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Principal Project Manager — Large-Scale IT Delivery for NATO with security clearance

WLG Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

Financial Services · 2-10 employees

5 h ago
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Belgium
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About the role

The Principal Project Manager will oversee large-scale IT projects from business case development through to final capability delivery. Responsibilities include managing project resources, ensuring quality assurance, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.

What they look for

Project Management IT Delivery Procurement Strategy Risk Analysis Business Case Development Quality Assurance Stakeholder Management Agile Delivery Change Management Business Process Modelling Cloud Computing Data Science Cyber Security ServiceNow ERP Leadership

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree and possess at least six years of relevant experience, including three years in a large IT organization. A formal project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP is required, along with experience in digital transformation.

Full description

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 organisation's 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 bachelor's 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.

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