Programme Lead — Deployable Communications (NATO)

Work Life Group; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 104,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup is seeking a seasoned programme manager for a multinational defence portfolio, based in Norfolk, VA, with relocation and NATO-5 visa support. You will lead issue and change processes, manage risks, and ensure program quality across interdependent projects.

Required are a related university degree, 5+ years in PM of communications or information systems, and 3+ years in risk/change management within a multinational/military context, with fluent English.

Qualifications

• University degree in a related field (PM, engineering, CS, telecom).
• 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 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 and provide clear situational awareness on every one of them.
• Capture and log every programme issue affecting capability.
• Sequence activities and milestones, and keep the plan honest.
• Review staff reports, management products and project specifications for clarity and content.
• Run programme and project quality reviews and audits using qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Capture operational lessons from exercises and live operations, and turn them into identified capability gaps.
• Own the programme risk log: identifying, estimating, evaluating and preparing responses.
• Reconcile the reporting databases so project expenditure is represented accurately to the stakeholder group.
• Communicate timely, analysed and well-presented information to the people it affects.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Change management

Quality reviews

Stakeholder communication

Education

University degree in PM/Engineering/CS/Telecom

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.