Requirements & Defect Manager

OverviewWarminster-based, hybrid role focusing on requirements engineering and defect management within Defence training programmes. You will be responsible for accepting and flowing down requirements, ensuring traceability, and supporting governance milestones in collaboration with engineering, testing, and delivery teams to transform collective training for the British Army.Key ResponsibilitiesLead the capture, documentation, and maintenance of training system requirements, ensuring alignment with ITEA (Integration, Test, Evaluation & Acceptance) objectives.Maintain full traceability between operational requirements, training objectives, test cases, and acceptance criteria within the ITEA framework.Support the development and execution of the ITEA Plan, ensuring all requirements are testable, verifiable, and aligned with military training outcomes.Manage requirements change control, assessing impacts across verification, validation, assurance, and capability acceptance.Establish and operate a robust defect tracking and resolution process across all ITEA phases, including simulation environments and training platforms.Link defects to related requirements and test outcomes to support root cause analysis and continuous improvement of training systems.Prioritise and categorise defects based on operational impact, training effectiveness, and programme milestones.Provide regular defect status reporting to stakeholders, including MOD representatives and delivery partners.Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Test Lead, and military SMEs to ensure requirements and defects are fully integrated into verification and validation activities.Maintain the Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix (VVRM) to track coverage, compliance, and readiness for capability deployment.Produce and present metrics and dashboards on requirements coverage, defect trends, and readiness for acceptance into service.Contribute to ITEA reviews, readiness assessments, and governance forums, supporting MOD assurance and audit requirements.Act as a key interface between engineering, testing, assurance, and delivery teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and defect status.Support user acceptance testing (UAT), operational trials, and field validation by ensuring requirements and defects are accurately reflected in test artefacts and training scenarios.Who we are looking forYou’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to “get things done.” You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done; you’ll learn lessons and share these across the team. You’ll understand what it means to put the mission first. The successful candidate will be a technically astute Requirements and Defect professional who thrives on engineering excellence to realise enterprise goals. You will be responsible for the acceptance and flow-down of requirements, ensuring that every requirement is identified, allocated, and has traceability. You will be closely involved in governance milestones including Architecture and Requirements reviews, working with the Chief Engineer and Enterprise Architect.Essential Skills and ExperienceRequirements Engineering: Strong experience in capturing, analysing, and managing functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and interoperability.Defect Management: Proven ability to establish and operate defect tracking processes, conduct root cause analysis, and manage defect lifecycle across complex systems.ITEA Expertise: Deep understanding of Integration, Test, Evaluation & Acceptance processes within defence programmes, including support for VVRM and assurance activities.Tool Proficiency:IBM DOORS: For requirements capture, traceability, and change control.JIRA: For defect tracking, agile workflows, and sprint planning.Confluence: For collaborative documentation, test evidence, and stakeholder engagement.Verification of Non-Functional Requirements: Ability to design and support test strategies that validate system performance, reliability, and usability.Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled in working with military SMEs, engineering teams, and assurance bodies to ensure shared understanding and alignment.Governance and Reporting: Experience producing dashboards, metrics, and reports for programme boards, including defect trends and requirements coverage.Change Control: Familiarity with formal change management processes and impact assessment across requirements and defects.Security and Compliance Awareness: Understanding of MOD security classifications, data handling policies, and assurance frameworks (e.g., GovAssure, NCSC principles, Secure by Design).Desirable Skills and ExperienceDegree or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or related discipline.Professional Certifications in:Requirements EngineeringAdvanced Software TestingBusiness Analysis PracticeMOD-sponsored assurance training (e.g., JSP 901, JSP 440 awareness)ITEA training or certification, or demonstrable experience applying ITEA principles in defence programmes.Security clearance (SC or DV) or eligibility to obtain it.Experience working in security-clamped and controlled environments.Experience working with cloud-hosted environments (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS), including secure configuration, data protection, and compliance with MOD cloud hosting policies.Note: Formal offers to successful candidates will be conditional upon award expected December 2025.What we offerBe Part of a Groundbreaking Mission – join the UK’s most advanced defence training alliance and contribute to excellence.A Culture Built on Collaboration – inclusive, high-performing team focussed on delivering results.Team dynamics – cross-organisational collaboration in one mission.Work Across Borders, United in Purpose – operate across organisations with a shared goal to improve capability.Drive Innovation – your ideas matter; we welcome change and continuous improvement.Shape the Future – participate in a long-term programme with national defence impact.Career Growth & Benefits – strong benefits, development opportunities, and clear progression paths.OMNIA Training and its partners are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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