Description
At Leidos Australia, you'll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration, and commitment. The Mission Software Systems (MSS) team brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle.
As the Manufacturing Product Manager, you will lead the manufacturing contribution to complex programs, connecting program priorities with production capability, operational readiness, and reliable delivery outcomes. You will be the primary manufacturing and operations interface across Program Management, Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, and other business functions.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and integration of manufacturing plans from the concept phase through transition to production, supporting producibility, design-to-cost outcomes, and the achievement of Manufacturing Readiness Levels.
- Own manufacturing cost and schedule commitments, including production build planning, budgets, baselines, forecasts, performance reporting, and contributions to the Integrated Master Schedule.
- Coordinate Manufacturing Readiness Reviews, Production Readiness Reviews, make-or-buy activities, capital requirements, resource planning, and the resolution of production risks, issues, and priorities.
- Partner across multidisciplinary teams to ensure manufacturing processes, procedures, and program artefacts are defined, maintained, and implemented in line with organisational, contractual, and quality requirements.
Requirements:
- Experience leading manufacturing, production, industrial operations, or product delivery activities within a complex engineering or regulated environment.
- Capability in developing and managing manufacturing plans, production schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource requirements, and operational performance commitments.
- Experience supporting transition-to-production activities, manufacturing or production readiness reviews, risk and opportunity management, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work collaboratively across Program Management, Operations, Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, and Finance, translating program requirements into practical manufacturing outcomes.
- Well-developed stakeholder engagement, reporting, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate cost, schedule, readiness, risk, and performance information across governance forums.
Benefits:
- Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
- Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
- Build Your Future – Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.