ITEA Lead

As ITEA Lead you will steer verification, validation and integration activities to transform the British Army’s collective training. You will report to the Chief Engineer and coordinate across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver ITEA plans, schedules, and acceptance milestones. The role sits at the heart of a high-impact programme that shapes future defence training through modelling, simulation and progressive assurance. You will drive continuous improvement and ensure readiness of services and capabilities for the Army.

• Groundbreaking mission
• Collaborative culture
• Cross-border teamwork across organisations
• Innovation and continuous improvement
• Clear development opportunities
• Competitive benefits package

• Manage integration, Test and Acceptance activities per programme schedule
• Perform requirements verification/validation analysis for system/subsystem/capabilities
• Maintain requirements traceability and overarching ITEA strategy
• Represent Omnia Training in ITEA Working Groups and coordinate programme activities
• Prepare and deliver Integration, Test and Acceptance Test Plans/Procedures and Acceptance Test Reports
• Collaborate with QA, development, operations, and business SMEs on test execution, assurance and acceptance
• Develop comprehensive integrated test plans covering end-to-end testing and system integration
• Coordinate defect triage, severity assessment and re-validation
• Monitor test progress and produce dashboards/reports for ITEA events
• Ensure testing complies with regulatory, security and quality standards
• Communicate risks/issues/readiness to governance boards
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, tooling and automation
• Participate in design reviews and qualification activities toward milestones
• Lead ITEA oversight and management of ACTS deliverables

• Experience in producing and managing Verification and Validation Requirements Matrix (VVRM) across systems, services and capabilities
• Experience in leading ITEA Teams and managing ITEA schedules, Test & Evaluation planning
• Leadership in complex, multi-disciplinary programmes
• Broad technology experience with capability development
• Experience with ITEA Sampling approaches and techniques
• Strong systems engineering principles and assurance/acceptance process understanding
• Test and Trial script planning and test automation

• strong stakeholder engagement
• leadership in multidisciplinary teams
• mission-focused mindset
• IBM DOORS
• JIRA (Desirable)
• modelling and simulation technologies