Digital Business Partner

Altia; Brussel; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Altia is seeking an experienced IT governance and PMO professional to lead strategic projects for European institutions. The role combines advisory work, IT governance, and digital transformation responsibilities across international stakeholders, with the ability to work mainly remotely from Belgium and occasional on-site presence in Brussels.

You will review governance artefacts, monitor third-party delivery, and coordinate between policy units and technical teams while promoting PM² and agile

Qualifications

• Master’s or equivalent IT degree with extensive public-sector IT governance experience.
• English C1 level or higher.
• 7+ years in public-sector IT governance.
• 5+ years in a PMO or project-support role with advisory, monitoring, planning and risk management.
• 5+ years monitoring third-party delivery against contracts and SLAs.
• 4+ years IT experience in transport and/or energy.
• 2+ years identifying digital components in legislative or policy proposals within EU institutions.
• Experience within the last 12 years in these areas.
• Security clearance or eligible for EU-27 clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic IT governance initiatives in an international environment.
• Advise on digital-ready policy, legislation and interoperability.
• Review governance artefacts: PIs, Business Cases, Charters and Architecture Overviews.
• Prepare documentation for governance bodies, including the ITCB.
• Monitor external IT suppliers, SLAs, quality, risks and KPIs.
• Coordinate between business/policy stakeholders and technical teams; deliver PM² trainings.

Skills

PM²

PMP/PRINCE2

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

IT governance

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Master’s degree in IT / Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Project

Confluence

Job description

Altia is a high-value digital transformation services company that has undertaken, changed, and reformulated international projects for nearly a thousand clients, leaders in their sectors, who have understood that their businesses can be revolutionized through digitalization. Over its 30 years of experience, it has proven to be a robust company with a future, a capacity for innovation, and adaptability.

Are you passionate about leading strategic projects in an international environment and contributing to high-impact European initiatives?

Location

Mainly remote (far-site), with possible occasional on-site presence in Brussels.

Environment

European Institutions and international stakeholders.

The role combines advisory, IT governance and digital transformation responsibilities, including:

• Supporting business and policy units throughout the full digital solution lifecycle.
• Providing advice on digital-ready policy and legislation, digital checks and interoperability.
• Reviewing IT governance artefacts: Project Initiation Requests, Business Cases, Project Charters and Architecture Overviews.
• Preparing documentation and materials for governance and decision-making bodies, including the ITCB.
• Monitoring external IT suppliers, contractual compliance, SLAs, quality, risks, planning and KPIs.
• Coordinating between business/policy stakeholders and technical teams.
• Delivering training and awareness activities on IT governance and the PM² methodology.

Minimum Requirements

• EQF Level 7 qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) and at least 10 years of professional IT experience; or EQF Level 6 degree (bachelor’s degree) and at least 12 years; or secondary education giving access to higher education and at least 17 years of IT experience.
• English proficiency C1 level or higher.
• At least 7 years of professional experience in public-sector IT governance.
• At least 5 years in a PMO or project-support role, including advisory, monitoring, planning and risk management.
• At least 5 years monitoring and controlling third-party delivery against contracts, SLAs, formal obligations or milestones.
• At least 4 years of IT experience in transport and/or energy.
• At least 2 years identifying digital components in legislative or policy proposals within EU or Member State institutions.
• The specific expertise and experience must have been acquired within the last 12 years.

Mandatory certifications

• Project management: PM², PMP or PRINCE2.
• Programme management: PgMP, MSP or SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager.
• Agile: PM²-Agile, PMI-ACP, ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master or SAFe Agilist.

Required knowledge

• IT governance in public-sector environments and coordination of decision-making bodies.
• PM², Agile and Waterfall approaches, planning, reporting, risk management, feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis.
• External IT supplier oversight, contractual/SLA compliance and quality assurance.
• Interoperability, particularly for cross-border digital public services; experience with the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is desirable.
• EU energy and transport policies, the Interoperable Europe Act and digital-ready legal drafting.
• Stakeholder management and the ability to explain technology-related matters to non-technical stakeholders.
• Project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Microsoft Project and Confluence.
• Added value: familiarity with PM², ITCB, GovIS, iCoCo, DECIDE, GoPro, EdiT and ARES.

The candidate must be security clearable or already hold an EU-27 security clearance.

The present job offer is drafted taking into account impartiality and non-discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, ideology, or any other reason. Especially, it takes into account the respect for the current regulations regarding gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).