STRATEGIC OPERATIONS PLANS STRATEGIST

This position provides scientific analysis to improve the quality of North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) situational awareness, risk assessment, strategy, and decision making over the mid- to long-term horizon. The incumbent will support the Warfare Development Agenda collaborating and developing artifacts for:

• Long-term military strategic planning capability.
• Development of a follow-on discontinuities report.
• Research and execution of planned deep dives in the discontinuity focus areas.
• Provides the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) with alternatives through the extensive use of data science and analytics.
• Studies complex challenges relevant to the security domain.
• Coordinates with external stakeholders (all civil, public, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and academia actors) to ensure that latest technologies and processes are applied to relevant areas of work.
• Reviews and analyzes various plans, studies, assessments, and actions to determine the impact on tactical missions and organizations.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and makes recommendations concerning the planning, conduct and support of the NATO ethos.
• Plans, integrates, and synchronizes plans; coordinates and supervises execution of Transformation plans; coordinates force organization and management actions and issues.
• Provides long-term continuity for strategic long-range and mid-term planning.
• May serve as a project team leader and direct team members assigned for specific projects in matters pertaining to the development and management of long-range master plans and policies.
• Facilitates, coordinates, and aligns across the laboratory’s scientific areas for strategic planning to meet goals and objectives.
• Provides briefings to staff and management.
• Leads planning and/or implementation of projects.
• Provides advice and Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to senior civilian and military leadership on defense and security strategy and policy.
• Monitors developments in strategic importance and ties findings back to policy and strategy throughout NATO.

The candidate should have extensive experience in NATO/Military mission strategy and analytics. The incumbent must have knowledge and skills in the following disciplines:

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  Understands the political context within NATO and shapes strategy and policy advice accordingly.
• Scientific analysis, improving the quality of NATO’s situational awareness, risk assessment, strategy, and decision making over the mid- to long-term horizon.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluative methods and techniques.
• Leverages various statistical techniques to identify patterns within large data sets to make predictions and enterprise-oriented suggestions.
• Knowledge of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), and Joint Staff processes and procedures.
• Application of data science and analytics to analyze strategic alternatives.
• Utilizes predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, targeting, and other business outcomes.
• Ability to conduct a thorough review, analysis, and evaluation of various plans, studies, trends, reports, legislation, capabilities, planning and policy directives, operational requirements to assess and determine the impact on conventional and Special Operations Forces (SOF) missions.
• Accomplished in negotiation techniques (dissident and opposing viewpoints) and can achieve advantageous outcomes.
• Simplifies the strategic context to enable strategist of military advice, strategy, policy, and concepts to develop the best outcomes and products.

The incumbent should have:

• Background in strategic analysis or former military staff officer with valuable experience and knowledge of security and defense-specific domains.
• Editorial duties for research papers, ensuring high quality papers that meet Modern Language Association (MLA) standards.
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of imperfect data used for analysis.
• Flag Officer/General Officer (FOGO) and Senior Executive Service (SES) credentials.
• PMP, IT or standardized process-related certificate(s).
• Active DoD or NATO nation Secret or higher clearance.
• NATO nation or US citizenship.
• MA or MS degree in Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, or similar analytical field is highly desired. PhD is desired.
• NATO member nation military experience

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