Make extraordinary happen
At NCS Australia, we’re the challenger alternative in technology services and consulting. With more than 47 years of Australian heritage, we partner with governments and leading organisations to solve complex challenges, embrace new opportunities and deliver outcomes that make a real difference.
Our people bring together expertise across technology, consulting, delivery, operations, sales and corporate functions. We work collaboratively, challenge the status quo and give our people the opportunity to make an impact — for our clients, our communities and each other.
Job DescriptionWe’re seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a high-profile Frontier AI cyber security initiative within a complex and highly regulated environment.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a strategic project spanning people, process and technology, helping build organisational capability to respond effectively to emerging AI-related cyber security risks.
You’ll take ownership of the project across the full lifecycle, working with senior stakeholders, technology and security teams, delivery partners and vendors to deliver sustainable outcomes.
What you’ll do
- Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex, high-risk strategic project.
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success measures.
- Manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, risks, issues and dependencies.
- Develop business cases and manage governance and approval processes.
- Own project plans, schedules, budgets and delivery roadmaps.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear and executable delivery plans.
- Partner with business, technology, data and cyber security teams.
- Facilitate informed business and technical decision-making.
- Ensure solutions align with architecture, security and operational requirements.
- Drive strong governance, reporting, assurance and project health.
- Apply Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies as appropriate.
- Significant experience delivering large, complex and high-risk technology and/or cyber security projects.
- Proven end-to-end project management experience.
- Experience managing multiple workstreams in complex stakeholder environments.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to build alignment where stakeholders have competing perspectives.
- Strong business acumen, governance and financial management capability.
- Experience working with architects, engineers, analysts, security teams and vendors.
- Excellent communication, leadership and problem-solving skills.
- Must be able to obtain NV1 security clearance.
Why NCS?
This is a place for people who like to get stuck in, bring ideas to life and make things happen. You'll work alongside experienced people who care about what they do, contribute to meaningful work and have the support to keep learning and grow your career. Whether you want to deepen your expertise, explore something new or take your career in a different direction, there's room to make it your own. We value Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership and Unity - bringing curiosity, collaboration and accountability to the way we work with our clients and each other.
Ready to make extraordinary happen?
We'd love to hear from you.
We celebrate diversity and inclusion
We value different perspectives, experiences and strengths our people bring. We're committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, grow and succeed, and to providing equal employment opportunities and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Important information
Applicants will need valid Australian work rights and may be required to undergo relevant background, probity and police checks.
Agencies: NCS accepts candidate submissions only from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal.
Skills Required
- Significant experience delivering large, complex, high-risk technology or cybersecurity projects
- Proven end-to-end project management experience
- Experience managing multiple workstreams in complex stakeholder environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
- Ability to build alignment among stakeholders with competing perspectives
- Strong business acumen, governance and financial management capability
- Experience working with architects, engineers, analysts, security teams and vendors
- Excellent communication, leadership and problem-solving skills
- Must be able to obtain NV1 security clearance
- Valid Australian work rights
What We Do
NCS in Australia is reinventing technology services from the inside out. We provide advisory, design, build and managed services to our clients, with unrivalled service, attention and understanding every step of the way. We understand day 1001 is just an important as day 1, and we collaborate with clients, striving to provide adaptive approaches, outcomes and thinking by keeping our eye on tomorrow and the days after tomorrow. Our diverse workforce of around 1,300 people has delivered a wealth of large-scale, mission-critical, and multi-platform outcomes for governments and businesses nationally. We are the Australian arm of the pan-APAC technology leader NCS Group, a subsidiary of Singtel Group. Combining the experience and expertise of its 13,000-strong team across 57 specialisations, NCS provides differentiated and end-to-end technology services to clients with its capabilities in digital, data, cloud and platforms, as well as core offerings in application, infrastructure, engineering and cybersecurity. NCS also believes in building a strong partner ecosystem with leading technology players, research institutions and start-ups to support open innovation and co-creation. For more information about NCS Australia, visit ncs.co/en-au or contact our team today. To learn more about NCS Group, visit ncs.co.
