About this job

EMW, Inc., has been awarded a 3-year, $40 million single-award IDIQ contract for the Support Service Contract for Cyber Defence from the NATO NCI Agency.

The NCI Agency delivers secure, coherent, cost-effective and interoperable communications and information systems and services in support of consultation, command & control and enabling intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for NATO. NCI Agency headquarters is located in Brussels, Belgium, and the agency operates in over 30 locations throughout Europe, North America, and South-East Asia.

Under the contract, EMW will provide a wide range of services throughout the various NCI Agency directorates. The services or “competency areas” include all facets of Cyber Defence.

“We are grateful for this opportunity and our team, comprised of the leading Cyber Defence technology providers across multiple NATO nations, looks forward to providing our expertise to the NATO community” Tony Bui, President, EMW, Inc.

Responsibilities

• Provide Project Management Officer support to project, including scope, budget and schedule maintenance
• Maintain Enterprise Project Management tool updated for project and assist Project Manager in any relevant duties
• Project portal administrator – maintain project’s SharePoint site and ensure folders are structured well, documents are regularly updated and organised effectively and version control is correctly applied
• Maintain document tracker against all expected contractual documents for software release
• Maintain document compliance sheet for each contractual document that undergoes internal review
• Ensure that functional and contractual requirements are defined in Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) document for each software release and track delivery against these requirements in RTM
• Produce high quality documents including price proposals and Statements of Work
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders, including Contractors and NATO organizations
• Follow-up project execution: documentation review, testing, delivery, etc
• Support project team members as required with documentation tracking, review and responses to suppliers
• Travel to other NATO locations if required
• Adhere to NCI Agency guidance and directives, and more generally NATO Standards
• Any other PMO duties as mandated by Project Manager

Profile

• [M] Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
• [M] University degree in Project Management, Computer Science, or related discipline
• [M] Experience as a PMO in CIS projects (2 years);
• [M] Experience as Project Team Leader (1 year);
• [M] Thorough knowledge and experience with Microsoft Project and Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution
• [M] Flexibility to work outside normal duty hours as and when required
• [M] Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to the work
• [M] Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with good briefing skills, in English
• [M] Formal qualification in project management and management techniques (Prince2, Scrum, PMP)
• [M] English 4343 (see STANAG 6001);
• [M] Able to operate under time pressure and autonomously, and able to multitask continuously;
• [M] Ability to independently produce project documentation in English, including price proposals and Statements of Work
• [M] Ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders (including customers)
• [M] Experience of working in (international) environment, comprising both military and civilian staff
• [M] Ability to learn new procedures and terminology quickly;
• [S] Former experience in NCIA, thorough knowledge of NCIA project management processes (including NSIP), and conversant with NATO Policy and procurement procedures
• [S] Experience in applying multi-discipline management techniques in acquisition of complex communication and information systems;
• [S] Familiar with Agile Product Creation Process (e.g., Scrum)

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