Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager will take full responsibility for planning, managing and successfully completing medium-scale projects. They will lead cross-functional project teams and support higher-level project managers throughout the project lifecycle. They will apply suitable project management methods, tools and processes, develop and maintain realistic project plans, manage scope, costs, schedules, resources and quality, produce regular accurate project status reports, ensure deliverables are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and formally accepted by stakeholders, monitor project performance and take corrective action when agreed tolerances are exceeded, schedule and manage project and product quality reviews, and identify, assess and manage project risks.

In stakeholder management, the role involves identifying stakeholder communication and relationship requirements, developing and implementing stakeholder engagement plans, serving as a central point of contact for stakeholders, facilitating communication, discussions and business decision-making, capturing and distributing relevant technical and business information, providing informed feedback and promoting shared understanding among stakeholder groups.

In change and contract management, the role investigates and manages authorised changes to baselined requirements, evaluates the impact of proposed changes and advises stakeholders on their consequences, oversees contractual obligations in coordination with the assigned contract officer, uses key performance indicators to monitor supplier performance, identifies opportunities for continuous improvement, and develops responses to underperformance or compliance failures, including applying contract terms with the contract officer.

Additional responsibilities include assessing and selecting relevant standards, processes, tools and applications, supporting the adoption of new technologies and digital tools, contributing project management expertise to requirements and proposals, sharing knowledge and supporting the professional development of colleagues, remaining current with evolving project management practices, identifying development opportunities for themselves and team members, and applying security, privacy and ethical principles to all work.

Essential qualifications and experience: candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a related discipline and at least three years of relevant post-degree experience, or at least ten years of extensive and progressive relevant experience if they do not hold a degree; at least three recent years of experience managing acquisition or development projects for a large organisation; strong experience with project management tools and managing project costs and labour; experience leading cross-functional teams, preferably in an international environment; experience in project administration, including resource management, financing and budgeting; and a recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP (significant expertise may compensate for the absence of formal certification).

Desirable experience includes successful leadership of C4ISR acquisition project teams, experience with ServiceNow and collaborative work-management tools, knowledge of NATO or national government acquisition policies and procurement procedures, experience working in an international environment involving military and civilian personnel, and knowledge of NATO's organisation and responsibilities, including Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation.

Working conditions and travel: full-time work at the Braine-l'Alleud duty location; business travel may be required one or two times per month to NATO, national and non-NATO facilities; frequent travel between NCIA offices may also be required.