Project Manager

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Metrea is actively building its presence in Australia as part of a deliberate, globally coordinated ex-pansion into the Asia-Pacific region. Our Asia-Pacific Market Group, headquartered in Brisbane with an additional office in Perth, is the enterprise's dedicated regional interface — connecting Australia's national security community with Metrea's full suite of capabilities across three core domains: Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Digital & Synthetic. Metrea is now bringing that same depth of mission expertise and proven operating model to Australia.
 
Underpinning these capabilities is a global network of Support Groups spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement — ensuring that as we grow in Australia, we do so with the full weight of an established global enterprise behind us.
 
Metrea's solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving — enabling our partners to scale capacity and achieve asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. 

Position Summary

We’re looking for an experienced and driven Project Manager to drive the stand-up and execution of a major Australian airborne ISR program. In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the forefront of planning, coordinating, and delivering critical work streams throughout both the Transition-In phase and the full Operational Term. 
 
As our Project Manager, you’ll lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors across engineering, logistics, training, and operational support. You’ll own delivery, ensuring milestones are met, risks are managed, and outcomes align with contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and CASA standards. 
 
This is a dynamic, hands-on role suited to a proven project professional with Defence, aerospace, aviation, or complex systems delivery experience. If you thrive in high-tempo environments, excel at stakeholder coordination, and are ready to help shape a capability of national im-portance, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Lead day-to-day project management of assigned work packages during the Transition-In period, including planning, scheduling, and coordination with subcontractors


• Develop and maintain the Contract Master Schedule (CMS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) ensuring seamless integration of work packages across the Transition-In and Operational phases while maintaining schedule fidelity


• Support program governance, progress reporting, and risk management to ensure all milestones are achieved


• Coordinate activities between Metrea, key subcontractors and suppliers, and Common-wealth stakeholders


• Manage project performance tracking, ensuring cost, schedule, and quality objectives are met


• Contribute to the development and implementation of management plans including the Risk Management and Fraud Control Plan, Contract Management Plan, and Data Management System


• Support program reporting through the preparation of Contract Status Reports (CSRs), schedule updates, and resource forecasts


• Work closely with HR and Training teams to monitor workforce readiness and sustainment of project-critical roles


• Participate in Verification & Validation (V&V) planning and readiness reviews, ensuring operational systems are tested and accepted


• Foster collaboration and communication across disciplines, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline or equivalent professional experience. 


• PMP certification or equivalent program management certification preferred.  


• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management or coordination within Defence, aerospace, or government programs.  


• Experience preparing or contributing to Contract Master Schedules and Contract Status Reports within ASDEFCON-based environments.  


• Experience in delivering CASA Part 138 (Aerial Work) or Part 145 (Maintenance) environments highly regarded.  


• Proven ability to manage complex technical or operational projects from initiation through delivery.  


• Strong understanding of risk, schedule, and cost management principles (PMBOK / ASDEFCON environment preferred).  


• Demonstrated experience coordinating subcontractors, multidisciplinary teams and familiarity with integrated program schedules, resource management, and contract deliverables tracking.  


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage with senior stakeholders.  


• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills in high-tempo environments.  


• Collaborative mindset, results-driven, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing competing priorities.  

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance


• Generous PTO


• Annual incentive plan


• Paid parental leave


• Life and TPD insurance


• Income Protection Insurance


• Employee Assistance Program


• Novated Car Leasing

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Ability to obtain and maintain an AGSVA Security Clearance.

Inclusion Statement

We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and make hiring decisions based on capability, potential and alignment with our values. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.