Mslt Nato Next Generation Of M&S Requirements Manager And Architect

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO's leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction, and practical cooperation with partners, nations, and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training, and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and co-ordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues associated with through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project- specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) in support of the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents in support of NATO's strategic objectives.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct work to identify, scope and define NATO needs that may be satisfied with M&S, on strategic to tactical planning, functional planning (logistics, CIS, etc.), testing and visualization of new concepts, operational experimentation and war gaming events, definition of NATO capabilities including enabling the evaluation of architectures and comparison of alternative solutions and test of new NATO capabilities against its user requirements. Prepare decision support reports including briefings, operational requirements documents, user documents, and associated capability documentation.
• Provide technical advice on NATO M&S documents
• Support the development of the Next Generation of M&S for NATO through architecture design and requirements capture, curation, and fulfilment.
• Provide technical advice on M&S related documents, activities and prototypes.
• Capture requirements during the design, execution, post-processing, and overall use of M&S in support of NATO wargaming as well as NATO collective training and exercise (CT&E) design, developing, planning, execution and AAR.
• Conduct work with NATO institutions, and allied governmental organizations when duly authorized, as well as academia and industry from NATO nations to research and identify potential M&S solutions (architecture and requirements) and align to NATO needs.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in the last 10 in the field of M&S management to include initiation, planning, and execution of M&S projects at the capability level;
• Demonstrable 2 years experience in the last 10 in international military environments;
• Demonstrable 5 years experience in the last 10 in M&S programs in the defence sector. In particular, experience, in designing architecture that incorporates a scope and depth to capture a wide variety of user requirements;
• Demonstrable 5 years experience in the last 10 in M&S supporting the design, development, planning, and reporting of wargames, exercises, experiments, seminars, simulations, workshops, or other similar events;
• Demonstrable 5 years experience in the last 10 in supporting the collection and analysis of M&S user and capability requirements;
• Demonstrable experience in translating user requirements into simulation architecture that supports wargaming, exercise, training, planning, and experimentation events;
• Expert experience with PC office automation products, including the use of the Internet for information research. An expert in transitioning raw data (excel spreadsheet etc) to digestible visual presentations for senior leaders (PowerPoint, figures in NATO documents) Familiarity with IBM DOORs;
• Demonstrated working-level knowledge with MS Office tools (Outlook, Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint).
• Availability to travel to any NATO entity within the 30 Nations (valid passport with no travel restrictions to NATO nations).

Desirable Qualifications and Experience:

• Have a working knowledge of project management techniques and demonstrated success in using them to deliver capabilities. In particular, conducting analysis and data capture to inform analysis of alternatives (AoA);
• Knowledge of SISO, MSaaS, and other international M&S standards, protocols, and initiates;
• Knowledge of the M&S entities within NATO e.g. HQ SACT, JWC, JFTC, M&S COE, NCIA, etc.

Education

• University Degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level in computer science, engineering, or management and 5 years function-related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training with 8 years function-related experience.

Working Location

• (Norfolk, VA, USA)

Working Policy

• Onsite

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO personal security clearance

Language

• Professional English