Senior Operational Analyst — Course of Action and Cost Effectiveness for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NATO-5 visa for you and your family

Relocation to United States — Norfolk,

Job summary

WLG in Norfolk, Virginia, is seeking an experienced operations research analyst to support a multinational defence capability program. You will run course of action analyses, conduct qualitative and quantitative assessments, and assemble evidence packages to guide important decisions.

Requirements include a quantitative bachelor’s degree or 5+ years leading operational analysis, plus experience with cost and schedule estimation, and fluent professional English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in quantitative field or 5+ years leading operational analysis studies.
• Experience in military operations research or operational analysis within last 10 years is preferred.
• Able to design and facilitate structured stakeholder sessions to draw objectives, measures and risks.
• Experience scoping problems for studies and developing analysis approaches.
• Experience building data collection and analysis plans with measures of effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Course of action analysis using operations research methods to support capability development.
• Plan and run research to assess operational effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
• Engage research entities and industry to assess impact of alternatives.
• Support information requests and surveys to nations, NGOs and industry.
• Analyze risks and propose mitigation strategies; review estimates for quality and evidence.
• Document comparative assessments to inform program decisions; produce briefing briefs.

Skills

Operations research

Military OPs research

Stakeholder facilitation

Cost & schedule estimation

Communications in English

Education

Bachelor degree in operations research, mathematics, computer science, physics, 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 decides between capability options worth a great deal of money. This role runs the operational analysis behind those decisions: the assessments, the comparisons and the evidence package that goes with them.

What You Would Be Doing

• Course of action analysis using operations research methods in support of capability development.
• Planning and running research to establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness analysis.
• Engaging research entities and industry to establish the impact of the alternatives.
• Supporting requests for information and surveys to nations, non-governmental organisations and industry.
• Analysing the impact of individual and aggregated risks and proposing how to manage them.
• Reviewing cost and schedule estimates produced by others for quality and supporting evidence.
• Documenting comparative assessments of cost, risk, schedule and effectiveness to inform programme decisions.
• Producing decision briefs that explain the rationale, and briefing decision-makers on them.
• Writing the analysis reports that form part of the capability programme evidence package.
• Travelling to meetings and conferences up to about sixty days a year.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree in operations research, mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering or an equivalent quantitative subject — or five or more years leading operational analysis studies.
• At least two examples in the last ten years, three years combined, of military operations research or operational analysis.
• Experience designing and facilitating structured stakeholder sessions to draw out objectives, assumptions, measures and risks.
• Recent experience scoping problems for study and developing the analysis approach.
• Experience building data collection and analysis plans with measures of effectiveness and performance.
• Experience assessing and communicating uncertainty and risk on capability and acquisition decisions.
• Experience producing or working with cost and schedule estimates and their methodologies.
• Experience in a strategic or operational military command, or a multinational organisation.
• Fluent professional English.

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