ITEA Lead

Warminster based, hybrid working Be at the forefront of transforming British Army training.

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Country: United Kingdom

Location: Warminster, Wiltshire

Position Role Type: Unspecified

At OMNIA® Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world.

OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you. OMNIA is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

This is more than a job —
it’s a mission
. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win.

You’ll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally through the Chief Engineering. Ultimately, you’ll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

• Management of the integration, Test and Acceptance activities in accordance with the programme schedule.
• Requirements verification/validation analysis of the System/sub system, service or technical capability.
• Management of requirements traceability.
• Define and document and maintain the overarching ITEA strategy, plans, milestones and objectives.
• Attend customer chaired ITEA Working Groups to represent Omnia Training and co-ordinate ITEA activities for the programme.
• Manage and deliver all verification and validation activities including the preparation of Integration, Test and Acceptance Test Plans and Procedures, Acceptance Test Reports and Verification Cross Reference Matrices.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to establish clear, measurable acceptance and exit criteria for each test and assurance phase.
• Create and maintain comprehensive integrated test plans covering end-to-end progressive assurance, test cases, regression testing, and system integration.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams—including QA, development, operations, and business SMEs—in test execution, assurance and acceptance.
• Manage defect triage by defining severity, prioritizing fixes, and ensuring timely resolution and re-validation.
• Monitor test progress and produce regular dashboards and reports on coverage, producing evidence for ITEA events.
• Ensure all testing activities comply with regulatory, security, and organisational quality standards.
• Communicate risks, issues, and readiness status to governance boards.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and refining processes, tools, and automation.
• Represent ITEA interests in programme boards, technical reviews, stakeholder and customer facing engagements.
• Participating in design reviews and qualification activities, contributing to project milestones working towards system, capability and service acceptance.

We’re after individuals who want to serve. You’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 lessons across the team. You won’t necessarily have a military background, but you’ll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

The OMNIA Training ITEA Manager will provide leadership and ITEA oversight and management across the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS) deliverables. Reporting directly to the Chief Engineer, they will play a critical role in ensuring the ITEA Plan, verification and validation, assurance and acceptance of services and capabilities within the programme.

This role requires a systems-thinking…