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# Digital & IT Project Manager

- **Company:** AB Volvo
- **Location:** Gent, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, SAP ERP, Information Technology, Data Analytics
- **Published:** November 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.volvogroup.com/job/Oostakker-Senior-Digital-&-IT-Project-Manager-9041/1375099955/?feedId=361555

## About the Role

* Minimum of 5 years of experience successfully delivering complex IT projects and/or digital transformation initiatives.
 * Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent through experience.
 * Proven experience leading complex IT or digitalization projects.
 * Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or logistics environment is a strong asset.
 * Experience with vendor management and cross-functional collaboration., * Strong leadership and influencing skills without formal hierarchical authority.
 * Excellent communication skills.
 * Strong organizational capabilities and a results-oriented mindset.
 * Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
 * Ability to align multiple stakeholders around a common objective.
 * Proactive and pragmatic approach.
 * Hands-on mentality: provides direction when needed while also actively contributing to execution, removing obstacles, and ensuring results are achieved. (This is considered a particularly strong attribute.)

Knowledge

 * Project management methodologies (Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall).
 * Stakeholder and change management.
 * Risk, budget, and planning management.
 * Knowledge of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and digital solutions.
 * Knowledge of manufacturing and business processes is an advantage.

## Description

As a Digital & IT Project Manager, you will lead strategic IT and digitalization projects within Volvo Trucks Ghent. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, IT specialists, and external partners to deliver solutions that make our production and supporting processes more efficient, secure, and future proof., Project Delivery

 * Lead IT projects or IT workstreams within business projects from initiation through successful delivery.
 * Establish project structures, governance, and methodologies tailored to the project's context.
 * Monitor and manage scope, planning, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
 * Drive the achievement of agreed KPIs and business objectives.
 * Organize decision-making and escalation processes within the project governance framework.

Stakeholder & Change Management

 * Act as the bridge between business, IT, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
 * Facilitate collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
 * Develop and execute communication and change management plans.
 * Ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations throughout the project.

Risk & Vendor Management

 * Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks.
 * Coordinate external suppliers and partners.
 * Manage dependencies related to infrastructure, cybersecurity, integrations, and operational processes.
 * Proactively monitor issues and ensure timely decision-making., * Infrastructure
 * Microsoft 365
 * ERP - SAP
 * Cybersecurity
 * Data & Analytics

Almost convinced?

A successful IT Project Manager:

 * Creates clarity in complex situations.
 * Brings business and IT together around a shared vision.
 * Ensures predictable and controlled project execution.
 * Removes obstacles so teams can focus on value creation.
 * Delivers tangible business results through digital and IT solutions.