Requirement: Senior Project Manager
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 418
Not to Exceed Rate: 79 EUR
Required Start Date: 11 May 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Duties & Role:
Project management:
- Takes full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of medium-scale projects.
- Provides effective leadership to the project team.
- Adopts appropriate project management methods and tools.
- Manages the change control process and assesses and manages risks.
- Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained and delivers regular and accurate communication to stakeholders.
- Ensures project and product quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
- Ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are formally accepted by appropriate stakeholders.
- Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used and takes action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
- Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups.
- Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.
- Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders.
- Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
- Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding.
- Facilitates business decision-making processes.
- Captures and disseminates technical and business information.
Project Management:
- Contribute to other project activities in support of higher roles Project Managers (from project initiation to project closure).
- Provide regular accurate Project status reports
- Investigates, manages, and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.
- Identifies where changes are required, evaluates the impact, and advises stakeholders about the implications and consequences
- Oversees and measures the fulfilment of contractual obligations in coordination with assigned contract officer
- Uses key performance indicators to monitor and challenge performance and identify opportunities for continual improvement.
- Develops strategies to address under-performance and compliance failures, including the application of contract terms in coordination with assigned contract officer
- Selects appropriately from, and assesses the impact of change to applicable standards, methods, tools, applications and processes relevant to own specialism.
- Maximises the capabilities of applications for their role and evaluates and supports the use of new technologies and digital tools.
- Contributes specialist expertise to requirements definition in support of proposals.
- Shares knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others.
- Maintains an awareness of developing practices and their application and takes responsibility for driving own development.
- Takes the initiative in identifying and negotiating their own and supporting team members' appropriate development opportunities and contributes to the development of others.
- Applies Security, privacy and ethics principles to own work and to the operation of the organisation. Engages or works with specialists as necessary.
- Deputise for higher grade staff, if required
- Perform other duties as may be required.
- Business travel to other NATO and national (NATO and non-NATO) facilities up to 1 - 2 times per month across Belgium as well as frequent travel between the NCIA offices
- May be required to undertake duty travel to operational sites and theatres inside and outside NATO boundaries.
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 recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university 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 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
- Recent experience (at least 3 years) in Project management of acquisition and / or development projects for a large organization
- Strong experience in Project Management tools, managing cost and labour
- Relevant experience in leading a cross functional team, preferably in international environment
- Relevant experience in project administration (resource management, project financing and budgeting)
- A recognised formal Project Management qualification, such as PRINCE2 or PMP. The lack of formal qualifications can be compensated by the demonstration of expertise and experience in the domain
- Proven success as a project team manager/leader in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) acquisition projects;
- Project Management automation (ServiceNow (SNOW)) and work collaboration tools experience;
- Knowledge of NATO or national governmental acquisition policy and procurement procedures;
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.
