IT Project Manager

Huxley; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 111,000 - 166,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Long-term freelance assignment

Job summary

Huxley in Brussels is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead a strategic application modernization program, coordinating business stakeholders, analysts, architects, and development teams to ensure alignment, prioritization and successful delivery. The role emphasizes governance, planning, risk management and change management within a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in application/digital transformation projects, strong stakeholder skills, and the

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing application transformation or digital transformation projects.
• Proven experience delivering at least one end-to-end application modernization initiative.
• Experience working with internal and/or external software development teams.
• Strong track record collaborating with architects, tech leads, and product teams.
• Experience facilitating business workshops and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing long-term projects with multiple production releases.

Responsibilities

• Define and structure project phases, each ending with a production release.
• Contribute to project organization, governance, budgeting, and resource planning.
• Build, maintain, and continuously update the project roadmap.
• Manage dependencies across multiple ongoing initiatives.
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation plans.
• Prepare and facilitate steering committees and governance meetings.
• Provide regular reporting to senior management.
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, tech leads, and business analysts.
• Understand technical constraints and assess their impact on planning and delivery.
• Facilitate decision-making between business priorities and technical requirements.
• Ensure effective collaboration across all IT teams.
• Organize and facilitate workshops with business stakeholders.
• Clarify business needs, objectives, and priorities.
• Support decision-making processes and requirement alignment.
• Contribute to process design and target operating models.
• Ensure that proposed solutions effectively address business challenges.
• Promote stakeholder engagement and project adoption.
• Support communication and change management initiatives.
• Facilitate the organization's transition toward a business-domain-driven approach.
• Ensure consistency across transformation initiatives.
• Detailed implementation roadmap and resource estimation.
• Governance structure and project operating model.
• Setup of project ceremonies, steering committees, and reporting processes.
• Scope definition and planning for the first modernization phase.

Skills

Project Management

Digital Transformation

IT Governance

Coordination of Development Teams

Steering Committee Management

Workshop Facilitation

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Roadmap Planning

Job description

IT Project Manager - Digital Transformation & Application Modernization

About the Project

Our client is embarking on a major multi-year digital transformation program aimed at modernizing its business applications and improving the overall user experience across both digital and human interaction channels.

Rather than a purely technical migration, this initiative is business-driven and structured around functional domains to enhance service quality, operational efficiency, and the long-term sustainability of the information system. The organization is transitioning from a complex application landscape composed of multiple interconnected systems and legacy technologies toward a modern target architecture based primarily on Microsoft technologies.

The architecture vision has already been defined by senior technical stakeholders. The Project Manager will play a key role in coordinating the implementation, driving adoption, and ensuring successful delivery across business and IT teams.

Role

As IT Project Manager, you will lead the overall coordination of a strategic application modernization program. You will act as the bridge between business stakeholders, analysts, architects, and development teams to ensure alignment, prioritization, and effective execution throughout the project lifecycle.

You will be responsible for project governance, planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and delivery coordination while maintaining a strong focus on business value and change management.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Governance

• Define and structure project phases, each ending with a production release.
• Contribute to project organization, governance, budgeting, and resource planning.
• Build, maintain, and continuously update the project roadmap.
• Manage dependencies across multiple ongoing initiatives.
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation plans.
• Prepare and facilitate steering committees and governance meetings.
• Provide regular reporting to senior management.

IT Coordination

• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, tech leads, and business analysts.
• Understand technical constraints and assess their impact on planning and delivery.
• Facilitate decision-making between business priorities and technical requirements.
• Ensure effective collaboration across all IT teams.

Business Engagement

• Organize and facilitate workshops with business stakeholders.
• Clarify business needs, objectives, and priorities.
• Support decision-making processes and requirement alignment.
• Contribute to process design and target operating models.
• Ensure that proposed solutions effectively address business challenges.

Change Management

• Promote stakeholder engagement and project adoption.
• Support communication and change management initiatives.
• Facilitate the organization's transition toward a business-domain-driven approach.
• Ensure consistency across transformation initiatives.

Expected Initial Deliverables

• Detailed implementation roadmap and resource estimation.
• Governance structure and project operating model.
• Setup of project ceremonies, steering committees, and reporting processes.
• Scope definition and planning for the first modernization phase.

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing application transformation or digital transformation projects.
• Proven experience delivering at least one end-to-end application modernization initiative.
• Experience working with internal and/or external software development teams.
• Strong track record collaborating with architects, tech leads, and product teams.
• Experience facilitating business workshops and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing long-term projects with multiple production releases.

Technical Understanding

The ideal candidate is not expected to be a technical expert but should be able to:

• Understand application architecture principles.
• Discuss technical topics confidently with architects and developers.
• Challenge estimates, risks, and dependencies.
• Understand technical debt and modernization strategies.
• Knowledge of Microsoft technologies (.NET ecosystem) is considered an asset.

Required Skills

• Project Management
• Digital Transformation
• IT Governance
• Coordination of Development Teams
• Steering Committee Management
• Workshop Facilitation
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management
• Roadmap Planning

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Strong business orientation and value-driven mindset.
• Ability to translate complex discussions into actionable outcomes.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to drive progress in complex and cross-functional environments.

Languages

• Native or bilingual French or Dutch.
• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Dutch is considered an advantage when French is the primary language and vice versa.

Practical Information

• Location: Brussels area (hybrid model)
• On-site presence: 3 to 4 days per week, including mandatory presence on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Long-term assignment (initial contract until end of 2027)
• Type: Consulting / Freelance assignment

Ideal Candidate

You have successfully delivered large-scale application modernization projects, are comfortable working between business and technology teams, and can effectively coordinate architects, developers, and stakeholders while driving tangible business outcomes in a complex transformation environment.