NATO offers you more than a job. It gives you a mission: building peace and security for one billion people in Europe and North America.

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is leading NATO’s Digital Endeavour.

Who we are:

NCIA acquire, deploy and defend communications systems for NATO’s political decision-makers and Commands; the agency is on the frontlines against cyber-attacks, working closely with governments and industry to prevent future debilitating attacks.

We are NATO’s technology and cyber leaders, helping NATO Nations to communicate and work together in smarter ways. Our work is challenging and meaningful, and you will develop and apply your expertise as part of a dynamic international team of civilian and military professionals.

What do we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave
• Excellent private health insurance scheme
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
• Retirement Pension Scheme

About the job

Make your mark at the intersection of education and technology in the international security environment by joining the NCI Academy, the leading organization delivering top-quality Cyberspace training within NATO.

As the Senior Product Portfolio Manager, you will guide the product management lifecycle for the NCI Academy within diverse, cross-functional teams. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of learning within NATO while enjoying competitive compensation, professional growth, and the satisfaction of making a lasting impact. Apply now to be part of this ground-breaking Agile journey with NCI Academy!

For a full list of duties, please review the job description here.

About you

We are looking for a talented and knowledgeable Senior Product Portfolio Manager, with ideally a Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience. A different qualification coupled with particularly relevant experience may also be considered.

The ideal candidate should have:

• A minimum of three years’ experience as a product, project and/or service manager;
• A minimum of two years’ experience as a portfolio manager;
• A minimum of three years’ experience in Cyberspace service and project delivery;
• Thorough knowledge of customer funding within not-for-profit organisations;
• Master analysis tools such as MS Power BI and MS Excel.

Knowledge of English, both written and spoken, is essential.

Competencies

The NCI Agency is looking for individuals who have tangible experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Relating and Networking
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) will not accept applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at the sole discretion of the NCI Agency.

Please note that ALL SELECTED CANDIDATES, with the exception of currently employed NATO International Civilians (NIC’s) will be appointed at the first Increment of the indicated NATO Grade, i.e. NATO Grade X, Increment 1.This is the salary referred to in this vacancy notice. Extra increments can only be considered for candidates from another Co-Ordinated Organisation.

Selected candidates who are not nationals of the host country and who have not been continuously resident in the host country for at least one year may be eligible for an expatriate allowance. For the purposes of determining continuous residence, NATO considers mainly the work location at the time recruitment started, independent of whether various ties were kept with the home country. For more information on our allowances click here.

All selected candidates are required to complete a Security Clearance, Medical Clearance and Pre-employment Screening process before joining the NCI Agency. This process will require time, so please keep in mind that you will not be able to start working with us right away.