Senior Project Manager — Digital Transformation Programmes for NATO with security clearance

A multinational defence organisation is looking for a project manager who can carrya project from the first business case to the delivered capability. You would sit inside itsproject management office take assigned projects end to end and answer for time cost andquality on each of them.

What you would be doing

• Planning running and managing assigned projects against the organisations own projectmanagement policies and procedures.
• Building the procurement strategy the benefit and risk analysis and the business case thatwin sponsor agreement and funding.
• Running the quality assurance work that decides whether a capability or a service is actuallyfit to hand over.
• Understanding what the client is really asking for collecting the data doing the analysisand resolving the problems that come out of it.
• Identifying planning and allocating the resources a milestone needs and taking correctiveaction early when one starts to slip.
• Leading project teams and individuals directly or in a matrix and keeping realistic plansand honest communication in front of stakeholders.
• Supporting other teams on project management work and taking on the technical supportactivities that come with it.

What you would bring

• A bachelors degree from a recognised university in a related discipline with six years ofrelevant experience behind it.
• A formal project management qualification PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP. Demonstratedexpertise in the domain can stand in place of the certificate.
• At least three years of recent project management in a large IT organisation where theinvestments are substantial.
• Experience of large digital transformation work in the public sector or an internationalorganisation.
• Working knowledge of the modern approaches the job touches: agile delivery changemanagement business process modelling cloud data science cyber security.
• The ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy in writing and in the room and to briefa senior audience well.
• Nice to have: ITIL Foundation project management tooling and automation such as ServiceNowor an ERP portfolio and programme practice such as MoP or MSP acquisition and procurementprocedure and time in an international environment with both military and civilian colleagues.

Extensions are offered where the work goes well. Applications are reviewed as theyarrive.