Description
- Life Days are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need extra time to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full-timers), you can accrue up to 12 days of leave per year.
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Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV-1 AGSVA security clearance (NV-2 Preferred).
Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers
Do Work That Matters
Leidos Australia delivers technology and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.
Your New Role and Responsibilities
Leidos Australia supports the integration of intelligence and situational awareness capabilities through the JP2096 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system. This work enables Defence analysts to rapidly search, collate and assimilate data from multiple sources, supporting more timely and informed decision‑making in complex operational environments.
The Service Delivery Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of software sustainment and enhancement activities across multiple Development & Integration (D&I) squads within the Mission System environment. Working closely with customer stakeholders, Engineering Leads and delivery teams, you will translate strategic priorities into executable delivery outcomes while balancing operational commitments, technical constraints and delivery risk.
This is a hands-on delivery leadership role suited to professionals who enjoy working closely with engineering teams, delivery plans, release schedules and day-to-day execution. The role is not a portfolio management, director-level or manager-of-managers position.
Key responsibilities for this role include:
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Lead the end-to-end delivery of software sustainment and enhancement activities across multiple agile delivery teams, ensuring predictable and reliable delivery outcomes.
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Develop, maintain and communicate integrated delivery plans, release schedules, roadmap views and delivery artefacts that provide transparency across customer, engineering and governance stakeholders.
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Translate customer priorities and roadmap objectives into an achievable delivery sequence, balancing scope, schedule, risk, quality and technical feasibility.
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Manage cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, issues, constraints and competing priorities to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
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Partner closely with Engineering Leads, Technical Leads and Product Owners to coordinate planning, release readiness, sequencing and delivery execution.
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Drive effective release planning and delivery governance activities, ensuring commitments are met while supporting continuous improvement and delivery maturity.
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Lead stakeholder engagement across customer and governance forums, managing expectations, escalation paths and delivery trade-off decisions.
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Monitor delivery performance through practical delivery metrics, reporting and visual management tools to support informed decision-making.
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Contribute to the ongoing evolution of service operations capabilities, building repeatable delivery practices that improve delivery reliability, scalability and customer outcomes.
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Support program growth objectives by strengthening delivery capability, operational maturity and customer confidence.
What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact
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Demonstrated experience in a hands-on delivery leadership role within software, application development, systems integration or technology delivery environments.
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Recent experience in positions such as:
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Service Delivery Lead
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Project Manager
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Senior Project Manager
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Delivery Lead
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Delivery Operations Lead
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Proven experience owning integrated delivery plans, release schedules, roadmaps, dependencies and delivery outcomes across multiple teams.
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Strong experience balancing software sustainment, operational support and planned change delivery in complex environments.
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Demonstrated capability managing competing priorities, delivery trade-offs, risks, issues and stakeholder expectations.
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Experience working directly with engineering and technical teams to coordinate delivery planning, sequencing, release readiness and execution.
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Strong understanding of Agile delivery principles and practical experience using delivery management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or similar.
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Experience operating within structured governance environments while remaining closely connected to day-to-day delivery execution.
Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.
Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose
Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It’s about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.
Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.
Next Steps
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To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
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Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
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Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.
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We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please get in touch with our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
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.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected].
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
