CSB Cloud Project Manager

Start date: 16 October 2025

Clearance: NATO SECRET

Location: Brussels, Belgium

This SoW defines the provision of Cloud Project Manager Services to lead, coordinate, and deliver high-impact cloud-based initiatives across NATO's cloud environments.

The objective of this engagement is to provide strategic and executional project management expertise to deliver complex cloud migration, integration, and governance initiatives. The Cloud Project Manager will operate in alignment with NATO's enterprise architectures, technology strategies, and NECOM principles, ensuring successful delivery of projects within time, cost, scope, and quality constraints while managing diverse stakeholder expectations.

Qualifications
The support for this work requires a resource with the following qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years' experience in project management of complex ICT/cloud initiatives.
• Proven success in managing multi-region cloud transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and deployment models.
• Certified PMP/PRINCE2/Scrum Master or AgilePM.
• Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Admin).
• Experience working in multinational or defense environments.
• Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
• The Contractor can anticipate and proactively mitigate potential strategic and operational challenges.
• The Contractor has excellent communication and presentation skills, with the capacity to convey complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• The Contractor has a collaborative mind-set and a proven ability to work effectively alongside strategic leads and other stakeholders in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• The Contractor has expertise in programme delivery methodologies and relevant experience in delivering programmes within a broader portfolio context.
• The Contractor can speak and write fluent English since the work is conducted in English.
• The Contractor must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations.

SCOPE OF WORK

Under the direction / guidance of the NCIA Point of Contact or delegated staff, the contractor shall provide services related to:

• Project Management

Define, plan, and execute large-scale cloud transformation and service implementation projects.

Monitor scope, schedule, budget, and quality across all project phases.

Develop and maintain project documentation, including PID, Gantt charts, RAID logs, and reporting dashboards.

Apply both Agile and Waterfall methodologies based on project needs.

Ensure project deliverables are accepted per agreed criteria and change requests are appropriately managed.

• Stakeholder Management

Develop stakeholder management strategies and stakeholder registers.

Engage with senior stakeholders including CDT, CTO, programme managers, and SMEs across the NATO Enterprise.

Facilitate communication and alignment across technical and business stakeholders in multinational contexts.

• Cloud Program Governance

Align project activities with NECOM principles and enterprise-wide cloud governance models.

Support development of governance artefacts such as RACI matrices, ToRs, risk registers, and control frameworks.

Collaborate with the CSB function, cloud architects, and compliance leads to ensure programmatic coherence.

• Change and Risk Management

Maintain and update project risk registers and mitigation plans.

Lead change control procedures and impact assessments of scope, schedule, and resourcing variations.

• Contract & Vendor Coordination

Coordinate with contract officers and vendors for service delivery in accordance with contractual obligations.

Monitor KPIs, SLAs, and vendor performance metrics.

• Reporting & Reviews

Provide weekly and sprint-based progress updates.

Participate in monthly sprint reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement efforts.

Submit delivery reports and update relevant documentation repositories.

The contractor will be part of a team and will provide services using an Agile and iterative approach during multiple sprints. Each sprint is planned for a duration of 1 week. The content and scope of each sprint will be agreed during the sprint-planning meeting, in writing, based on the activities mentioned above.

Due to the AGILE approach of this project, there is a need to define a set of specific arrangements between the NCI Agency and the contractor that specifically defines the deliverables to be provided for each sprint as well as their associated acceptance criteria.

Login and apply | Register and apply |