#NC25MGT185044 - Project Manager (Outsourcing) - Closed
Deadline: January 5, 2026
Requester: NATO
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Job type: Contractor
Start date: February, 2026
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
Risk management:
- Carries out risk management activities within a specific function, technical area or project of medium complexity;
- Identifies risks and vulnerabilities, assesses their impact and probability, develops mitigation strategies and reports to the business;
- Involves specialists and domain experts as necessary.
Project management:
- Defines, documents and executes small projects or sub-projects;
- Works alone or with a small team actively participating in all phases of the project;
- Applies appropriate project management methods and tools;
- Identifies, assesses and manages risks effectively;
- Agrees project approach with stakeholders and prepares realistic project plans (including scope, schedule, quality, risk and communication plans);
- Tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate;
- Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used takes action where these exceed agreed tolerances.
Requirements definition and management:
- Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity;
- Contributes to selecting the requirements approach;
- Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements;
- Establishes requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
Contract management:
- Acts as a routine contact point between the organisation and suppliers concerning contract management;
- Supports the collection of contract performance data;
- Creates standard reports on contract performance;
- Deliver on time/cost and scope of Projects under his/her responsibility;
- Contribute to other project activities in support of higher roles Project Managers (from project initiation to project closure);
- Take appropriate actions following Agency procedures and upper management decisions to successfully deliver projects;
- Adopt the project approach defined by his/her Projects Portfolio Manager following Agency processes;
- Develop Project Proposals based on Customer's requirements and agreements;
- Manage Project Team to deliver the project according to Customer's agreements;
- Provide regular accurate Project status reports;
- Deputise for higher grade staff, if required;
- Perform other duties as may be required.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in an information systems, physics or electronics related scientific or engineering discipline, or other relevant scientific discipline, and 2 years post-related experience;
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
- Recent experience in Project management of C4ISR acquisition and / or development projects for a large organization;
- Experience in Project Management tools, managing cost and labour;
- A recognised formal Project Management qualification, such as PRINCE2 or PMP;
- Experience in managing projects within a large organization environment is highly desirable;
- Experience with using Business Intelligence Toolsets;
- Certification in Risk Management is highly desirable; (Management of Risk (MoR) or similar );
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.
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