Providing mission critical communications and data cloud integration services, our client is looking to grow and expand its core team in Brisbane supporting the next generation of Air Traffic Management technology for Defence and Commercial sectors.As a key Program Manager in the team, you will provide critical leadership, customer management, and project resource management to ensure requirements are met to engineering standards and processes, as well as utilising an "outside of the box" approach towards everyday challenges.Role: Program ManagerMain tasks:Project Initiation together with internal and external stakeholdersDefinition and maintenance of the project organisation(Co-)Decision on the selection of project staffMain contact point for the customer for a delivery projectIntegrated project planning and continuous project controlling with regard to resources, budget, milestones/deadlines, coordination with cooperation partners, subcontractorsCreation and Maintenance of a Project ScheduleDefinition and Coordination of work-packagesCoordination of work in the project team - together with the Technical Solution Manager (TSM) who is responsible for all technical aspects of a projectProject Risk Management (commercial, contractual, technical)Creation of Project DocumentationManagement of all commercial project aspectsDevelopment of claim management strategiesFinancial Forecasting of the Project Status ReportingProject Change Request Management (CCPs, etc.)Configuration ManagementContinuous organizational improvement (e.g.through regular lessons learned)Management of system build and verification and validation processes, together with the TSMManagement of the project roll out, together with the TSMSubcontractor ManagementResponsibility:Overall responsibility for successful project executionOverall responsibility for project risk managementPlanning and alignment of all costs, milestones and resourcesEnsure stakeholder satisfactionContinuously evaluate and optimise project performanceInternal and external reporting, escalation in case of issues or deviationsRequirements:Mission critical mindsetAusDefCon contract experience (Desirable)Project management experienceExperience in using project management and project scheduling toolsHands-on mentality and willingness to solve issues that arise (including the personal follow-up of work-packages that the project team is unable to handle)Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsExcellent leadership and people management skillsUnderstanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle (requirements management, test and integration, engineering change, verification and validation)Ability to negotiate and resolve conflictsProactive in accepting project challengesIdeally a technical background in mission critical infrastructure/applicationsSecurity clearance or ability to obtain onePlease apply in Word format, PDF is also accepted.#J-18808-Ljbffr