Strategic Plans And Policy – Political Warfare SME en Spektrum

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program 

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

 DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents supporting NATO’s strategic objectives.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY (SPP) subject matter expert (SME) on Political Warfare as it relates to NATO, Russia, China, and state sponsored Terrorism.
• Developing, coordinating, and advising on the implementations of NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept (NWCC) Warfare Development Agenda (WDA) Lines of Delivery focused on the NWCC timeline and the political warfare challenges associated with Russia, China, and terrorism.
• Support of SPP’s Political-Military Affairs Constellation Group and related strategic initiatives, including SPP’s NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis Training Education Centre (JATEC) project titled “Political-Military Strategy Development”.
• Support strategy development by coordinating internal and external subject matter expertise on Russia and China; support of designated projects ensuring alignment with HQ SACT Red Team, SHAPE J2 Red Team, NATO HQ entities, and relevant external entities.
• Conduct in-depth research and analysis on political warfare to support HQ SACT’s Strategy Development Programme of Work: Russia’s Theory of Victory, military strategies and doctrine.
• Provide specialized strategic, operational and analytical support to SPP Strategy Policy and Analytics (SPA) Strategic Research Officer, offering insights and expertise to enhance the effectiveness research activities and outputs. Assist in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing PLP reports, strategic analyses to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet NATO standards.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience working with international teams.
• Possess experience working in a Strategic Headquarters dealing with complex issues.
• Demonstrated research experience related to the field or expertise: published work that demonstrates knowledge of regional political / geopolitical, human, and economical issues.
• Possess experience in corporate, government or academic environment in analysis concerning international relations security studies, or similar
• Experience in a Military Strategic Headquarters dealing with complex issues related to Russia or China.
• Demonstrated experience in the implementation of NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept (NWCC) Warfare Development Agenda (WDA) Lines of Delivery
• Demonstrated evidence of understanding of NATO and its unique structure and work environment
• Demonstrate political-military (Theory of Victory), strategic and operational (strategy and doctrine) knowledge of Russia and China
• Demonstrated research experience in a relevant strategic command, accredited academic institution or pol-mil organization, or similar experience, related to the field or expertise (Political Warfare).

Education

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline.

Language Proficiency

• Advanced Proficiency in English

Working Location

• Norfolk, VA, USA

Working Policy

• On-Site

Contract Duration

• January 2026 – December 2030

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance