrace flexible work arrangements at BAE Systems Australia, such as working a 9-day fortnight and hybrid working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic relationships with industry partners and BAE Systems international entities
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project team, which is aligned to strategic business objectives
• Foster a positive and collaborative culture between the key project stakeholders and the project team
• Build and maintain a trusted relationship with the customer by being a focal point for customer contact
• Lead the project team to ensure timely activity, integration and efficient use of time and resources to meet requirements
• Ensure all project requirements and/or objectives are properly documented in a business case and/or project brief
• Establish appropriate key success indicators (KSI's) and recommend trade-offs between scope, quality, time and cost
• Maintain all aspects of the Project Management Baseline within the scope of the Platform Engineering control accounts
• Ensure that products and services delivered as part of a project are in accordance with the Product Safety Policy and provide customer satisfaction
• Develop an appropriate risk management culture, which continuously mitigates known risk areas
• Provide direction to, and motivate, the broader (matrix) project team
• Identify and address training and development needs for the project team
• Complete all closure and wrap-up activities upon project completion including lessons learnt
• Provide mentoring to developing Project Managers

About You:

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management or Engineering (advantageous)
• Previous experience in a Senior level role of similar responsibility
• Experience in managing the quality of program outputs to ensure strategic objectives are met
• Experience in conducting program level meetings and reviews
• Proven influencer and communicator with stakeholders at all levels
• Current NV1 Defence security clearance

We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome applications from all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience.