Deadline Date:
Thursday 11 December 2025
Requirement Title:
Head Project, Service and Product Management
Location:
Oeiras, Portugal
Full time on-site:
Yes
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date:
06-JAN-2026
End Contract Date:
31-DEC-2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
Specific Working Conditions:
Normal office environment
Duties and Role
Strategic planning
* Develops, communicates, implements and reviews the processes which embed strategic management in the operational management of the organisation.
* Leads and manages the creation or review of a strategy that meets the requirements of the business.
* Sets policies, standards, and guidelines for how the organisation conducts strategy development and planning
Specialist advice
* Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism to the organisation's planning and operations.
* Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
* Recognises and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.
* Where appropriate, collaborates with other specialists to ensure advice given is appropriate to the organisation's needs
Organisational facilitation
* Facilitates workgroups to deliver defined goals and outcomes.
* Provides support, guidance and suggestions to workgroups and teams to learn collaborative problem solving and improve their team performance.
* Creates shared responsibilities and sustainable agreements with the team
* Implements and improves agreed team principles, practices, processes & ceremonies.
* Recognises and works with the strengths and constraints of team dynamics
Resourcing
* Plans and manages the acquisition and deployment of resources to meet specific needs and ongoing demand.
* Defines and manages the implementation of resourcing processes and tools.
* Advises on available options and customises resourcing approach to meet requirements.
* Adheres to standards, statutory or external regulations and codes of practice and ensures compliance.
* Engages with external parties in support of resourcing plans.
* Measures effectiveness of resourcing processes and implements improvements
Stakeholder relationship management
* Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups.
* Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.
* Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders.
* Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
* Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding.
* Facilitates business decision-making processes.
* Captures and disseminates technical and business information
Financial Risk Management
* Updates and implements improvements to risk assessment and management methods.
* Evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of alternative risk management approaches.
* Recommends risk assessment procedures and techniques based on organizational need.
* Consults on a variety of risk assessment approaches and applications.
* Evaluates, recommends, and justifies optimum risk management scenarios.
* Advises others on a variety of risk and reward factors and their relationships
Requirements
* NATO Secret security clearance
* A Master's degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor's degree with 8 years post related experience
* A minimum of 4 years' experience in managing products
* A minimum of 2 years' experience in managing projects or services
* A minimum of 2 years' experience in line management of product, project or service managers
* Experience in customer engagement within large, complex organisations
Training/Certifications:
* Product manager/product owner certification
* Training of agile ways of working like Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, LeSS, and DaD
* Experience in sourcing and vendor management