NATO Capability Requirements Lead – Modernisation Programme

Work Life Group; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 104,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup seeks a seasoned requirements engineer for a long‑term engagement relocating to Norfolk, VA, under NATO-5 visa arrangements. You will collect, manage and trace capability requirements, and ensure policy guidance and security controls stay current.

You will engage stakeholders across political, operational and tactical levels, work with governance and assurance teams, and own the requirements management outputs in the programme's systems.

Qualifications

• A bachelor degree or higher.
• At least three of the last ten years in requirements engineering, covering both management and elicitation.
• Capability development experience, ideally under a common-funded governance model.

Responsibilities

• Review and update requirements management and benefits realisation plans as the capability develops.
• Keep security policy, documentation and classification guidance current.
• Engage stakeholders at political, operational and tactical level to identify requirements.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Policy guidance

Security policy

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

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 modernising one of its most complex command and control capabilities — the biggest programme in its common-funded portfolio, with more than fifty project proposals due inside eighteen months. This role collects and manages the capability and technical requirements behind it, with a particular eye on security.

What you would be doing

• Reviewing and updating the requirements management and benefits realisation plans as the capability develops.
• Keeping the security policy, documentation and classification guidance current.
• Engaging stakeholders and users at political, operational and tactical level to identify requirements and policy developments.
• Working with the requirements and quality assurance branches so the programme stays aligned with organisational best practice.
• Owning the benefits realisation strand as management products are produced and projects land.
• Developing measurable capability acceptance criteria with agencies, stakeholders and end users.
• Tracking technical requirements with agencies and host nations, keeping validity and traceability intact.
• Authoring the relevant sections of the capability programme plans.
• Managing every output in the requirements management system.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree or higher.
• At least three of the last ten years in requirements engineering, covering both management and elicitation.
• Capability development experience, ideally under a common-funded governance model.
• Capability development on communications or infrastructure programmes in classified environments.
• Hands-on experience with a formal requirements management tool such as IBM Rational DOORS.
• Fluent professional English.

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