- We’rea ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

Our team feel Leidos isa great placeto work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here Leidos Australia Careers

Do Work That Matters

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, borderprotectionand health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

The Change, Release & Service Validation & Testing (SVT) Manager plays a key role in delivering ITIL® 4 aligned services within a SIAM shared-resource model. In this role, you will provide cross-practice oversight, lead Change, Release and SVT practices, and ensure alignment with customer policies and practice definitions. You will support governance forums, foster strong stakeholder engagement, and champion continual improvement across service delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead service delivery governance by managing SLAs, conducting quality reviews, andrepresentingteams in SIAM forums.

- Drive continual improvement initiatives across ITIL practices while acting as an escalation point for service matters.

- Develop andmaintainplaybooks, ensuring clear workflows, controls, and alignment with customer policies.

- Establish and execute Release, Change, and SVT plans, including risk forecasting, deployment trending, and post-implementation analysis to ensure all new services arevalidatedbefore production.





- Collaborate with stakeholders and vendors to enhance tooling, reporting, dashboards, and data quality.

About You and What You’ll Bring

- Demonstrated experience in ITSM or Service Governance within SIAM environments, with cross-practice exposure.

- Strong communicationand stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence tofacilitateoutcomes across diverse teams.

- Skilled in ServiceNow dashboarding and driving data quality improvements.

- Highly organised,collaborativeand proactive, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and lead continual improvement initiatives.

- ITIL® 4 Foundation certified (required), with SIAM and advanced ITIL certifications highly regarded.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and be able to gainandmaintaina Baselinelevel security clearance.

Diverse Team Members, SharedValuesand a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values.It’sabout creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.





Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+)provide an prospect for team membersto connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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📌 Change Release and SVT Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Leidos
📍 Melbourne