Program Coordinator
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POSITION OVERVIEW
ACT contributes to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of Alliance member states by leading, at Strategic Command level, Warfare Development required to enhance NATO's posture, military structures, forces, capabilities and doctrines. The Capability Development Directorate (CAPDEV) comprises two Divisions-Requirements and Capabilities. The Directorate supports SACT in his Capabilities Requirement Authority (CRA) role. It is responsible for a holistic through lifecycle Capability Development approach that infuses innovation and transformative efforts that are an integral part of the Warfare Development. This includes responsibilities for elicitation, development, capture and collection, quality review, traceability and visibility of capability requirements.
The Capabilities Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with the management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure. This entails synchronizing horizontally across capabilities to achieve coherent efforts and outcomes. The Cyberspace Branch provides scientific, technical and operational expertise for the development and continuous improvement of modern and agile Cyberspace capabilities including Cyber Defence and enabling cryptographic infrastructure. The Cyber Capabilities Section leads the development and management of Capability Programme Plans (CPPs) and monitors the delivery of programme outcomes and benefits within scope, cost and schedule tolerances. The Section leads the acceptance testing and documentation of assigned capabilities.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
In broad terms, the task involves the coordination, in support of the Programme Director, of the development and management of cyber CPPs to meet operational and capability requirements across DOTMLPFI3 aspects.

• Contribute to eliciting operational requirements, translating the outputs of the Warfare Development Agenda activities to the ORS developed by ACO.
• Coordinate the elicitation of the capability requirements with the Capability Requirement Managers and coordinate with the Capability Engineer.
• Based on the architecture and the DOTMLPFI analysis, coordinate with the Capability Engineer the scope of the programmes to realize the expected benefits and coordinate with ACO the development of the Benefits Realization Plan of the programmes.
• Develop and maintain a catalogue of programme documents and their status.
• Identify and map the interdependencies of the programme with the adjacent programmes and identify the risks stemming from those interdependencies.
• Within the context of capability development, identify, evaluate and plan mitigation actions for the risks to deliver the programme benefits within scope, schedule and cost.
• Coordinate the development of the scope, cost and schedule of each of the projects.
• Develop the programme tolerances to cover the uncertainties of the programme planning and the risks that were identified.
• Coordinate with the Project Management Office (PMO) in order to keep the PMO hub up to date and to provide the information needed to make informed management decisions at CMF level.
• Support Programme Director and staff to review projects, or TBCE, before they are submitted for governance approval, to ensure compliance between implementation efforts and the overall capability programme plans.
• Support the Programme Director to ensure that ACT statements are provided to the Investment Committee during the screening process of the projects, funding requests or exception reports.
• Collect and communicate lessons identified from the programme management activities and propose actions to improve the day-to-day performance.
• Perform additional tasks, as required by the Programme Director, related to the labour category.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or Business Administration from an accredited university.
• Non-expired programme management practitioner-level certification by an accredited institution, such as the Programme Management Institute PMP or the Axelos MSP. (training only will not suffice)
• Expert-level post-grade certification in CIS security and cyber defence disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). (training only would not suffice)
• Minimum of 3 years in the last 5 in the field of programme or project management.
• Minimum of 2 years in the last 5 of experience in in the Cyber area.
• Minimum of 2 years in the last 5 of experience in briefing senior leaders/decision makers.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, with good briefing and presentation skills;
• Ability to interact with senior military and civilian officials in an international environment, using tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the NATO Common Funded Capability Delivery Governance Model.
• Demonstrate familiarity with NATO as an organization.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of tolerance management.
• Demonstrate working knowledge on Benefits Management.
• Demonstrate working knowledge on Risk Management.
• National of one of the 31 NATO countries
• In possession of an active National and/or NATO Secret security clearance

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement.
DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.
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