Business Analyst and Business Development

Project overview

Assignment Description

The activities will be carried out within the Cyber Innovation Hub and are part of the Planning Directorate of Defence within the General Staff. The cyber domain is increasingly important for Defence. The importance and dependence on cyber and cyber innovation are growing for Defence in all parts of the organization. To become a future-proof, adaptive, and agile military force that operates based on information and collaborates and acts securely in cyberspace, a transformation is necessary. Globally, market parties invest many times more in digital innovations and solutions than Defence or the government could.

Therefore, it is essential for Defence to establish structural and sustainable cooperation with market parties to stay ahead and continuously test, validate, and implement the latest market solutions for its own business needs. The Cyber Innovation Hub enables Defence to respond adequately to the latest digital and cyber developments and innovations, as the hub serves as Defence's gateway and window to the market in the cyber domain and functions as the cyber transformation engine for Defence.

The hub proactively looks at the latest relevant concepts, insights, technological developments, and innovations from market parties and partners. The hub makes these demonstrably applicable for Defence through short-cycle and iterative innovation projects. Conversely, the hub helps market successful demonstrators and propositions from Defence for its own use. Multi-Domain Operations and Information-Driven Operations are the strategic principles for the hub. The hub focuses on defensive cyber, offensive cyber, law enforcement, and intelligence, thus covering the different digital/cyber roles within Defence.

For this, five cyber innovation program lines have been defined. The hub also proactively contributes as a sparring partner and advisor to policy development on the aspects of Information-Driven Operations. To gain a good understanding of future global developments and trends in the cyber-military domain, the team conducts cyber foresight studies and horizon scans. With this, the hub builds a unique information and knowledge position for the defence components with partners and market parties.

The hub consists of the department head, strategist, program manager, partnership manager, project managers, business architect, solution architect, scout, community manager, liaisons, analysts, and strategic and cyber advisors. The team is compact and diverse, with a healthy mix of military personnel and civilians. The team possesses broad expertise, both in cyber and in building ecosystems, program management, innovation management, community building, organizational development, and coaching. The deployment consists of permanent employees, reservists, and externally hired advisors.

Assignment Background

Within the Innovation Hub, we are looking for a technical business analyst who can translate complex technological issues into innovations that actually work in practice. You will delve into operational processes, speak with users on the work floor, and simultaneously understand how underlying technologies such as AI, data, software, networks, and digital infrastructures function. You are the one who bridges the gap between technology and operations. You do this together in the design team.

• jointly analyze existing military work processes;
• investigate how users collaborate with technology;
• jointly speak with stakeholders at different levels;
• understand the functioning of new solutions;
• assess together with the architect which technology fits the issue;
• map dependencies between systems;
• translate operational needs into design challenges;
• jointly design PoCs, experiments, and showcases with architects and suppliers;

Responsibilities

Requirements/Wishes

Candidate preferably has demonstrable work experience with technology analysis

Candidate preferably has demonstrable work experience within the Ministry of Defence

Indication of background:

Indication of experiences:

Competencies:

Additional Information

Hybrid working: The frequency is an estimate, provided the work allows. Arrangements regarding working from home are always made in consultation with the needs assessor. Frequency of days working from home: 2

On-call services: No

• Contribute to the preparation of the organization's business plan
• Analysis of business requirements and design-related processes
• Support digital transformation, identifying improvement points in business processes
• Offer possible ICT solutions that meet the ICT strategy
• Develop business cases related to the proposed solutions
• Analyze required information and documents
• Plan development for continuity of operations
• Industrial Design Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Strategic Product Design
• Technical Business Administration
• Human Computer Interaction
• Innovation Sciences
• Human Centered Design
• Service Design
• Design Research
• Systems Thinking
• Co-creation
• Experiment Design
• Team player
• Ability to conduct interviews
• Host workshops
• Easily switch between users and engineers
• Makes complex technical information understandable
• Ability to structure complex issues

Requirements

eCF Profile: Business Analyst

Reference Area: A.03 Developing Business Plans

This assignment is based on the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF). This is a European standard for describing IT competencies and the associated level of responsibility. The eCF profile indicates which competencies and at what level (e-1 to e-5) are expected from the candidate. We expect candidates to clearly demonstrate in their CV that they possess these competencies. This can be done by describing for each relevant assignment or position:

CVs in which the required eCF competencies are not demonstrably present cannot be fully assessed for suitability.

Candidate has at least 4 years of demonstrable work experience with the chosen eCF profile-like function.

Generic description of competence area and levels

Deals with the design and structure of a business or product plan, including the identification of alternative approaches and return proposals. Considers possible and applicable procurement models. Develops cost-benefit analyses and reasoned arguments to support the selected strategy. Ensures compliance with business and technology strategies. Communicates and sells the business plan to relevant stakeholders and addresses political, financial, and organizational interests.

Summary task and mission

Analyzes the business domain and optimizes business performance through technology application. Analyzes the information and processes required to support business plans. Formulates functional and non-functional requirements of the business organization and advises on the lifecycle of information solutions. Evaluates the impact in terms of change management.

• the role the candidate fulfilled
• the tasks and responsibilities involved
• the extent to which these align with the required eCF competencies and level

Project details

• Start: 2026-12-31T23:00:00
• Location: Den Haag Zuid-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch