
Strategic Business Advisor
2 days ago
Join our Downer Professional Services team and play a key role in delivering complex defence and national security projects that safeguard Australia’s future.
Downer Professional Services is comprised of two business units, our Technical, Advisory, and Capability consulting practice and Team Downer, a major service partner to Defence. Together, we are a multi-disciplinary advisory and delivery partner of choice for our clients in Defence and National Security.
We currently have an opportunity for a Strategic Business Advisor in Canberra to work on Space projects **.**
**What You’ll Do**
This role offers a broad scope, with key role responsibilities including:
- Develop a comprehensive asset management plan for products under sustainment within the CJC06 Ground/Control and Space Segment.
- Review existing performance metrics and recommend changes to align with strategic capability outcomes, moving beyond transactional-level measures.
- Construct a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) for the Control segment to identify and organize products requiring support.
- Update the Life of Type (LoT) assessment and advise on obsolescence management to support sustainment funding and potential life extension planning.
Provide recommendations to transition from fragmented contract activities to strategic industry partnerships, while identifying and mitigating limitations in data and analytical tools.
**What You’ll Bring**
- **Strategic Asset Management Expertise**:
- Proven experience in developing and implementing asset management plans within complex defence or technical environments, particularly across ground, control, and space segments.
- **Performance Metrics and Capability Planning**:
- Ability to critically assess and redesign performance measures to align with strategic capability outcomes, moving beyond transactional-level indicators.
- **Analytical and Systems Thinking**:
- **Stakeholder Engagement and Communication**:
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align diverse interests to CJC preparedness objectives and facilitate collaboration across Defence and industry partners.
- **Risk Identification and Mitigation**:
- Competence in identifying limitations in data quality, analytical tools, and predictive modelling, and formulating practical strategies to address and mitigate these constraints.
Due to the nature of the work, you are required to currently hold and maintain a minimum **Negative Vetting 1**or higher Security clearance as required by the Commonwealth. In some instances, compliance with **International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)**requirements may also be an inherent requirement.
- More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.**Why Downer Professional Services**
At Downer Professional Services, we’re not just a workplace - we’re a business dedicated to contributing to the shaping of the future of defence in Australia. As the country’s only sovereign prime, we’re committed to making a real difference in protecting Australia’s interests.
- **What is means to belong at Downer Professional Services**
- **Meaningful work**:Help to deliver critical Defence projects that protect Australia and shape its future.
- **Professional development**:Access career mapping, accelerated learning programs, and shared learning through our Communities of Practice.
- **Veteran support**: Benefit from initiatives like up to 20 days of Reservist Leave to stay connected post-service.
- You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.- We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.-
- As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.- If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward._
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