Responsibilities

• Requirements Capture & Definition
• Lead the elicitation and documentation of business, user, and system requirements (functional and non-functional).
• Translate operational needs and business drivers into clear, verifiable requirements.
• Ensure requirements are unambiguous, complete, and aligned with programme objectives.
• Requirements Management & Traceability
• Maintain a centralised requirements baseline within approved tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama).
• Ensure traceability between requirements, design, testing, and acceptance criteria.
• Track changes, manage impacts, and support configuration control of requirements.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Collaborate with Defence users, programme managers, architects, and suppliers to agree and validate requirements.
• Act as a key interface between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Support workshops, reviews, and decision boards to achieve requirements consensus.
• Assurance & Compliance
• Ensure requirements adhere to MOD standards, JSPs, and the Common Architecture Approach (CAA).
• Support audits, reviews, and assurance activities, providing evidence of requirements compliance.
• Assist in the definition of acceptance criteria and support verification and validation activities.
• Change & Risk Management
• Support impact assessments of change requests against baselined requirements.
• Identify and escalate risks, gaps, or conflicts in requirements early in the lifecycle.
• Ensure programme governance boards have clear and accurate requirements information.