Program Manager/Support

Azooa

Multiple Defence Sustainment & Transformation Roles – Navy Maritime Sustainment Transition

Location: Russell Offices, Canberra ACT

Clearance: NV1 minimum

Engagement: Contract | Part-time / flexible effort by role

RFQTS: 17119 – NMP 2160 Phase 2 Maritime Sustainment Transition

Azooa is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified Defence contractors to support Navy’s NMP 2160 Phase 2 – Maritime Sustainment Transition program.

This engagement supports the implementation of Phase 1 recommendations across the Maritime Sustainment Enterprise, with a focus on improving sustainment governance, long-term planning, cost visibility, capability alignment, workforce and capacity planning, benefits realisation, and programmatic delivery.

The objective is to help Navy implement a contemporary sustainment management framework that enables Fleet to maintain capability and availability within available resources.

Roles we are seeking

1. Program & Product Management Services & Support – Level 4 Expert

Senior program leadership across transformation delivery, governance, stakeholder alignment, delivery strategy, benefits realisation, risk management, and implementation of Phase 2 outcomes.

This role suits candidates who have led complex Defence, Navy, Commonwealth, sustainment, transformation, or enterprise reform programs involving senior stakeholders and practical implementation outcomes.

Key responsibilities may include:

Leading or shaping the Phase 2 delivery approach
Supporting implementation of Phase 1 recommendations
Providing senior program leadership across multiple Lines of Effort
Supporting transformation governance and centralised taskforce arrangements
Supporting programmatic structures, escalation models, and trade-off decision processes
Supporting benefits realisation, performance measures, and delivery assurance
Managing stakeholder alignment across Navy, Defence, capability, finance, and sustainment groups
Supporting governance forums, tranche milestones, and senior decision-making

2. Program & Product Management / Process Definition & Improvement – Level 3

Program delivery, process definition, operating model improvement, governance uplift, implementation planning, reform artefact development, and stakeholder engagement.

Key responsibilities may include:

Supporting detailed design and implementation of sustainment reform activities
Developing process maps, operating model artefacts, implementation guidance, and governance documentation
Supporting decision rights, accountabilities, RACI structures, and escalation pathways
Contributing to tiered governance and Navy Sustainment Review Board uplift
Supporting transformation strategy, change enablement, and adoption planning
Facilitating workshops and coordinating stakeholder input
Producing practical artefacts that can be adopted within Defence delivery environments

3. Project Management / Project Schedule Management – Level 3

Project planning, scheduling, project controls, milestone tracking, reporting, risk and issue management, dependency management, and governance support.

Key responsibilities may include:

Developing and maintaining project schedules, delivery plans, and tranche-level work plans
Tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, actions, and delivery progress
Supporting integrated planning across capability, risk, finance, workforce, capacity, and sustainment inputs
Preparing dashboards, governance packs, reporting material, and milestone evidence packs
Coordinating inputs across program, transformation, sustainment, capability, finance, and workforce stakeholders
Supporting planning cycles, governance forums, and milestone acceptance processes

4. Continuous Improvement Strategy & Facilitation / Capacity Planning – Level 3

Continuous improvement, facilitated design, capacity planning, demand/resource analysis, stakeholder workshops, and evidence-based planning.

Key responsibilities may include:

Supporting continuous improvement strategy and implementation planning
Facilitating workshops with Navy, Defence, finance, capability, and sustainment stakeholders
Supporting capacity planning, demand modelling, resource analysis, and planning inputs
Contributing to capability responsibility mapping and RACI development
Supporting alignment between capability, risk, finance, workforce, capacity, and sustainment planning
Developing data-informed insights to support decision-making
Supporting adoption of new governance, planning, escalation, and reporting frameworks

5. Workforce Intelligence / Capacity Planning – Level 2 Practitioner

Workforce data analysis, capacity planning support, reporting, documentation, stakeholder coordination, business analysis, and program support.

Key responsibilities may include:

Supporting workforce intelligence and capacity planning activities
Assisting with demand and resource data analysis
Maintaining workforce, stakeholder, planning, delivery, and reporting artefacts
Supporting action tracking, meeting outputs, reporting packs, and governance preparation
Assisting with stakeholder input collation, evidence packs, and milestone documentation
Supporting project coordination, delivery administration, and change adoption activities

6. Level 2 Surge Support

Additional Level 2 support may be required during peak work periods, including documentation, analysis, coordination, reporting, scheduling support, stakeholder engagement support, action tracking, and delivery administration.

Program focus areas

Successful candidates may support:

Rolling 10-year Integrated Master Plan
Sustainment governance and transformation governance frameworks
Decision rights, RACI mapping, and accountability structures
Integrated capability, risk, finance, workforce, capacity, and sustainment planning
Standardised costing frameworks
Pilot program design and evaluation
Program-led trade-off decision frameworks
Navy Sustainment Review Board operating model uplift
Benefits realisation and performance measures
Product Schedule and sustainment artefact updates
Change adoption, stakeholder engagement, and implementation support

Key deliverables may include

10-year Integrated Master Plan and supporting datasets
Decision Rights Framework
Capability responsibility mapping and RACI artefacts
Transformation Governance Framework
Program structure and taskforce design
Benefits realisation framework and metrics
Transformation strategy and implementation roadmap
Standard costing model
Integrated planning framework
Pilot program design, implementation pack, and evaluation report
Governance escalation model
Trade-off decision framework and thresholds
Navy Sustainment Review Board operating model and updated governance artefacts
Change and adoption artefacts
Financial and asset management training materials
Data and cost literacy guidance material
Updated Product Schedules and supporting sustainment artefacts
Project schedules, dashboards, risk and issue registers, and milestone tracking material
Evidence packs supporting milestone acceptance and tranche delivery

Essential experience

Candidates should bring experience in one or more of:

Defence, Navy, maritime sustainment, Commonwealth, or asset-intensive environments
Program and product management
Project management, project controls, or scheduling
Process definition and improvement
Continuous improvement and workshop facilitation
Capacity planning, workforce intelligence, workforce planning, or resource planning
Sustainment governance, operating model uplift, transformation delivery, or benefits realisation
Complex multi-stakeholder delivery across Defence, finance, capability, and sustainment groups

Desirable experience

Highly regarded experience includes:

Navy or maritime sustainment experience
Defence sustainment, CASG, Fleet availability, asset management, or capability sustainment
Product Schedules or Material Acquisition Agreements
Defence capability management or senior governance forums
Integrated planning across capability, risk, finance, workforce, capacity, and sustainment
Defence Protected Environment, DPN, DREAMS, or Defence governance processes
Active or recently held NV1 or higher clearance

Engagement details

Location: Russell Offices, Canberra ACT
Commencement: 14 September 2026
Initial term: To 10 September 2027
Extension option: One 6-month extension option
Clearance: Minimum NV1 required
Working model: Outcomes / deliverables-based, aligned to tranche milestones
Indicative effort: Level 4, Level 3 and Level 2 roles may be part-time depending on final delivery model

Rate guidance

Azooa candidate maximum rates including super:

Level 4 Expert roles: up to $170/hour including super
Level 3 Advanced Practitioner roles: under $160/hour including super
Level 2 Practitioner roles: under $125/hour including super

Higher rates may still be considered where niche Navy sustainment, Defence transformation, program governance, scheduling, capacity planning, workforce intelligence, reform delivery, or active clearance experience strongly supports the submission.

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