Location: Braine-l’Alleud, BE (Full time on-site, with potential telework and local travel within Belgium and to The Hague roughly 3x per month)

Duties & Roles:

• NSIP Cyber Project Management: Lead and execute NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) projects and major procurement implementations within the cybersecurity domain.
• Procurement & SOW Development: Develop detailed Statements of Work (SoW) for competitive industry bidding, defining and collecting comprehensive technical and non-technical requirements. Contribute to source selections based on defined procurement strategies.
• Resource & Schedule Control: Identify, plan, request, and manage the deployment of resources to meet project milestones. Take corrective actions when performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
• Risk Management & Executive Reporting: Monitor project risks, progress, and approved budgets. Deliver regular status reports, data analyses, and problem resolutions to senior executives, leadership, and NATO committees.
• Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Provide positive leadership to project teams (typically 3–5 personnel), ensure deliverables meet quality standards, and contribute to continuous project management improvements across NCIA.

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Physics, Electronics) plus 3 years of post-related experience, or at least 10 years of extensive expertise compensating for the lack of a degree.
• Core Experience: Recent experience as a Project Manager in a large organization delivering C4ISR capabilities in the defense sector, alongside at least 2 years of direct experience delivering military, CIS, or IT capabilities for NATO or a national MoD.
• Framework & Programme Knowledge: Detailed understanding of the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP), Military Budget (MB), and Common-Funded Capability Governance Models.
• Qualifications & Certifications: Formal Project Management qualification (PRINCE2 Foundation, PMP, DAWIA Level II, MSP, PMI-RMP, or Lean Six Sigma). Desirable cybersecurity certifications (CompTIA Security+, CCSP, CISM, or CISSP) and IT certifications (ITIL 4, Agile PM, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or CSM).
• Software & Languages: Proficiency in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, and Power-BI. Language proficiency in English meeting or exceeding NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3 (“Professional Proficiency”).
• Clearance: A valid NATO Secret security clearance is mandatory.