{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"253fdbd68c8b835f62db2672","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/253fdbd68c8b835f62db2672","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/253fdbd68c8b835f62db2672","title":"Project Manager - Quantum -Safe Cryptography Pilot","description":"Join Our Team\nNATO is testing how to move its communication and information systems from today’s public-key cryptography to algorithms that hold up against attack by quantum computers. Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) is sponsoring a 12-month pilot across three NATO laboratories in Mons, Brussels and The Hague, with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) as technical authority. The pilot includes a live demonstration for NATO VIPs by the end of June 2027 and closes in December 2027 with a migration roadmap NATO can act on. Devis is competing to support this work. As Project Manager, you will own the schedule, the milestone gate reviews, and the reporting that keeps NATO’s sponsor and technical authority informed.\nThe Role\nThis is a contingent-upon-award Project Manager role on a firm fixed price contract paid by milestone. You will build and maintain the Project Management Plan, including the work breakdown structure, delivery schedule, resource plan, risk and issue register and governance arrangements, and you will produce the monthly progress reports and the evidence packs NATO reviews at each of seven milestone gates. You will coordinate engineers and analysts from Devis and partner companies, report any event that threatens a milestone to the NATO technical authority within two working days, and keep personnel clearances and site access current across three NATO sites. A Technical Lead owns technical direction; the core of your job is schedule, risk, reporting and holding a security-controlled, multinational project to fixed dates.\nWhat You’ll Do\nPlan and Control the Project\nDeliver the Project Management Plan at the first milestone and keep it current for the life of the contract.\nTrack delivery against seven milestones, including the fixed 30 June 2027 date for the live NATO VIP demonstration.\nMaintain the risk and issue register with an owner, impact, mitigation and status for each item.\nHold the fixed price: manage scope, travel and partner effort against the milestone payment plan.\nReport to NATO\nSubmit Monthly Progress Reports within five working days of month end.\nAssemble a Milestone Evidence Pack at least five working days before each gate review.\nReport any event that threatens a milestone, a security requirement or service continuity to HQ SACT’s Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) and the NCIA technical authority within two working days.\nRun the kick-off meeting within ten working days of award, monthly progress meetings and gate reviews.\nManage People, Security and Site Access\nKeep the list of project personnel and their clearance status current and provide clearance evidence before work starts.\nRequest site passes at each NATO site with that site’s lead time.\nCoordinate partner company staff, deliverable inputs and travel to Belgium and the Netherlands.\nWhat You’ll Need\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in a computer-related field.\nAt least five years of experience in IT or technical project roles.\nExperience managing a firm fixed price or milestone-paid technical project, including risk and issue management.\nExperience reporting project status and evidence to a government sponsor and technical authority.\nSecurity Clearance\nU.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Secret clearance or higher at the time of hire.\nAbility to receive a NATO SECRET clearance briefing, arranged by Devis’s Facility Security Officer, before the estimated start of work on 4 January 2027. Unescorted access to NATO sites requires it.\nDisclosure of every citizenship you hold. You must be a citizen of a NATO member nation; if you also hold citizenship of a non-NATO nation, it must be declared.\nA valid passport with no travel restrictions.\nCommunication and Collaboration\nClear written reporting for senior sponsors who need decisions, not detail.\nComfort coordinating engineers from more than one company and working with NATO staff from several nations.\nNice to Have\nExperience on NATO, allied government or other multinational defense programs.\nExperience managing classified contracts, including personnel clearance and site access administration.\nExperience managing cybersecurity or cryptographic engineering projects.\nPerformance Expectations\nThe Project Management Plan is accepted at the first milestone as a coherent baseline for schedule, resources, risks and governance.\nEvery Monthly Progress Report and Milestone Evidence Pack arrives on time.\nEach milestone gate passes on its scheduled date, including the 30 June 2027 demonstration.\nRisks that threaten a milestone reach NATO within two working days, with a proposed corrective action.\nSpecial Requirements\nWork model: hybrid. Off-site work is performed at Devis’s headquarters at 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia.\nTravel: about 25 percent of your time on-site at The Hague (a gate review at each milestone) and Mons and Brussels (monthly progress and quality-gate meetings during 2027). The contract plans on-site work across the whole team at about 40 percent, concentrated between the second and fifth milestones (roughly May through early November 2027, assuming a 4 January 2027 start).\n\nDevis is an AA/EOE/M/F/Disabled/VET Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin or disability.