IT Project Leader

Leads IT projects and services at NATO’s maritime research centre in La Spezia. The project leader manages scope, budgets, schedules and roadmaps, directs DevSecOps teams, allocates resources, oversees infrastructure and security, manages clients and contractors, controls risk and reports delivery across parallel work packages.

Department: Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

• Plan and execute IT projects against scope, cost, schedule and quality
• Develop product roadmaps and manage client relationships
• Allocate people, budgets and technical resources across projects
• Lead cross-functional Agile DevSecOps teams
• Manage parallel work packages through delivery and acceptance
• Oversee IT infrastructure, service operations and security
• Coordinate contractors, related programmes and technical stakeholders
• Report budgets, risks, deviations and mitigation measures

• Master’s degree in computer science, telecommunications engineering, electrical engineering, information systems design or a related field with at least five years of directly relevant experience, or at least twelve years of equivalent progressive expertise
• Experience leading large cross-functional international IT projects
• Experience delivering Agile projects within time and budget constraints
• Supervisory experience with multidisciplinary IT delivery teams
• Agile Project Management or Professional Scrum Master certification
• English proficiency at NATO SLP 3333
• Nationality of a NATO member country

• Multiple positions may be filled
• Three-year definite-duration contract, renewable
• Monthly salary is EUR 7,246.22
• Role may involve work aboard vessels and travel inside or outside NATO boundaries
• Applicants must be nationals of NATO member countries
• Appointment requires security clearance and medical approval