IT Project Manager

Our client, a leading Insurance provider across Belgium, is urgently seeking an IT Project Manager (Security/Infrastructure) to work on a long-term freelance project, delivered 2 days a week from Brussels.

The successful candidate will take ownership of several infrastructure and workplace-related projects, working across internal IT teams, group-level technical teams, external partners and senior stakeholders.

This is not a coordination-focused Project Manager position. We are looking for someone with a strong project delivery mindset who can take projects from initiation through governance, planning and execution to successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple IT Infrastructure and Workplace projects.
• Define and control project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and budgets.
• Establish project plans, baselines, milestones and delivery commitments.
• Manage technical workstreams across internal teams, external suppliers and group-level infrastructure teams.
• Maintain strong scope and change control, ensuring additional requirements are appropriately assessed and governed rather than informally added to projects.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, actions and decisions.
• Coordinate technical resources and SMEs across multiple infrastructure disciplines.
• Navigate formal stage-gate and project approval processes.
• Manage internal governance involving IT, Security, Risk, Privacy/DPO and other control functions.
• Support external governance and regulatory requirements where required.
• Produce clear project reporting for senior management and project stakeholders.
• Manage technical and business stakeholders across different organisational levels.
• Coordinate with other Project Managers delivering interconnected workstreams within larger transformation programmes.
• Ensure projects transition effectively into operational/BAU environments following successful delivery.

Infrastructure Project Experience:

should have strong experience delivering projects across several of the following areas:

• Workplace / End-User Computing transformation
• Active Directory migration, integration or transformation
• VDI / Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Microsoft 365 / M365 transformation and migration
• File, shared drive and personal drive migrations
• Network infrastructure projects
• Server / systems infrastructure
• Infrastructure migration and integration projects
• Telephony / Unified Communications transformation

Security Experience – Advantageous

Exposure to infrastructure-related security projects would be highly beneficial, particularly:

• Encryption
• Identity & Access Management
• Infrastructure security
• Network security
• Security controls and remediation
• Security transformation programmes

Security experience is advantageous, but the primary requirement is strong Infrastructure / Workplace Project Management experience.

Governance & Project Delivery

A key requirement for this position is the ability to operate within a structured project delivery environment.

Candidates should demonstrate experience with:

• Project initiation and scope definition
• Budget and timeline management
• Project baselining
• Change and scope control
• RAID management
• Resource and dependency management
• Stage-gate approvals
• Project governance
• Steering committees
• Senior management reporting
• Risk and compliance stakeholders
• Formal project closure and handover

Experience working with structured methodologies such as: PRINCE2, PMI/PMP or equivalent enterprise project management frameworks would be advantageous.

Required Experience

• 5+ years’ experience managing IT/Infrastructure projects.
• Proven delivery of complex infrastructure and/or workplace transformation projects.
• Strong technical understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure.
• Experience managing multiple technical teams and SMEs.
• Strong project governance and change-control experience.
• Ability to manage projects against defined scope, time and budget.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies and competing stakeholder requirements.
• Excellent communication and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and prevent uncontrolled scope creep.
• Comfortable operating within complex matrix organisations.
• Ability to collaborate with other Project Managers across interconnected projects and programmes.

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