Deadline Date:
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Requirement:
Project Manager
Location:
Mons, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site:
Yes
Time On-Site:
100%
Not to Exceed:
81 EUR
Total Scope of the request
(hours): 154
Required Start Date:
25 August 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
Duties and Role:
- Manage projects to ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, time, cost and quality tolerances;
- Develop and maintain agreed project and resource plans and detailed stage plans in compliance with the NCIA's directives and project management best practices;
- Identify, plan, request and manage the deployment of resources to meet project milestones and initiate corrective actions when necessary;
- Take responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution;
- Develop of procurement strategy, benefit risk analysis, business case to secure sponsor acceptance and funding;
- Monitor and control project financial status and execute project managers duties in Agency defined Procure to Pay process;
- Execute the necessary Quality Assurance functions essential to the successful delivery of capability and services;
- Support reporting and communications with the Service Centre and NCIA's senior leadership, in order to ensure projects are monitored and controlled across all management levels;
- Manage internal and external stakeholder groups and build networks to gain support to deliver projects successfully;
- Deputise for higher grade staff, if required;
- Performs other duties as may be required.
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree, at a nationally recognized /certified University in a related discipline, and 3 years post-related experience;
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
- A formal project management qualification such as PRINCE 2 or PMI PMP;
- Recent experience (at least five years) and knowledge in the successful project management for a large, preferably international, organization;
- Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to the work and familiarity with related international / commercial / industrial standards;
- Proactive attitude in seeking and maintaining trust from stakeholders;
- Extensive experience with Project Management Tools;
- Experience and certification in Agile Project Management (Agile PM, Scrum);
- Experience and certification in Service Management (i.e. ITIL V3 or V4);
- Experience in supplier management, negotiations, conflict resolution and contract management;
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge and experience with NATO's procurement process for ICT projects;
- Experience in large IT infrastructure (data centers, networking, security, end user devices) implementation projects;
- Experience in communicating with senior management and large groups (briefings, written and oral presentations)