\nW9tQLZmOgd","company":"Developmentinfostructure","rawCompany":"developmentinfostructure","city":"Arlington","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-11-07T10:21:50.321Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"},{"code":"11-9121.00","title":"Natural Sciences Managers","slug":"natural-sciences-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"928110","title":"National Security","slug":"national-security"},{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Project Manager - Quantum -Safe Cryptography Pilot","description":"Join Our Team\nNATO is testing how to move its communication and information systems from today’s public-key cryptography to algorithms that hold up against attack by quantum computers. Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) is sponsoring a 12-month pilot across three NATO laboratories in Mons, Brussels and The Hague, with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) as technical authority. The pilot includes a live demonstration for NATO VIPs by the end of June 2027 and closes in December 2027 with a migration roadmap NATO can act on. Devis is competing to support this work. As Project Manager, you will own the schedule, the milestone gate reviews, and the reporting that keeps NATO’s sponsor and technical authority informed.\nThe Role\nThis is a contingent-upon-award Project Manager role on a firm fixed price contract paid by milestone. You will build and maintain the Project Management Plan, including the work breakdown structure, delivery schedule, resource plan, risk and issue register and governance arrangements, and you will produce the monthly progress reports and the evidence packs NATO reviews at each of seven milestone gates. You will coordinate engineers and analysts from Devis and partner companies, report any event that threatens a milestone to the NATO technical authority within two working days, and keep personnel clearances and site access current across three NATO sites. A Technical Lead owns technical direction; the core of your job is schedule, risk, reporting and holding a security-controlled, multinational project to fixed dates.\nWhat You’ll Do\nPlan and Control the Project\nDeliver the Project Management Plan at the first milestone and keep it current for the life of the contract.\nTrack delivery against seven milestones, including the fixed 30 June 2027 date for the live NATO VIP demonstration.\nMaintain the risk and issue register with an owner, impact, mitigation and status for each item.\nHold the fixed price: manage scope, travel and partner effort against the milestone payment plan.\nReport to NATO\nSubmit Monthly Progress Reports within five working days of month end.\nAssemble a Milestone Evidence Pack at least five working days before each gate review.\nReport any event that threatens a milestone, a security requirement or service continuity to HQ SACT’s Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) and the NCIA technical authority within two working days.\nRun the kick-off meeting within ten working days of award, monthly progress meetings and gate reviews.\nManage People, Security and Site Access\nKeep the list of project personnel and their clearance status current and provide clearance evidence before work starts.\nRequest site passes at each NATO site with that site’s lead time.\nCoordinate partner company staff, deliverable inputs and travel to Belgium and the Netherlands.\nWhat You’ll Need\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in a computer-related field.\nAt least five years of experience in IT or technical project roles.\nExperience managing a firm fixed price or milestone-paid technical project, including risk and issue management.\nExperience reporting project status and evidence to a government sponsor and technical authority.\nSecurity Clearance\nU.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Secret clearance or higher at the time of hire.\nAbility to receive a NATO SECRET clearance briefing, arranged by Devis’s Facility Security Officer, before the estimated start of work on 4 January 2027. Unescorted access to NATO sites requires it.\nDisclosure of every citizenship you hold. You must be a citizen of a NATO member nation; if you also hold citizenship of a non-NATO nation, it must be declared.\nA valid passport with no travel restrictions.\nCommunication and Collaboration\nClear written reporting for senior sponsors who need decisions, not detail.\nComfort coordinating engineers from more than one company and working with NATO staff from several nations.\nNice to Have\nExperience on NATO, allied government or other multinational defense programs.\nExperience managing classified contracts, including personnel clearance and site access administration.\nExperience managing cybersecurity or cryptographic engineering projects.\nPerformance Expectations\nThe Project Management Plan is accepted at the first milestone as a coherent baseline for schedule, resources, risks and governance.\nEvery Monthly Progress Report and Milestone Evidence Pack arrives on time.\nEach milestone gate passes on its scheduled date, including the 30 June 2027 demonstration.\nRisks that threaten a milestone reach NATO within two working days, with a proposed corrective action.\nSpecial Requirements\nWork model: hybrid. Off-site work is performed at Devis’s headquarters at 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia.\nTravel: about 25 percent of your time on-site at The Hague (a gate review at each milestone) and Mons and Brussels (monthly progress and quality-gate meetings during 2027). The contract plans on-site work across the whole team at about 40 percent, concentrated between the second and fifth milestones (roughly May through early November 2027, assuming a 4 January 2027 start).\n\nDevis is an AA/EOE/M/F/Disabled/VET Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin or disability.\nW9tQLZmOgd","datePosted":"2026-11-07T10:21:50.321Z","dateModified":"2026-11-07T10:21:50.321Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Developmentinfostructure","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Arlington","addressRegion":"VA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"253fdbd68c8b835f62db2672"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/253fdbd68c8b835f62db2672"}}