Programme Integration Manager

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Primary Location

NATO Body

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

12-Nov-2026, 10:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

Grade NATO Grade G20

Description

Post Context/Post Summary

SHAPE is NATO’s strategic headquarters supporting the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). This position supports a programme delivering new headquarters facilities.

The Programme Integration Manager leads the integrated delivery of the SHAPE Static Command Facilities Transformation Programme, ensuring infrastructure, ICT/CIS, transition, security, national, and campus-related projects are aligned to deliver a coherent Full Operational Capability. The post also acts as Deputy to the Director POSH, supporting the oversight of daily Programme Office activities, coordinating team workplans, and representing SHAPE/POSH positions in programme governance bodies.

Principal Duties

• Primarily, act as the POSH Programme Integration manager and advisor to key Programme stakeholders (SHAPE CG, NMRs, USA EUCOM, SHAPE Requirements Owners, leaders in cross-cutting areas etc.) as necessary during all stages of the SHAPE SCF Transformation programme to deliver a fit-for-purpose capability.
• Initiate and ensure continuous collaboration with NATO member nations, Strategic Commands (SC), NATO HQ and the HNs (BEL, NCI Agency and SHAPE) to ensure coherence across contributions;
• Lead the master programme, advising on concept and maintaining programmatically each project’s independency while driving towards a common outcome in support of specific Transformation strategies and objectives.
• Plan, manage and guide the integration of infrastructure, security and CIS activities providing alignment with transition activities as necessary to produce a fully operable facility at the point of delivery;
• Initiate and lead the Integrated programme delivery plan to ensure that works are integrated and synchronized, monitoring actual progress and forecasting progress in future tranches;
• Initiate, lead, advise and oversee programme management best practice, providing deep understanding of NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) implementation model, and technical knowledge in all functional areas (Engineering, CIS, Security, Transition), across governance, acceptance and implementation to achieve a higher degree of certainty to deliver the desired outcomes across cost, risk, and timelines;
• Monitor, report and advise on overall programme performance and risk, in close coordination with the Technical Coordination Officer(communication and stakeholder engagement) and the Transition manager (benefit realisation).
• Drive programme level issue and risk management, escalating organizational-level issues to the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), SHAPE COS, with the ability to deal with most difficult cases. Manage project level risks throughout the appropriate project manager.
• Principal advisor to DPOSH supporting SHAPE Command Group (CG) undertaking significant risk and timeline management in CG decision-making processes, which comes from a balance of operational (construction and installation) and transformational (transition and service) awareness experience.
• Represent NATO/SHAPE interests at international gatherings leading to policy agreement and/or technical decisions which commit SHAPE to a specific course of action, such as Construction Technical Arrangements, Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Working Arrangements;
• Provide clear leadership to POSH team, promoting self-development and maintaining skills up to date.
• Lead the data mining and report required information, taking into account any past decision or assumption, as part of the institutional knowledge during all phases of the project from conception till warranty period.
• Represent POSH in senior working groups, committee and board meetings on key issues for the SHAPE SCF to define and develop the SHAPE position for the relevant NATO boards and committees.

Special Requirements and Additional Duties

The employee may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organisation at the same grade without there being any change to the contract.

Undertakes all additional duties as directed by Director POSH.

Although the work is mainly performed in a Normal NATO office working environment, it will be required to regularly access the Construction site to inspect, monitor and report activities, support visits and attend meetings. The work is occasionally performed in a Construction Site including access to hard-hat areas. Slightly Undesirable Conditions apply. The risk of injury is categorised as Light Risk of Injury.

Essential Qualifications

• Senior project management experi