LEIDOS, INC.
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Project Manager
Scoresby, Victoria, AustraliaFull-timePosted 3 months ago
LEIDOS, INC.
ApplyLEIDOS, INC.
Hiring now
Scoresby, Victoria, AustraliaFull-timePosted 3 months ago
LEIDOS, INC.
ApplyWe’re a ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.
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Do Work That Matters
Leidos Australia delivers IT 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
Opportunity available for a Project Manager to join our team, delivering complex projects within a dynamic enterprise environment. This role focuses on achieving successful outcomes through effective people leadership, structured governance, strong customer engagement, and sound commercial and financial management.
This role will have you managing a team of skilled technical team members, supporting their delivery outcomes, maintaining team alignment, and managing key customer relationships. You will collaborate across technical, commercial, finance and leadership teams to manage delivery activities, coordinate resources and support contract obligations.
The role is suited to a proactive and self-starting Project Manager who is comfortable working under limited guidance, seeking clarity where required, and driving actions through to completion in a busy multi-stakeholder environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day project delivery, including managing activities, coordinating resources, and facilitating project and financial meetings
Lead, support and guide a team of skilled technical team members, promoting collaboration, accountability and connection to Leidos processes, expectations and support channels.
Build and maintain strong customer relationships, ensuring expectations relating to Leidos resources, support and commercial obligations are understood and effectively managed.
Lead contract management activities, including scope tracking, contract obligations, change requests, renewals, customer updates and internal approvals.
Deliver financial management and governance activities, including budget tracking, forecasting, billing inputs, cost visibility, financial reporting and variance commentary.
Maintain key project and resource artefacts such as resource plans, staffing trackers, financial inputs, registers, governance material and reporting documentation.
Proactively identify people, commercial, financial and coordination risks, escalating early and supporting practical resolution.
About You and What You'll Bring
Demonstrated experience in Project Management within complex environments
Previous experience leading, supporting and guiding technical teams with a strong focus on people management, team engagement and stakeholder coordination
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach
Highly organised with excellent attention to detail across project planning and delivery activities
Proven experience managing schedules, budgets, and reporting for both internal and external stakeholders
Analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to navigate delivery challenges effectively
This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a Baseline level security clearance.
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
To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & background checks.
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.
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team careers.au@au.leidos.com 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.