IT Project Manager

You will ensure the general coordination of the project. You will act as a link between the business teams, analysts (business, functional or technical), developers and the architect, in order to guarantee a common understanding of the issues, consistent prioritization and controlled execution.
You are responsible for the progress, coordination and quality of the implementation, without replacing the business or technical experts.
You will report to the senior project manager department of the Strategy and Development Department — a cross-functional department, outside the IT department — and you will work in close collaboration with the director of the IT department, who is the project lead.

Responsibilities
Project management

• Participate in the definition of the project sheet and its division into phases, each closed by an actual production launch
• Participate in the definition of the project organization: budget, resources, governance
• Build and maintain the roadmap, and update it with each perimeter arbitration
• Coordinate activities and dependencies, including with other ongoing projects
• Identify risks and propose action plans
• Prepare and lead the steering committee and governance bodies
• Ensure reporting to management

Coordination with IT teams

• Work on a daily basis with developers, tech leads, business analysts and the architect
• Understand the technical constraints and their impact on the schedule
• Facilitate trade-offs between technical issues and business needs
• Ensure good collaboration between different IT teams
• Scoping and business animation, in tandem with the business analyst
• Organize and facilitate workshops with business stakeholders
• Ensure clarification of business needs and objectives
• Facilitate decision-making and prioritization
• Contribute to the formalization of target processes and paths
• Ensure that the solutions envisaged meet the business challenges

Change management

• Promote stakeholder buy-in, on both the business and IT sides
• Contribute to communication and change management actions
• Supporting the appropriation of the business area approach, which is new for the organization
• Ensure overall consistency across initiatives

Expected first deliverables

• Implementation planning and resource estimation
• The implementation of the rhythm and support of the different bodies of the project (kickoff, synchro, steering committee, ...)
• The scoping of the first phase of modernization in the selected area

Who you'll be working with
A steering committee bringing together the CEO, the IT department, the department in charge of the member experience, the product and development manager, and the PMO
A project team: the architect, a business analyst, the business owners of the domains concerned and the development teams of the IT department

Desired profile
Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in managing application or digital transformation projects, including at least one end-to-end application modernization
• Demonstrated experience in IT environments with internal or external development teams
• Experience working directly with architects, tech leads, and product teams
• Significant experience in facilitating workshops with business contacts

IT understanding

• We don't expect a technical expert, but someone who can:
• Understand the main principles of application architecture
• Understanding the issues related to technical debt and modernization
• Engage effectively with developers and architect
• Challenge estimates, risks and dependencies
• Knowledge of Microsoft technologies is an asset

Skills

• .Net - Nice to have  
• Change Management
• Coordination of IT developers
• Digital Transformation
• IT Governance Framework
• Project Management
• SQL - Nice to have   
• Steering Committee
• Workshop Animation & Training

Languages
Dutch or French - Level Native or bilingual proficiency
English