Senior Project Manager

Duration: until the end of 2026 ( renewable )

Regime: full-time

Work arrangement: minimum 2 days/week presence at the office, depending on tasks and agreements with the team; telework permitted at domicile or employer's address (Belgium)

Team: multidisciplinary, mix of internal and external employees

Mission

As a Project Manager within the ANPR team, you will primarily be responsible for the scoping, planning, execution, and budgetary monitoring of the GDM project (Gatso Device Manager or Speedmanager) within the Traffic workstream. You will also contribute to the development of a clear vision for the management of speed cameras / mobile radars within the sensor ecosystem and build buy-in among both internal and external partners.

You ensure a sound project structure within which you collaborate closely with business analysts, and approach the gathered information critically and constructively to map out all elements and define a plan of action to evolve from AS IS to TO BE.

You help coordinate the various actions with the different stakeholders and facilitate communication, partly from a change management perspective, and draw up the necessary communication plans for this purpose.

You make every effort to adhere to predefined timings and budgets so that the GDM project can be realized on time.

Where necessary, you adjust the schedule, and you are able to communicate clearly and transparently about this and provide the necessary reporting.

After the implementation, you remain available for the hyper-care phase.

You integrate into the project team's way of working and contribute to the development of procedures and documentation to facilitate collaboration with the "run" organization within the Federal Police. Where necessary, links are established with other projects and initiatives within Traffic; you are able to switch quickly between different topics and in response to changing priorities.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Defining and managing project scope, schedule, milestones, and deliverables based on validated parameters.
• Identifying tasks, dependencies, and risks; developing and following up on mitigation measures.
• Managing business analyst(s) on shared topics.
• Reporting project progress to stakeholders: status, issues, bottlenecks, risks, and proposed alternatives/mitigations; recording decisions and actions (“decision log”).
• Contribute to the implementation of transversal processes and documentation to ensure seamless collaboration with the run organization.
• Guiding the setup of a monitoring tool.
• Establishing and maintaining quality management plans so that project results meet the required standards.
• Implementing and using project management and documentation tools (including JIRA, Confluence) for follow-up and knowledge sharing.
• Stakeholder management and relationship building with internal police stakeholders and external partners to ensure the success of the project.
• Support in managing the project management organization within the ANPR team: co-guiding the demand management process, setting up strategic reporting, determining best practices and internal processes, handover to the RUN team.
• Support for change management and user training programs where necessary.

Education, experience and competencies

• At least 10 years of hands‑on experience managing IT technical projects
• Experience with systems and programs for project tracking and knowledge management (JIRA, Confluence)
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Native French or Dutch, with a strong passive knowledge of the other language.
• Work style: Proactive, result‑oriented, and structured. You take initiative, are a self‑starter with a critical eye, and work systematically. You prioritize clear goals (KPIs) and substantiate your proposals and decisions with facts and data.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken. The ability to guide and align various stakeholders on content. You can actively listen, ask the right questions, and clearly articulate complex ideas, both in writing and verbally.
• Integrity: Discretion and reliability are essential, given that you have access to sensitive police information.

Requirement / Skill

• Expert IT Project Manager
• Budget & planning management
• Change Management
• Experience in the public sector
• IT project management
• JIRA & Confluence (project tracking & knowledge management)