Bid & Project Manager – EU & NATO (H/F)

Candidate Profile

• 5+ years in bid, proposal or project management in defence, aerospace or security

• Proven record of compliant, on-time submissions to NATO agencies, EU programmes or European ministries of defence, several of them in parallel

• At least one defence contract delivered from award to acceptance

• Scale-up or lean-team experience is a significant advantage; prime experience is welcome if you want more breadth and speed

Skills & Qualities

• Rigorous and precise compliance is binary; in defence, the margin for error is zero

• Built for parallel work you run several bids and projects at once, prioritise hard and never drop the ball

• Committed you own the outcome, not just your part of it; submission peaks are part of the job and you plan for them

• Calm under pressure fixed deadlines, late amendments and competing requests do not throw you

• A clear writer structured, scoreable English; you turn engineering input into compliant answers

• A leader without authority you get engineers, Finance, Legal and partners to deliver on time

• Technically curious you understand how sensors, effectors, C2 and AI fit together, or you learn it fast

• Discreet and trustworthy you handle sensitive commercial and defence information as a matter of course

• Mission-driven you care about European security, not just the job title

Nice to Have

• APMP, Shipley, PMP, PRINCE2 or IPMA certification

• Experience on a European Defence Fund or EDIP consortium, or with NSPA/NCIA procurement

• A background in a NATO agency, the EDA or a ministry of defence, or military service (officer or NCO)

• Knowledge of C-UAS, air defence, ISR or drones

• Export-control experience (French export licensing, EU dual-use rules)