Lead C5ISR Projects for Defense & Security

BSS Holland B.V.; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership Team access

Direct collaboration with Partners

Mission-relevant projects

Job summary

BSS Holland is recruiting a Project Manager C5ISR in the Netherlands to lead complex, multidisciplinary technical projects. You will steer business and operational context, coordinating engineers, partners and customers to deliver field-ready solutions.

You bring proven project management experience in defense or security environments, NATO citizenship, and fluency in Dutch and English. Willingness to travel and work on-site is required.

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in a technical, high-tech, defense, security, industrial or similarly complex environment.
• NATO citizenship is mandatory for the role.
• Professional command of Dutch and English in operations and communication.
• Willingness and ability to undergo screening with valid Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and security clearance (VGB).
• Ability to travel and work on-site with customers and suppliers in the Netherlands and abroad.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain realistic project plans, milestones, dependencies, capacity needs and delivery priorities.
• Bring clarity and momentum to multidisciplinary teams while leaving room for technical expertise, initiative and pragmatic problem-solving.
• Steer technical and operational discussions, translate between specialists and stakeholders, and bring in the right people before issues become blockers.
• Coordinate suppliers, logistics, expediting, inspections and acceptance activities to keep materials, components and deliverables moving.
• Monitor progress, risks, decisions, quality and compliance, including military, customer and security requirements.
• Provide project calculations and forecasts, safeguard approved budgets, and give timely visibility of financial impact and delivery trade-offs.
• Detect scope changes early and ensure explicit ownership, decisions and commercial follow-up.
• Maintain clear, credible communication with customers, end users, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Work on-site with customers and suppliers in the Netherlands and abroad when required.
• Help improve project governance, reporting, and lessons learned as BSS scales.

Skills

Project management

Security clearance

Dutch language

English language

Travel willingness

Job description

BSS Holland is recruiting a Project Manager C5ISR in the Netherlands to lead complex, multidisciplinary technical projects. You will steer business and operational context, coordinating engineers, partners and customers to deliver field-ready solutions.

You bring proven project management experience in defense or security environments, NATO citizenship, and fluency in Dutch and English. Willingness to travel and work on-site is required.