Company OverviewMetrea 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 refueling, 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 straightforward 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 OverviewMetrea is actively building its presence in Australia as part of a deliberate, globally coordinated expansion 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 SummaryWe are seeking a Program Manager to serve as the Program Lead responsible for the day-to-day leadership, sustainment, and operational delivery of a customer-facing aviation capability that includes aircraft operations, sensor operations, and coordination with a contracted maintenance provider.
Reporting to the Regional Program Manager (APAC), this individual will serve as the primary program execution authority and customer-facing representative.
The Program Manager will be accountable for integrating operational activities, maintenance planning, aircraft availability, mission readiness, stakeholder engagement, contractual performance, and delivery outcomes.
This is a sustainment-focused leadership role.
Success will depend on the ability to maintain strong customer relationships, deliver reliable operational outcomes, manage partner performance, and ensure aviation resources remain aligned with customer mission requirements.
The ideal candidate combines strong program management capability with aviation operational experience and an appreciation for the complexities of aircraft sustainment, mission execution, and outsourced maintenance relationships.What You'll DoLead day-to-day execution activities supporting key customersDevelop and maintain integrated program schedules, sustainment plans, and execution roadmapsCoordinate delivery activities across aviation operations, sensor operations, maintenance providers, and support organisationsManage contractual partner performance and maintenance-provider relationshipsMonitor aircraft readiness, availability,



and operational performanceFacilitate governance forums, customer reviews, and planning activitiesManage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependenciesPrepare customer-facing and executive-level reporting productsSupport operational readiness and mission execution activitiesEnsure alignment between operational activities and customer expectationsMonitor program performance against established service-level objectivesSupport growth opportunities and follow-on capability development initiativesIdentify and implement improvements that enhance sustainment effectiveness and operational performance What You BringBachelor's degree or equivalent combination of aviation, military, operational, technical, or professional experienceExtensive experience progressively increasing responsibility in program management, aviation operations, military operations, aviation sustainment, or related environmentsPrior aviation experience is idealExperience supporting aircraft operations, fleet sustainment, maintenance management, or aviation service delivery programsDemonstrated success managing customer-facing programs in operational environmentsExperience working with third-party maintenance providers, sustainment partners, or subcontractor organisationsStrong stakeholder-management and relationship-building skillsAbility to balance competing priorities in dynamic operational environmentsStrong understanding of schedule management, risk management, and operational governancePMP certification preferredPrior experience supporting the Commonwealth, Aviation or National Security customers highly desirable Additional Eligibility QualificationsAbility to obtain and maintain an AGSVA Security ClearanceBenefitsPrivate Health InsuranceGenerous Annual LeaveAnnual incentive planPaid parental leaveLife and TPD InsuranceIncome Protection InsuranceEmployee Assistance ProgramNovated Car LeasingInclusion StatementWe 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.
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📌 Program Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Metrea
📍 Brisbane