Senior Project Manager - Platform Engineering
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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. Additionally, this role will be responsible for managing multiple control accounts that deliver the Platform Stage 1 design for the Hunter Class Frigate program, with a focus on ship systems.
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. The Senior Project Manager will collaborate with internal and external senior stakeholders, building relationships and engaging to provide program support, growth opportunities, and achievement of common goals. The role will ensure appropriate governance is applied to the project, which is commensurate with the risk and complexity profiles, in order to provide confidence in performance.
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, aligned to strategic business objectives
- Foster a positive and collaborative culture between key project stakeholders and the project team, including the customer, industry partners, sub-contractors and suppliers
- 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 productive 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, as appropriate and vigorously pursued
- Establish appropriate key success indicators (KSIs) and recommend trade-offs between scope, quality, time and cost. Monitor relevance of KSIs and influence enhancements where valuable
- Maintain all aspects of the Project Management Baseline within the scope of the Platform Engineering control accounts, including planning, reporting and change management
- 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. Ensure risk position, and business impacts, are communicated outside of the project team
- 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, with experience in influencing senior leadership and senior customer representatives
- Current NV1 Defence security clearance
We believe in hiring for potential. If you don\'t meet all criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
About Us
You will be joining a workplace that truly cares about your wellbeing. Our people are diverse and we value the variety of perspectives this brings. We are inclusive and foster a sense of belonging, helping everyone be at their best. As Australia\'s largest defence company in a rapidly growing sector, you will be connected into a global team and encouraged to explore where your career might take you.
BAE Systems recognises the sacrifices of those who have served our Nation and their families. We support our veteran community through VetNet Australia and partner programs, including exclusive offerings available through our partners. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180.
Clearances: As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and either possess or be eligible to obtain and maintain appropriate clearances. Further information regarding security clearances is available.
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Project Management and Information Technology
- Industries: Defense and Space Manufacturing
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📌 Senior Project Manager - Platform Engineering
🏢 BAE Systems Australia
📍 Adelaide