Programme Manager — Deployable Communications Capability for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brussel; On-site; EUR 79,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG seeks a senior Programme Manager for a long-term NATO-related delivery programme based in Norfolk, VA, with NATO-5 visa support for you and your family. This is a full employment contract through our delivery partner.

You will own issues, risks, timelines and quality across a multinational portfolio, leveraging MSP/PRINCE2/PMI and deployable communications expertise. The role is long-term and renewal is expected.

Qualifications

• University degree in a related field.
• At least five years in project management of communications or information systems using MSP/PRINCE2/PMI.
• At least three years managing risks and issues in a complex programme.
• At least three years applying change management in a capability programme.
• At least three years running programme and project quality reviews and audits.
• At least three years in deployable communications or signals as SME.
• At least three years in an alliance or multinational military environment.
• Fluent professional English.

Responsibilities

• Handle issues and changes through established processes with clear situational awareness.
• Capture and log every programme issue affecting capability.
• Sequence activities and milestones, keep plan honest.
• Review staff reports and project specifications for clarity.
• Run programme quality reviews and audits using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Capture operational lessons from exercises and live operations as capability gaps.
• Own the programme risk log: identify, estimate, evaluate and respond.
• Reconcile reporting databases so expenditure is accurately represented.
• Communicate timely, analysed information to affected stakeholders.

Skills

Programme management

Risk management

Change management

Quality reviews

Stakeholder communication

Multinational environment

English proficiency

Education

University degree in project or programme management, engineering, computer science, telecommunications or related field

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

PMI

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa for you and your family.

This post is a full employment contract with our delivery partner, with the benefits that go with it — not a contractor or B2B arrangement. Agreeing to be employed is the first condition of the role.

A multinational defence organisation develops the communications and information systems that deploy with its forces. This is the programme management seat: keeping issues, risks and quality under control across a portfolio of interdependent projects.

What You Would Be Doing

• Handling issues and changes through the established processes and giving clear situational awareness on every one of them.
• Capturing and logging every programme issue affecting the capability.
• Sequencing activities and milestones, and keeping the plan honest.
• Reviewing staff reports, management products and project specifications for clarity and content.
• Running programme and project quality reviews and audits, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Capturing operational lessons from exercises and live operations, and turning them into identified capability gaps.
• Owning the programme risk log: identifying, estimating, evaluating and preparing responses.
• Reconciling the reporting databases so project expenditure is represented accurately to the stakeholder group.
• Communicating timely, analysed and well-presented information to the people it affects.

What you would bring

• A university degree in project or programme management, engineering, computer science, telecommunications or a closely related field.
• At least five years in project management of communications or information systems, using a recognised method such as MSP, PRINCE2 or PMI.
• At least three years managing risks and issues in a complex, interdependent programme.
• At least three years applying change management in a capability programme.
• At least three years running programme and project quality reviews and audits.
• At least three years in deployable communications or signals as a subject matter expert.
• At least three years in an alliance or multinational military environment.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.