ICT Project Manager

• Lead multiple large and complex projects.
• Apply professional project methodologies and translate them pragmatically to the concrete work environment.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear project objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, and concrete execution plans.
• Establish realistic planning and monitor timing, budget, quality, resources, dependencies, and risks.
• Ensure clear project governance with defined roles, responsibilities, decision-making structures, and escalation paths.
• Maintain coherence between your projects and other projects in the organization, in close contact with the program manager.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies in a timely manner and take initiative to manage them.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams and ensure alignment of technical, operational, and organizational interests.
• Organize and facilitate steering groups and project meetings to ensure efficient decision-making.

Stakeholder Management and Decision Making:

• Navigate a complex stakeholder environment and connect various interests.
• Build strong working relationships with management, technical experts, project teams, clients, partners, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure clear, transparent, and goal-oriented communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Advise stakeholders on progress, risks, feasibility, budget, resources, and impact.
• Ensure that the program manager, sponsors, and steering groups have timely access to accurate information for informed decision-making.
• Create support for decisions and changes, engaging stakeholders at various levels.
• Monitor agreements and ensure that decisions are translated into action and results.

Reporting and Control:

• Provide objective and up-to-date reporting on scope, planning, budget, quality, resources, risks, and dependencies.
• Monitor progress using clear KPIs, milestones, and deliverables.
• Signal deviations promptly and formulate concrete proposals for adjustments.
• Document and follow up on decision-making, responsibilities, actions, and changes accurately.
• Ensure that projects remain aligned with strategic objectives and agreed business results, in collaboration with the program manager.

• Higher education at Bachelor or Master level with a technical or engineering background, or equivalent through relevant experience.
• Proven experience in technical environments where complex projects and programs are realized.
• Understand the dynamics and complexity of development projects and collaborate effectively with technical specialists and other disciplines.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in leading development projects.
• At least 5 years of experience in leading projects within large and complex programs.
• Extensive experience with multidisciplinary project teams, complex stakeholder structures, and projects with multiple interdependencies.
• Experience within a PMO, portfolio, or program organization is a significant asset.

Project Management Expertise:

• Expert knowledge of terminology, organization, roles, governance, and processes within recognized PM methodologies, such as PRINCE2. Certification is a strong asset.
• Knowledge of other methodologies and frameworks such as PMBOK/PMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe is a plus.
• Ability to not only apply methodologies but also transfer expertise and guide others in this area.
• Combine methodological discipline with pragmatism: the methodology supports the result and is not an end in itself.

Languages:

• Excellent professional knowledge (native language) of Dutch.
• Good knowledge of English.

Who You Are:

• An experienced leader who can bring structure to complexity without falling into bureaucracy.
• Analytical and strategically strong, yet hands-on and results-oriented. You are willing to prepare decisions, address issues, and adjust when projects deviate from their objectives.
• Clear communicator who can switch between technical specialists and senior management, connecting various interests around a common result.
• Independent, structured, and results-oriented.
• Ownership and responsibility are key traits.
• Strong in stakeholder and expectation management.
• Maintain oversight within complex projects and their dependencies.
• Decisive and solution-oriented, even in challenging situations.
• Ability to engage people in change.
• Willing to share knowledge and experience.
• Function effectively in a dynamic environment where priorities and working methods evolve.
• Actively contribute to a professional, transparent, and results-oriented project culture.

In summary, we are looking for a senior project leader who masters complex trajectories, connects stakeholders, and ensures that strategy is effectively translated into results.

Practical Information:

Work location: office in Zwijnaarde. We offer flexible working hours and remote work options. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you will work two fixed days in the office, but the other days can be chosen freely. You are willing to travel to other locations in Flanders and Brussels if necessary.

If you are ready to tackle technical and strategic challenges in a dynamic consultancy environment, apply today ., * Aanbestedingstrajecten - Level: Intermediate - Most recent: 1 to 3 years ago

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Language requirements:

Dutch Level Native or bilingual proficiency English Level Professional working proficiency