Strategic Exercise Planner - Multinational Defence Programs

Wlgroup; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 104,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup seeks an experienced defense planning professional to relocate to Norfolk, Virginia, USA, for a long-term program alignment role. This expat assignment includes NATO-5 visa support and close collaboration with multinational partners across campaigns and exercise planning.

You will lead planning conferences, develop campaign concepts, and draft after-action reports, ensuring governance, synchronization and continuous capability development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in international relations, defence or strategic studies, or related field.
• At least five years in military exercise planning or defence transformation.
• Experience drafting planning documents and campaign plans.

Responsibilities

• Carrying warfare development priorities and multi-domain objectives into the exercise enterprise.
• Supporting governance, synchronisation and strategic alignment across that enterprise.
• Taking part in planning conferences, workshops and coordination events.
• Developing, refining and documenting exercise campaign plans and concepts.
• Using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts and assess emerging capabilities.
• Coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.

Skills

Strategic planning

Project management

Multinational coordination

Drafting reports

Fluent English

Exercise planning experience

Education

Bachelor/Master in international relations or related field

Job description

Wlgroup seeks an experienced defense planning professional to relocate to Norfolk, Virginia, USA, for a long-term program alignment role. This expat assignment includes NATO-5 visa support and close collaboration with multinational partners across campaigns and exercise planning.

You will lead planning conferences, develop campaign concepts, and draft after-action reports, ensuring governance, synchronization and continuous capability development.