IT Project Manager Consultant

• Deliver high-impact, actionable, and synthetic recommendations to the CIO on critical technology directions (such as legacy modernization, application rationalization, and cross-border collaboration projects) under fixed timelines.
• Bridge the gap between technology and strategy by leveraging your background in IT architecture or systems analysis to quickly deep-dive into technical issues, extract core strategic questions, and formulate clear recommendations for executive management.
• Assemble and lead ad-hoc, cross-functional expert groups to solve strategic IT dilemmas, ensuring rapid alignment and concrete deliverable outcomes.
• Responsibilities will be carried out under Keystone Solutions’ consultancy model, providing expertise and leadership in a client-facing environment., * Consultancy Nature: Embrace your identity as a consultant, working on-site and representing Keystone Solutions in every engagement.
• Dynamic Projects: Experience a diversity of challenges across various client environments, broadening your expertise and professional network.
• Turbo-Charged Learning: Accelerate your professional development through exposure to cutting-edge technologies and strategic business challenges.
• Skyrocketing Ambition: Grow your career within a framework that values ambition, initiative, and continuous improvement.
• Values: As a K-Stone, you bring our core values of integrity, excellence, and collaboration to every mission.

• At least 10 years of IT experience, with a strong background in Enterprise/Solution Architecture, IT Analysis, Tech Lead, or similar roles.
• Strong understanding of modern IT paradigms, including Cloud computing, API-led connectivity, Core Banking modernization, agentic AI, Data architectures, DevSecOps, and AI-driven cyber threats.
• Experience in a strategic or transversal role, such as IT Strategy Consulting (Big 4, Strategy firm), internal Strategy Office, or Chief of Staff/Advisor role in a large IT organization.
• Experience in Banking/Financial Services, ideally Retail Banking, is a strong plus. Understanding of core banking systems, payments, channels, regulatory constraints, and legacy systems is highly valued.

Skills & Mindset:

• Former Architect/Analyst mindset with a current strategist approach: deep understanding of technology to challenge architects, but focused on strategic outcomes.
• Pragmatic strategist: able to deliver solid recommendations quickly, balancing analysis with actionable advice.
• Ability to influence without authority, build networks, and get things done in a matrix organization.
• Excellent executive communication skills: able to write and present for a CIO, with clear, structured, and concise PowerPoint and memo-writing abilities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and working in environments with high autonomy and low formal structure.

Language Requirements:

• Sound knowledge of English as well as at least one local language (Dutch or French).

The client is a leading financial institution in Europe, currently undergoing a significant technology transformation to support digital-first customer experiences, cross-border collaboration, and data-driven operations. The IT Strategy Office acts as a trusted advisor to the CIO, shaping actionable decisions that define the future of the technology landscape and ensuring IT investments drive business value.