Business Project & Program Manager

Umicore Belgium; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary and benefits

Inclusive work culture

Résumé du poste

Umicore Belgium is seeking a Business Project and Program Manager to drive transformation programs within Enterprise Functions. You will coordinate multiple workstreams, develop plans, monitor risks, and ensure alignment with program objectives across cross-functional teams in an international setting.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, governance, and change-management support to realize sustainable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 2–3 years of experience in project management, PMO, consulting, transformation, or related roles.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate and drive the day-to-day delivery of multiple transformation workstreams to ensure successful program execution.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Track progress across initiatives, identify issues, and escalate critical risks, blockers, and resource conflicts.
• Support integrated program planning and ensure alignment between workstream activities, roadmaps, and overall transformation objectives.
• Prepare and maintain governance materials, including status reports, decision logs, action trackers, and program updates.
• Monitor program benefits and business case assumptions, highlighting variances and recommending corrective actions.

Connaissances

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Cross-functional experience

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s in business administration

Economics or related field

Outils

PMO tools

Description du poste

Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Enterprise Functions

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our enterprise functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

Your Key Accountabilities

The Business Project and Program Manager supports the successful delivery of transformation programs by coordinating workstreams, ensuring effective governance, and driving alignment across stakeholders. The role monitors program performance, benefits realization, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements while proactively addressing issues and ensuring activities remain aligned with overall program objectives. Through strong coordination, stakeholder engagement, and effective program management, the role contributes to the delivery of sustainable business outcomes and organizational transformation.

• Coordinate and drive the day-to-day delivery of multiple transformation workstreams to ensure successful program execution.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Track progress across initiatives, proactively identify issues, and escalation critical risks, blockers, and resource conflicts when required.
• Support integrated program planning and ensure alignment between workstream activities, roadmaps, and overall transformation objectives.
• Prepare and maintain governance materials, including status reports, decision logs, action trackers, and program updates.
• Monitor program benefits and business case assumptions, highlighting variances and recommending corrective actions where necessary.
• Serve as a key liaison between workstream leads, functional teams, stakeholders, and the Transformation Office.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships to foster collaboration, alignment, and effective decision-making.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, governance forums, and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Ensure stakeholders remain informed, engaged, and aligned throughout the program lifecycle through clear and timely communication.
• Drive accountability by tracking actions, following up on commitments, and ensuring decisions are implemented effectively.
• Support change-management activities and contribute to the successful adoption of transformation initiatives across the organization.

Who We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in business administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in project management, PMO, consulting, transformation, or related roles.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Structured, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Experience supporting cross-functional transformation or change initiatives is considered an advantage.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken; Dutch and/or French is a plus.
• Experience working in an international and multicultural environment.
• Strong facilitation skills and the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?