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The Cyber and Digital Transformation (CDT) Division leads NATO’s cyber defence, digital transformation, and hybrid threat response. The Digital Plans and Capabilities Section (DPCAP) drives Capability Development (CapDev) for ICT and cyber across NATO, supporting senior leadership with evidence-based prioritization and implementation.

This role provides governance support for CapDev, including CFCDGM deliverables, process improvements, and progress monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• The contractor will be responsible for CDT Division focuses on driving effective planning, prioritization, and execution of Enterprise-wide projects while ensuring stakeholder coherence and collaboration.

• collecting and analysing data on CIS and Cybersecurity projects delivered by NCIA to support advising and (data-driven) decision making by CDT Senior Leadership;

• maintaining a prioritized project list, and contributing expertise during prioritization exercises and monitoring progress;

• actively supporting workshops and coordination meetings as part of the Enterprise Sizing effort;

• developing a database for sizing requirements, and facilitating the completion of new products and processes.

• The role involves providing training and guidance to enhance project planning, risk management, and reporting, while promoting adherence to best practices and standardized methodologies. This position is essential for enabling the CDT Division to deliver high-quality capabilities aligned with organizational goals.

• The contracted individual must be able to perform effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision the following tasks:

• Close liaison with ACT, capability monitors, program directors, ACO and NCIA to support enterprise coherence and cybersecurity within ICT prioritization and sequencing activities. Prioritization, dependency management, and sequencing are emphasized to optimize the execution of initiatives and ensure strategic alignment and success

• Systematically de-conflict and de-risk initiatives across multiple delivery streams and governance structures, integrating executive portfolio governance into the SEG to guide strategic prioritization, risk tolerance, and resource allocation.

• Supporting the SPG, the plan contributes the Enterprise perspective to Capability Delivery Action Plans at the WG level and serves as the CDT focal point for the WG1/SPG secretariat.

• Support mapping coherence across all Alliance and NATO Enterprise CIS and Cybersecurity CPPs, programs, and projects, developing an operating model for PfM across Enterprise stakeholders to enhance visibility, control, and coordination.

• Perform regular assessments of the NATO Enterprise ICT portfolio, identifying interdependencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Assess the qualitative data for NATO Enterprise – Enterprise Sizing (as specified in Annex C from SOR/MER 23) and updating the NATO Enterprise List of Entities and Points of Presence.

• Leverage advanced experience and knowledge of MS365 tools to enhance business as usual activities.

• Act as a conduit to drive and support coherence among Enterprise stakeholders in order to facilitate coordination and completion of new products and ways of working

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Over 10 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management within the ICT industries.

• Proven working experience from multi-cultural, large international organization (e.g. NATO, EU, etc.) – minimum 2 years.

• Experience across different domains and C-suite level stakeholders.

• Extensive team management experience and deep understanding of the digital transformation processes.

• Possessing recognised formal Project Management qualifications, such as PRINCE 2 (Practitioner) / Project Management Professional (PMP).

• Possessing recognised formal Portfolio Management qualifications, such as Management of Portfolios MoP (Practitioner) / Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP).

• Lean and Agile project implementation experience, proved with relevant certifications in Agile methodologies (e.g. CSPO, Agile Coaching ICP-ACC, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, etc.).

• Organizational Change Management Experience.

• Service Management including ITIL 3 and/or 4.

• Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to the work, i.e. software and development platforms, and familiarity with related international / commercial / industrial products.

• Proficiency in Power BI development, architecture and Azure Fundamentals certification.

• Proven experience in developing and maintaining portfolio dashboards that provide accurate and up-to-date information on project and portfolio status.

• Advanced expertise in the setup, configuration, utilization and administration of MS365 tools.

• Experience in the creation and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to standardize processes and ensure best practices in project and portfolio management.

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