ABOUT THIS POSITION

Driven project managers are always welcome at TNO – especially if you want to use your leadership skills for innovations in the defence and security domain. Respond to this vacancy and find out how you can contribute to a safe world.

Within the project, you focus on delivering high-quality answers to clients, as well as increasing the knowledge base of your department. This often includes:

• Multidisciplinary, cross-departmental, complex projects.
• Translating research into development (concept development).
• A strong focus on operational relevance.
• Connecting with clients (‘looking outwards’)

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

As a project leader within the Autonomous Systems & Robotics department, you’re responsible for achieving project deliverables on time and within budget. What those results are depends on the project in question: sometimes it’s a feasibility study or an analysis, other times a prototype. You always work on multiple projects simultaneously, which means you’re constantly switching between topics during your work day. You often work on behalf of clients in the defence and security domain, such as the armed forces, the Ministry of Justice and Security, and the police. Close collaboration with these clients is a prominent part of your work (‘Customer Intimacy’). You develop a keen understanding of the needs underlying client questions and the frameworks and interests involved in the project. You then plan and organise the research together with the subject matter experts and ensure high client satisfaction.

Within the project, you focus on delivering high-quality answers to clients, as well as increasing the knowledge base of your department. This often includes:

• Multidisciplinary, cross-departmental, complex projects.
• Translating research into development (concept development).
• A strong focus on operational relevance.
• Connecting with clients (‘looking outwards’).

Thanks to you, the members of the project team know exactly what’s expected of them and are given the chance to develop themselves fully. You pay particular attention to the development of starters in your team. You also go in search of new ways to bring the knowledge your department is developing to market. For this, you collaborate with subject matter experts and business developers.