Programme Manager — Deployable Communications Capability for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Eigenbrakel; Sur place; EUR 104 000 - 139 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Wlgroup, a multinational defence organisation, offers relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia, with NATO-5 visa support.

The programme management seat covers issues, risks and quality across a portfolio of interdependent projects in communications and information systems. You will own risk logs, run quality reviews, and ensure clear, timely reporting to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 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 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.
• Fluent professional English.

Responsabilités

• Handling issues and changes through established processes and providing 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 qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Capturing operational lessons from exercises and live operations, turning them into identified capability gaps.
• Owning the programme risk log: identifying, estimating, evaluating and preparing responses.
• Reconciling reporting databases so project expenditure is accurately represented to stakeholders.
• Communicating timely, analysed and well-presented information to those affected by the programme.

Connaissances

Programme management

Risk management

Change management

Quality reviews

PM methods (MSP/PRINCE2/PMI)

Multinational environment

Stakeholder comms

English proficiency

Formation

University degree in project/programme management or related field

Description du poste

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa.

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.