Domain Delivery Lead - International Protection - SPF FOD

ADJUGO; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Immigration Office in Brussels seeks a Domain Delivery Lead for International Protection to coordinate agile squads, align delivery with public priorities, manage dependencies and budgets, and report risks to governance bodies. The role demands extensive leadership of multidisciplinary teams, sophisticated stakeholder management, and governance capabilities in a high-profile public sector context.

Native Dutch or French is required, with good English; hybrid Brussels-based work from Dec 2026 to

Qualifications

• Business-facing IT communication with stakeholders.
• Strategic delivery alignment across public domains.
• Public stakeholder management across ministries.
• Public budget capacity management within public envelopes.
• Strong governance and delivery practices in complex projects.
• Leadership of large, multidisciplinary IT teams.
• Proven non-technical communication bridging IT and business.

Responsibilities

• Unite agile squads around shared vision and objectives; align business and team priorities.
• Enable team autonomy through clear boundaries, decentralised decisions and maturity support.
• Plan global delivery with teams; coordinate dependencies and arbitrate priorities transparently.
• Facilitate domain rituals, inter-team synchronisations, reviews and retrospectives; share practices and learning.
• Remove team obstacles by facilitating collaboration across teams, business and IT.
• Coach people, exchange feedback and maintain trust, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Manage project changes in consultation with stakeholders.
• Report project progress, risks and difficulties transparently to relevant governance bodies.

Skills

Business IT communication

Strategic delivery

Public stakeholder management

Public budget management

Multidisciplinary squad leadership

Public-sector governance

English knowledge

Project leadership

Job description

Domain Delivery Lead - International Protection - SPF FOD

Dates: 2026-12-07 — 2027-03-07

Arrangements: Full-time; hybrid. Administrative dates: 07/12/2026–07/03/2027. Narrative start: as soon as possible after completion of selection; no onsite frequency specified.

The Immigration Office is transforming its digital working environment through the eMigration programme. The programme modernises business applications and strengthens collaboration between teams. Its goal is a more integrated, agile and future-oriented IT environment. The Domain Delivery Lead works within the Directorate-General on the International Protection domain.

You will unite several agile squads around shared objectives and ensure alignment with business priorities. You will coordinate global planning, dependencies, budgets and suppliers while managing changes and reporting risks. Servant leadership, coaching and transparent decision‑making support team autonomy and delivery maturity. The assignment involves multidisciplinary teams and a complex public‑sector stakeholder environment.

The profile calls for at least ten years in a similar function, five years of Agile experience and ten years each of complex digitalisation stakeholder management and project‑team leadership. Public‑sector transformation, business–IT communication, governance and business process reengineering are central requirements. Dutch or French must be native, while the narrative requests good English despite the platform classifying English as optional. The full‑time hybrid assignment in Brussels is administratively scheduled from 7 December 2026 to 7 March 2027, with a separate statement requesting commencement as soon as selection is completed.

Top Reasons to Apply

Shape public transformation

Empower agile teams

Modernise strategic applications

Influence working methods

Solve complex challenges

Responsibilities

• Unite agile squads around shared vision and objectives; align business and team priorities.
• Enable team autonomy through clear boundaries, decentralised decisions and maturity support.
• Plan global delivery with teams; coordinate dependencies and arbitrate priorities transparently.
• Facilitate domain rituals, inter‑team synchronisations, reviews and retrospectives; share practices and learning.
• Remove team obstacles by facilitating collaboration across teams, business and IT.
• Coach people, exchange feedback and maintain trust, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Manage project changes in consultation with stakeholders.
• Report project progress, risks and difficulties transparently to relevant governance bodies.

Must Have

• Business-facing IT communication
• Strategic delivery alignment
• Public stakeholder management
• Business–IT bridging experience
• Multidisciplinary squad management
• Public budget capacity‑management

Nice to Have

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

• Escalate significant changes or issues beyond acceptable tolerances correctly and promptly.
• Manage supplier follow‑up through genuine partnerships.
• At least 10 years in a similar function, with proven coordination and steering of multiple teams.
• Translate complex IT concepts into simple, accessible business language using influential communication.
• Translate political vision and business needs into an operational roadmap and clear delivery priorities.
• Guide, inspire and empower squads while removing administrative and organisational obstacles.
• Navigate public‑sector cabinets, directorates‑general and external partners, reconciling divergent interests.
• Solid experience as a business–IT bridge, such as senior Product Owner, Business Relationship Manager or programme director, with successful nontechnical communication.
• Experience leading large multidisciplinary teams distributed across autonomous teams or squads.
• Experience allocating resources and managing budgets within public‑sector budget envelopes.
• Proven delivery of complex projects or digital transformation initiatives in a public administration or public body.
• Understand institutional dynamics, anticipate stakeholder concerns and manage conflicting priorities in politically sensitive environments while remaining neutral and focused on objectives.
• Structure, plan and prioritise activities against strategic objectives, business needs and delivery capacity.
• Excellent analysis, synthesis and problem‑solving; identify risks, dependencies and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate multiple teams and foster effective collaboration between IT, business stakeholders and other actors.
• Influence and mobilise people without hierarchical authority.
• Excellent communication and active listening, adapting messages to teams, business, management and suppliers.
• Demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence and establish psychological safety so everyone can speak openly.
• Handle tensions and conflicts diplomatically and negotiate mutually acceptable solutions.
• Facilitate and coach teams and individuals to support their progress.
• Remain calm, resilient and solution‑oriented under pressure; adapt and learn continuously.
• Act with integrity and transparency and lead by example.
• Native Dutch or French; either satisfies the language requirement.
• Good English knowledge is required in the narrative, while the platform language panel lists English as nice to have; priority needs confirmation.
• Platform requests confirmed Agile Delivery Manager experience used this year.
• Platform requests confirmed Agile Team Coordination used this year.
• Platform requests expert Complex Stakeholder Management used this year.
• Platform requests expert IT Governance Framework used this year.
• Platform requests expert Project Leadership used this year.
• Platform requests confirmed public-sector project‑management experience used this year.
• English is classified as nice to have by the platform, although the narrative requests good knowledge.

Technical skills

• Master agile and iterative IT delivery methods and their application in complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of project‑management methodologies and governance and delivery practices.
• Significant experience leading large IT projects with multiple stakeholders and cross‑functional dependencies.
• Proven business‑process optimisation and reengineering experience.
• Master change‑management principles and challenges in organisational and digital transformations.
• Understand application management, lifecycle, maintenance and evolution challenges.
• At least 5 years of Agile experience.
• At least 10 years of project experience involving complex stakeholder management in a digitalisation project.
• At least 10 years of project‑team leadership.