Job Description
- Working Location: Norfolk, USA
- Security Clearance: NATO Secret/National Secret
- Language: High proficiency level in English language
DESCRIPTION:
In the past years, many NATO nations started Innovation focused initiatives within military domain tocapitalize on the unprecedented acceleration of technological development, primarily within the commercialsector. The developments in the US (NSIN, Air Force Kessel Run Lab), Germany (Cyber Incubators), France (AID), UK (DSTL) paved the way to joint efforts with NATO. Consequently, NATO had established a senior level Innovation Board at NATO HQ chaired by the Deputy Secretary General. The NATO Innovation Board confirmed ACT’s role to “… play the leading role for innovation in NATO.” With this mandate, the Innovation Hub provides a space to test hypotheses and solutions turning ideas into user-centric Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) through close collaboration of end users and developers. The Lab provides an incubator environment where ideas will come to life rapidly following the best practices of Agile DevSecOps from industry and the latest research from academia. The Lab operational model is being developed incrementally, and the close collaborationwith all stakeholders will shape its culture, processes and toolset.
The iHub will operate in a larger ecosystem of innovation-minded partners. To successfully coordinate innovation activities across partner networks it is essential to establish basic guidance and rules orchestrating interactions via a common framework. This framework will help to better capitalize on larger network capabilities, help avoid duplication of work, and promote reuse of products. The Agile DevSecOps culture that will be established within iHub will be promoted across NATO, while associated processes and toolsets will be easily adaptable by other NATO bodies. The iHub state-of-the-art capabilities will continuously be updated via knowledge transfer from the leading industries.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
Essential Qualifications/Experience:
- University degree in ICT, Business or related discipline OR 5 years’ experience as a Product Manager
- Proven experience in Agile project/product management working with cross functional team
- Proven experience in defining and documenting business requirements, as well as acceptance criteriaof owned products
- Experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, and prioritization
- Proven experience in creative problem solving, proposing solutionsto address customer needs,creating and building new products
- Experience using Agile product management tools (such as Jira, Gitlab, Trello)
- Proven experience in facilitating/coordinating product promotional events
- Experience in collaboration with Research Centres and Academia to develop new concepts/products
- Military operational experience or military/related capability development experience
- 5 years in the last 10 in the field of Agile product development and delivery
- Working knowledge of Agile product management tools
DUTIES/ROLE:
- Plan, coordinate and leads Innovation Projects. Develop the format of such projects to fill the needs of user in NATO and the wide contribution of possible solutions from outside the NATO Command Structure. Organize project resources and personal involved in the project, including managing the finances and budget of the project
- Contribute to the identification of potential Innovative solutions to emerging security challenges of NATO interest, through monitoring, analysing and exploiting scientific and technological research areas and innovative uses of existing and new technologies developed by the private and public sectors
About BREVCO SERVICES:
We are a globally-oriented company providing services to International, Governmental and Defence organizations in the Aerospace and Defence industry. We are headquartered in Brussels – Belgium, London – United Kingdom and Tampa, Florida – United States. Our satellite offices throughout the European continent, enable us to have a global reach with a local touch, supporting our clients’ projects with security-cleared experts in various setups. We aspire to be a global leader in providing expertise and support to our clients from the Aerospace and Defence industry. Our mission is to connect the security professionals with the project where they are most needed. In this industry, excellence is then minimum standard.