Requirements Quality Assurance Analyst

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 NATOs 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; and 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 Transformations Director for guidance direction and coordination 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 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) to support 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 supporting NATOs strategic objectives.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• As a member of a Requirements Core Development Team verifies that capability requirements align with user needs across all aspects of DOTMLPFI for all assigned Operational Requirements Capability Targets and other high-level requirements.
• Provides technical guidance to Requirements Managers and Capability Programme Directors related to the quality of requirements and the requirements development
• Supports the development and establishment of quality criteria quality control and quality assurance procedures as related to requirements management.
• Contributes to the development of directives and standard operating procedures that apply to the quality control and assurance of capability requirements development and
• Monitors requirements developed in all life cycle stages to ensure quality and to ensure they remain valid applicable and continue to satisfy operational user needs.
• Supports identification of options for resolving requirements management
• Contributes to the development of quality control and assurance assessment tools and
• Works in a federated and enterprise-wide manner to facilitate cross-functional collaborative and supported interdependent teams/individuals in other divisions and other directorates across ACT as appropriate.
• Performs additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labour

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Five years experience in the application of requirements quality management to acquisition
• Experience in the evaluation of requirements quality across comprehensive lines of development; e. doctrine organization training materiel leadership personnel facilities and interoperability (DOTMLPFI).
• Experience in requirements development either as a hands-on requirements author and/or facilitator of requirements development sessions.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) in Quality Control and Quality Assurance of requirements development in procurement/acquisition programs.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience in managing requirements in accordance with formal configuration and change management processes.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard.
• Demonstrable proficiency in effective oral and written communication including briefing and coordinating with international stakeholders.

Education

• A University Degree in engineering management information systems accounting economics finance business administration public administration operations research programme and project management or related disciplines.

Working Location

• Norfolk Virginia USA

Working Policy

• On-site

Contract Duration

• January 2026 December 2028 (base 1 year with 2 one year options)

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

Language

• Professional English