Senior Defence Project Support Lead (NATO Top Secret)

GardPass Consulting; Corsham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GardPass Consulting is seeking an experienced Project/Programme Manager to lead complex IS projects within a Defence CIS environment at Corsham, UK. The role requires active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET clearance and extensive experience in Agile/PRINCE2 and risk-led delivery.

You will coordinate roadmap meetings, manage budgets, and ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes while supporting the NCIA Liaison Officer at MOD Corsham and driving knowledge handovers at contract completion.

Qualifications

• Must hold active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET clearance (or equivalent).
• At least 10 years’ delivery experience in Defence CIS projects.
• Proven track record delivering project/programme/portfolio management with Agile and PRINCE2.
• Strong ability to produce focussed programme plans with risk management.
• Good financial acumen; experience with budget management.
• Experience in IS development including requirements capture and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with static/mobile IS in dynamic environments.
• Understanding security and comms requirements in system design.
• Experience with Agile and SAFe methodologies.
• Service transition and service management experience.
• Nationality of a NATO country is required.
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project roadmap meetings with Project Manager and stakeholders; update sprint deliverables for consistency and traceability.
• Provide weekly progress, priorities, dependencies, risks and issues summaries.
• Provide on-site support for Q3/Q4 2026 sprint meetings and project support meetings at MoD Corsham.
• Maintain and update project tasking, progress reporting, comments, risks and issues.
• Use project documentation as repository and planning tool.
• Establish and maintain project documentation as needed.
• Support NCIA Liaison Officer (LO) at MOD Corsham, on-site or remotely as agreed.
• Assist knowledge handover sessions before contract completion to ensure continuity and long-term sustainability.

Skills

Security clearance

CIS Delivery

PMO/Portfolio Mgmt

Agile methodologies

PRINCE2

Risk management

Budget management

Requirements capture

IS development

Static/Deployable IS

Security & Communications

SAFe

Service transition

Service management

NATO nationality

English proficiency

MoD knowledge

Networked C2 systems

Job description

GardPass Consulting is seeking an experienced Project/Programme Manager to lead complex IS projects within a Defence CIS environment at Corsham, UK. The role requires active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET clearance and extensive experience in Agile/PRINCE2 and risk-led delivery.

You will coordinate roadmap meetings, manage budgets, and ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes while supporting the NCIA Liaison Officer at MOD Corsham and driving knowledge handovers at contract completion.