Functional Advisory Lead – Cio Advisory

DescriptionJoin KEYES and Give Meaning to Your TalentAre you looking for an environment where technology is not an end in itself, but a lever for building a sustainable future? At KEYES, we are not just looking for technical expertis — we are looking for people who share our values. Are you ready to take the next step in your career and grow with one of Belgium's leading IT companies? Join KEYES as a Functional Advisory Lead
- CIO Advisory KEYES supports private and public organizations across Belgium and Europe in their digital transformation by combining business expertise, technological excellence, and a long-term vision. We help large enterprises, public sector organizations, healthcare providers, and SMEs tackle their digital challenges through our expertise in:
- Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions
- Cybersecurity Solutions
- Business Software Solutions
- Mainframe Solutions
- Data & AI Solutions
- Advisory Solutions
- Staffing Solutions. For more information: KEYES is building out its CIO Advisory practice to meet growing demand from clients who need a trusted, independent partner to shape their IT strategy. The Functional Lead operates across a portfolio of client engagements and faces a set of recurring strategic challenges:Helping client CIOs translate business ambitions into coherent IT blueprints – applications, data, integration and infrastructureAligning business and IT priorities, arbitrating between competing demands, and building a shared transformation agendaIdentifying and assessing strategic scenarios (build/buy, modernisation, sourcing, cloud) and quantifying their impact and riskFormalising pragmatic, sequenced roadmaps that client CIOs can defend to their executive committees and boardsMaturing KEYES’s own CIO advisory methodologies, tools and assets to deliver consistent, high-quality engagements at scaleThe role combines client-facing advisory, oversight of IT strategy project delivery, and the development of KEYES’s methodological capability – with a clear expectation of contributing to business development.
Tasks and

responsibilities:
1) CIO advisory & sparring partnerAct as a trusted sparring partner to client CIOs on their IT strategy, governance and major investment decisionsDefine and structure IT blueprints that connect the client’s business strategy with its application, data and infrastructure landscapeIntegrate business and IT challenges into a coherent narrative, surfacing trade-offs and dependencies leaders need to arbitrateIdentify and assess strategic scenarios – supported by business cases, TCO and value quantification – then formalise a clear, sequenced and defensible roadmap for the clientBring credibility and authority in C-level conversations, challenging and convincing senior stakeholders with substance2) Delivery oversight & methodology developmentOversee the delivery of IT strategy engagements across clients, safeguarding quality, coherence and impactDevelop and continuously improve KEYES’s CIO advisory methodologies, frameworks, templates and reusable assetsActivate and coordinate the right KEYES experts at the right time, ensuring consistency across workstreams and engagementsCoach and upskill KEYES consultants, embedding the methodologies and raising the bar on advisory deliverables3) Business development & practice growthDetect and shape new advisory opportunities within and beyond existing client relationshipsContribute to proposals and scoping, translating client needs into compelling, well-structured advisory offersBuild trusted, lasting relationships with client CIOs and their leadership teams, positioning KEYES as the go-to advisorRepresent KEYES’s CIO advisory point of view externally, building the firm’s reputation and pipelineDevelop thought leadership – points of view, publications and speaking engagements – that builds KEYES’s visibility and intellectual capital in CIO advisory#LI-ES1RequirementsA proven senior advisor with 15+ years of experience and the credibility and presence to convince and challenge CIOs and executive committeesIT strategy expertise: proven experience defining IT blueprints, target architectures and roadmaps, and integrating business and IT challengesTechnical expertise in IT architecture and IT blueprint design: solid command of application, data, integration and infrastructure architecture, and the ability to design, document and defend IT blueprints with technical depth and credibilityMethodology development: ability to formalise, structure and continuously improve advisory methodologies, frameworks and deliverablesStakeholder management at CIO/C-level: comfortable in strategic conversations, diplomatic and firm, with strong business development driveLanguages: fluent French, Dutch and English requiredCategoryConsulting