Senior Project Manager

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About BAE Systems Applied Intelligence:

We help nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cyber crime, reduce their risk in the connected world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations.  We do this using our unique set of solutions, systems, experience and processes.

Our success is down to our people. The changing nature of our business means that we’re constantly looking for the brightest talent to help us fulfil our ambitions. As an experienced professional, we’ll entrust you with responsibility; this means that you’ll have client contact, variety and support from day one.

We'll encourage and support you to develop your skills and reward you as you grow. Whatever your area of expertise, you'll be much more than just a job title; you'll be an integral part of the business where your individual contribution makes a difference every day. Great minds deserve great rewards, so we also offer a very competitive salary and benefits package.

Role Summary

We’re looking to hire a senior delivery professional to be a key part of our professional services team.

Our project managers are responsible for the management of a one or more projects or programs within the BAE Systems International Government product and services portfolio. You will also provide the strategic framework for conceiving, maintaining, communicating, implementing and delivering BAE Systems projects across our client’s organisations from cyber professional services and systems integration.

It is a requirement of this role that you are an Australian citizen and either hold or will be eligable for Australian Government security clearance.

Role Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of projects, program or portfolios, e.g. greater than 9 months, with significant business, political, or high-profile impact, large teams and high-risk dependencies.
• Monitoring and reporting utilisation of management contingency across all projects and portfolio overhead functions including costs, operational budgets, programme profitability, staffing requirements, project resources, in-flight project change and inter-project dependencies and portfolio risk.
• Act as a primary point of contact for senior clients and sub-contracted 3rd parties, day to day accountability for the service and solution being provided.
• Co-ordinate and grow relationships with key customer stakeholders and actively manages the client and sponsors expectations.
• Take responsibility for making strategic recommendations to the business sponsor for the cancellation, re-prioritise or addition of projects necessary to deliver the required business benefits.
• Commercial and contractual management of all suppliers and 3rd parties against an agreed scope and/or service, including the management of acceptance and the measurement of performance against any agreed SLA’s.
• Provide accurate revenue forecasts at Project board reviews to the Head of Delivery
• Demonstrate excellent influencing skills and fully manages difficult situations with clients, take ownership of customer satisfaction.
• Co-ordination of project closures, lessons learned, knowledge capture and next-step actions across the portfolio of projects, so that plans and business cases can be established for the next iteration of business change.

Essential Requirements

• Professional PM certification (e.g. PMP)
• Have minimum 5-10 years of formal Project Management/Delivery experience ideally within a software/technology based industry
• Clear communications skills and must feel comfortable presenting in front of Customers on a professional level
• Able to multitask and handle multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to a fast pace environment
• Available to travel, although most projects are expected to be based in Melbourne

Diversity and Inclusion:

As a company committed to inclusion, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and on a full or part-time basis. Diverse perspectives and innovative thinking are fundamental to our continued success. As an international organisation we strongly support flexible working conditions to accommodate for working in different time zones, cultures, patterns and client facing environments. We encourage all our staff to think about how they and their teams can work flexibly to get the best balance and results for our organisation and every individual.