Defense Tech Strategy & Planning Analyst

Work Life Group; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 61,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup is seeking a qualified professional to identify emerging technologies, catalogue existing ones, and develop the deliverables that advance the technology advantage enabler. The role focuses on analysis and documentation to support military capability development.

This long-term engagement relocates to Norfolk, Virginia with NATO-5 visa support; you will update vision documents, draft initial action plans, define operating concepts, build stakeholder networks, and report progress to the

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in computer science, ICT, engineering or related discipline.
• At least two years acquiring, assembling and interpreting research and technology information.
• Knowledge of national science and technology sources.
• Experience judging how future technology applies in a military environment.
• Ability to work analytically on technology documentation and build adoption examples.
• Comfortable with office tooling and open-source research.
• Fluent professional English.

Responsibilities

• Identify new emerging technologies and catalogue the existing ones.
• Produce deliverables that develop the technology advantage enabler.
• Analyze how it supports each named line of development.
• Update the vision documents for a shared understanding.
• Prepare the first draft of the action plan.
• Support the definition of initial and full operating capability.
• Build the community of interest and stakeholder engagement.
• Report progress against the action plan to the project manager and sponsor.

Skills

Tech research

Military tech

Tech documentation

Office tools

Open-source research

English proficiency

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor degree in CS/ICT/Engineering

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa for you and your family.

This post is a full employment contract with our delivery partner, with the benefits that go with it — not a contractor or B2B arrangement. Agreeing to be employed is the first condition of the role.

A multinational defence organisation is building technology advantage into a defined, managed enabler rather than an aspiration. This role produces the documents, the plan and the engagement that make it real.

What you would be doing

• Identifying new emerging technologies and cataloguing the existing ones.
• Producing the deliverables that develop the technology advantage enabler.
• Analysing how it supports each named line of development.
• Updating the vision documents so there is one shared understanding of it.
• Preparing the first draft of the action plan.
• Supporting the definition of initial and full operating capability.
• Building the community of interest and the stakeholder engagement around it.
• Reporting to the project manager and sponsor on progress against the action plan.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree from a recognised university in computer science, information and communication technology, engineering or a related discipline.
• At least two years acquiring, assembling and interpreting research and technology information.
• Knowledge of national science and technology sources.
• Experience judging how future technology applies in a military environment.
• The ability to work analytically on technology documentation and build practical adoption examples.
• Comfortable with office tooling and open-source research.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.