Stakeholder Engagement Lead - GEO SPACES Program

About the role

Leidos Australia is recruiting a Stakeholder Engagement Lead for its GEO SPACES program. The role connects customer, operational and technical perspectives to shape geospatial capability planning and delivery in a complex, secure environment. It sits within Mission Software Systems (MSS), which covers intelligence, software and cloud across the intelligence lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Build productive relationships with customer, ADF, operational, delivery and technical stakeholders, creating clear pathways for collaboration and informed decision-making.
• Plan and facilitate interviews, workshops and discovery activities to understand stakeholder needs, constraints and priorities.
• Translate stakeholder insights into clear requirements, decisions, risks and delivery inputs, bridging operational needs and technical teams working with ESRI-based capabilities.
• Prepare audience-appropriate briefings, engagement products and correspondence, while maintaining stakeholder maps, engagement plans, action registers and communication records.

Required profile

• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders in complex environments and turning varied perspectives into practical inputs for capability delivery.
• Essential: experience in stakeholder engagement, relationship management and facilitation.
• Essential: experience working within Defence, the ADF or a similarly complex and secure environment.
• Advantageous: previous experience supporting Defence or Intelligence programs, and experience supporting technology or capability transformation programs.
• Australian citizenship and an active TSPV clearance, with the ability to be successful for a DISA; the role may be subject to ITAR requirements.

Required skills

• Knowledge of GEOINT, GIS or geospatial capability environments.
• Working knowledge of the ESRI software suite and associated geospatial technologies.
• Capability in information gathering, discovery and requirements elicitation.
• Ability to communicate credibly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, with strong written communication, briefing and presentation skills.

What we offer

• Flexible arrangements such as Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time, job sharing and compressed hours.
• Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus wellness spaces.
• Over 120,000 on-demand courses and professional development opportunities.