Branch Head (Requirements Management)

Lead the Requirements Management Branch within the Requirements Division, focusing on leadership, resource and project management, technical and requirements expertise, stakeholder relations, and budget coordination. Responsible for comprehensive requirement coordination, including establishing technical requirements, managing traceability, authoring acquisition technical documentation, and liaising with NATO and contractual acquisition agencies.

Responsibilities

• Developing, revising and implementing requirements policies essential for identifying and resourcing capabilities
• Managing the Requirements Management Branch, supervising personnel and resources, providing technical expertise
• Providing expert advice to Commanders on equipment replacement and aircraft systems sustainment and modernization
• Leading the Management Board process including staffing, synchronizing, presenting and reporting of requirements and major issues
• Initiating and managing synchronization of emerging Force mission support requirements across acquisition, programming and budgeting
• Developing processes to ensure mission support requirements align with Higher Headquarter and Force Commander policies and plans
• Planning, coordinating and chairing requirement working group meetings with functional users and NATO agency stakeholders
• Negotiating with NATO acquisition agencies for cost-effective mission support solutions
• Coordinating with NATO acquisition agencies on mission support initiatives impacting requirements planning
• Providing requirements expertise and support at Higher Headquarters organizations, boards and working groups
• Serving as member on the Management Board and Pre-board
• Providing lead role in Force requirements at the Working Group of National Technical Experts
• Interfacing and coordinating with NATO and contractual acquisition management agencies related to requirements acquisition programme
• Assisting in preparation of Force leadership for Board of Directors meetings and engagement with North Atlantic Council, NATO Headquarters, International Military Staff and SACEUR
• Participating in Consolidated Inspections of FOBs/FOL in requirements and infrastructure management and Technical Support Visits
• Coordinating on Budget, Mid-Year Review, Medium Term Financial Plan and NATO Security Investment Programme documents to ensure approved requirements and policy compliance
• May be assigned to Project Teams

Requirements

• University Degree and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience
• Extensive working knowledge of, and practical experience in, the management of large-scale Headquarters/Enterprise level requirement programmes acquired through at least 4 years post related, current professional experience
• Thorough experience with large-scale project management and implementation of large contracts
• At least 2 years previous experience in financial management, information technology, engineering or a technical field
• Experience in management planning and performance reporting for a large organisation
• Experience in performing inspections/audits
• Experience in conducting presentation to higher echelon management
• Sufficient English proficiency is essential
• Working knowledge of Standard Automatic Data Processing (ADP) is required
• Ability to provide requirements expertise and briefings to senior level leadership, higher echelons, and external organizations (desirable)
• Familiarity with NATO or similar budgetary policies and procedures (desirable)
• Experience with quality management (desirable)
• Experience in evaluating requirements for adequacy and conformance with operational goals and plans, and monitoring requirements throughout system life-cycle (desirable)
• Experience in an international organization, military environment or aerospace field (desirable)
• Master’s degree or equivalent in Financial Management, Business Management/Administration, Aviation Engineering, or related field (desirable)
• Completed large-scale project management education (desirable)
• Familiarity with advanced analytical tools for decision making (desirable)

Skills

• Requirements Management
• Large-scale Technology Project Management
• Contract Implementation
• Finance Management
• Information Technology
• Engineering
• Management Planning
• Performance Reporting
• Inspections and Audits
• Presentation to Senior Management
• Standard Automatic Data Processing
• Requirements Expertise
• Budget Coordination
• Technical Documentation Production
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Quality Management
• System Life-cycle Monitoring
• Advanced Analytical Tools
• Solution Evaluation

Languages

English