Cybersecurity Programme Manager @ Spektrum

Spektrum has a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations. We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

The NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO's principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain a high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categories: NATO International Civilians (NIC's), Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC's). The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Background

ACPV supports the NATO strategic objective to enhance cyber defence and resilience. It directly contributes to NATO's cybersecurity posture, proactively challenging adversarial freedom of manoeuvre in cyberspace, countering malicious cyber activities on the Alliance and contributing to Enterprise cyberspace situational awareness in a dynamic environment.

NATO needs to continuously improve its Enterprise vulnerability management process as part of its aim to operate at high security levels, ensuring its effectiveness and reliability. The ACPV Core System is expected to provide the NATO Cybersecurity ecosystem with adequate ACP management for vulnerability assessment information within the NATO Enterprise, ensuring that NATO CIS are understood, monitored, patched, and actioned properly, in order to improve their protection against the full spectrum of current and future cyber threats.

To support this work, the NCI Agency is looking for subject matter expertise in the delivery of complex, foundational, and novel capability.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

ACPV Strategic Communications Plan:

• Contribute to the production of the sections of the plan.
• Provide expertise to mature the plan.
• Identify ACPV management strategic goals.
• Implement and manage the ACPV Community of Interest (COI) portal (utilising an existing NATO COI System).
• Maintain up-to-date stakeholder lists including contact details.
• Collect feedback from various internal NATO Entities and external Industry Partners.
• Provide a concise and quality-driven list of Lessons Identified from the ACPV management process.
• Contribute to the identification, estimation of the probability and the impact of the ACPV program risks.
• Contribute to the development of a Risk Response Plan.
• Maintain the Risk Log linking mitigation actions to the D2 Activity / Plan of action.

Roll-out and Implementation Roadmap:

• Contribute to the development of the roll-out and implementation Roadmap of ACPV Programme.
• Provide expertise for the development of the Roadmap.
• Link the actions to the D2 Plan of actions.

Bi-weekly Progress Report:

• Produce bi-weekly progress reports for distribution to OCIO stakeholders, highlighting the following:
  • Executive summary.
  • Top 3 Risks and Issues.
  • RAG status.
  • Progress made.
  • Progress planned.
• Maintain the activity tracker.
• Summarize change programme schedule, key risks, and work in progress/plan of action.

ACPV COI Conference:

• Contribute to the administrative arrangements and execution of Quarterly Face-2-Face ACPV COI Conference.
• Prepare calling notice.
• Develop and coordinate the conference agenda.
• Coordinate the representatives from stakeholders.
• Arrange access for the participants to the NHQ.

ACPV RACI Matrix:

• Define and manage the ACPV RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed) matrix which feeds into the change management plan.
• Include the following in RACI matrix:
  • Names and contact details.
  • Roles.
  • Manager.
  • Area of Responsibility.
  • For each task whether they are Responsible, Accountable, Consulted or Informed.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in collaborating with industry and international organizations on IT-Service based projects and programmes management activities, and desirably experience in at least one 'ACPV like' functional/technical area.
• Experience in enterprise risk management plan and risk log.
• Understanding of recent emerging technological trends and challenges in ACPV area.
• Expert technical knowledge of strategic organizational change management.
• Experience with strategic planning, change roadmaps, and change implementation including progress measurement and reporting.
• Strong analytical and research skills with the ability to collect, analyse, and interpret large quantities of data from different sources.
• Strong analytical skills to assess and describe complex problems with multiple variables and develop adequate concepts and solutions.
• Expert communication and writing skills in English with the ability to develop and present complex concepts in a clear and succinct way.
• Strong skills in the creation of information sharing mechanisms including SharePoint and portals.
• Excellent writing skills to produce high-quality reports and deliverables, including presentation of results at meetings.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate with a variety of stakeholders including C-Suite, Technical and Non-Technical.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in working with NATO.
• Experience of working with NATO Communications and Information Agency.
• Experience of working with national Defence or Government entities.

Working Location

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required.

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance.