Programme Manager — Deployable Communications Capability for NATO with security clearance

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO‑5 visa.

About the role

A multinational defence organisation develops the communications and information systems that deploy with its forces. This position is the programme‑management seat, responsible for keeping issues, risks and quality under control across a portfolio of inter‑dependent projects.

Responsibilities

• Handle issues and changes through established processes and provide clear situational awareness for each.
• Capture and log every programme issue affecting the capability.
• Sequence activities and milestones, and keep the plan honest.
• Review staff reports, management products and project specifications for clarity and content.
• Run programme and project quality reviews and audits, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Capture operational lessons from exercises and live operations, turning them into identified capability gaps.
• Own the programme risk log: identify, estimate, evaluate and prepare responses.
• Reconcile reporting databases so project expenditure is represented accurately to the stakeholder group.
• Communicate timely, analysed and well‑presented information to the people it affects.

Qualifications

• University degree in project or programme management, engineering, computer science, telecommunications or a closely related field.
• At least five years of project management experience in communications or information systems, using a recognised method such as MSP, PRINCE2 or PMI.
• At least three years managing risks and issues in a complex, inter‑dependent programme.
• At least three years applying change management in a capability programme.
• At least three years running programme and project quality reviews and audits.
• At least three years as a subject‑matter expert in deployable communications or signals.
• At least three years experience in an alliance or multinational military environment.
• Fluent professional English.
• This is a long‑term engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.