Job Description

Deadline Date: Tuesday 18 August 2026

Requirement: Project Manager

Location: Mons, BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 495

Required Start Date: 28 September 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:

• Manage projects to ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, time, cost and quality tolerances;
• Develop and maintain agreed project and resource plans and detailed stage plans in compliance with the NCIA's directives and project management best practices;
• Identify, plan, request and manage the deployment of resources to meet project milestones and initiate corrective actions when necessary;
• Take responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution;
• Develop of procurement strategy, benefit risk analysis, business case to secure sponsor acceptance and funding;
• Monitor and control project financial status and execute project managers duties in Agency defined Procure to Pay process;
• Execute the necessary Quality Assurance functions essential to the successful delivery of capability and services;
• Support reporting and communications with the Service Centre and NCIA's senior leadership, in order to ensure projects are monitored and controlled across all management levels;
• Manage internal and external stakeholder groups and build networks to gain support to deliver projects successfully;
• Deputise for higher grade staff, if required;
• Performs other duties as may be required.

Requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• A Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree, at a nationally recognized /certified University in a related discipline, and 3 years post-related experience;
• Or exceptionally, the lack of a 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;
• A formal project management qualification such as PRINCE 2 or PMI PMP;
• Recent experience (at least five years) and knowledge in the successful project management for a large, preferably international, organization;
• Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to the work and familiarity with related international / commercial / industrial standards;
• Proactive attitude in seeking and maintaining trust from stakeholders;
• Extensive experience with Project Management Tools;
• Experience and certification in Agile Project Management (Agile PM, Scrum);
• Experience and certification in Service Management (i.e. ITIL V3 or V4);
• Experience in supplier management, negotiations, conflict resolution and contract management;
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge and experience with NATO's procurement process for ICT projects;
• Experience in large IT infrastructure (data centers, networking, security, end user devices) implementation projects;
• Experience in communicating with senior management and large groups (briefings, written and oral presentations)