Principal Project Manager - Braine-l'Alleud, België - Spektrum

Spektrum

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Braine-l'Alleud, België

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Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Who we are supporting

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners.

The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
Command and

Control Systems:
The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.

Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO's principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider.

It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

In order to provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance engaged workforce.

The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's:
NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil) and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)s.

The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make-up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

The management of time, cost and quality of all facets of the assigned project(s);
The management of requirements in coordination with the customer;
The management and motivation of project team(s) through clear guidance and assignment of work;
The development and maintenance of project plans in particular using the MS-EPM (Microsoft Enterprise Project Management) framework used by NCIA and in compliance with NCIA directive and project management best practices;
The identification, planning, and allocation of resources to meet project milestones and/or initiate corrective actions when necessary;
The use of EBA (Enterprise Business Application; NCI Agency ERP system) to monitor and control project financial status and execute project managers duties in NCIAdefined ProcuretoPay process;
The monitoring and control of project progress to ensure resources are consumed in accordance with the approved budget and within the approved timelines;
The sustainment of effective communications with different stakeholders (internally and externally), through the provision of briefings and the organisation of meetings in particular, including with NCIA top management;
The consideration of Programme requirements as required;
The provision of relevant inputs to the various Agency's reports;
Maintain liaison with other Project Managers and Programme
Managers to ensure the integrity and coherence of NATO CIS systems and capabilities;
Maintain close contact with NCIA Customers;
Maintain close relationship with the appropriate levels of NATO bodies involved in NATO CIS processes;
Represent the Agency in assigned NATO committees, steering groups/boards as required;
Maintain contact, as required, with representatives of industrial organisations within the NATO nations;
Stay abreast of technological developments relevant to the area of work;
Participate in trainings as applicable;
Deputize for higher staff as required;
Perform any other duties as required.

Essential Skills and Experience

A recognised project management qualification (such as Prince2 Practitioner, Managing Successful programmes (MSP), Project Management techniques based upon PMI Knowledge area, Agile) and recent extensive experience (at least eight years) in the Project Management of major communication and/or command and control/management information system for a large organisation. The lack of formal project qualification may be compensated by the demonstration of expertise in the domain;
A recognised Service Management qualification (such as ITIL Foundation, ITIL specialist courses)
Proactive attitude in seeking and maintaining trust from stakeholders.
Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with good bri