Project Manager on Cybersecurity (m/f/d)

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The EU Institution in Brussels seeks a Project Manager with a Cybersecurity background to lead ICT projects across multiple teams and domains, ensuring delivery within scope, time, and quality.

You will apply risk management, budget tracking, and governance processes, report to steering committees, and guide project teams through the full system development lifecycle in a highly collaborative, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• PM certification (CAPM, PM2 or equivalent).
• Use of project management tools.
• Knowledge of at least one Project Management Methodology.
• English at C1 level and French at B1 level preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management for ICT / IS development.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects across multiple teams and application areas in ICT.
• Manage ICT projects from charter to completion using the client’s methodology.
• Draft proposals for project strategies, plan tasks and deliverables, and review deliverables.
• Guide the project team and review deliverables and progress.
• Participate in functional groups and progress meetings.
• Estimate costs, timescales and resources; report status and risks.
• Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and track activities.
• Monitor results and ensure delivered systems meet criteria; manage changes with sponsors.
• Provide effective leadership to motivate and develop the project team.

Job description

We are looking for a Project Manager with Cybersecurity background to join our client, a big EU Institution based in Brussels.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects requiring coordination of different teams or addressing a number of distinct application areas in one or more domains of ICT.
• Managing ICT projects from the drafting of the project charter to the completion of all activities using the client's methodology.
• Making proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables, reviewing project deliverables, performing quality control, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow-up and organisation.
• Guiding the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables, follow-up project execution.
• Participating in functional working groups and progress meetings.
• Estimating costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project in adherence to the agreed terms of reference.
• Preparing and maintaining project and quality plans, tracking activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports.
• Monitoring results including costs, timescales and resources used, and taking action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensuring that delivered systems are implemented along these criteria.
• Change management, obtaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors.
• Providing effective leadership for the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly develop their skills and experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Project management (CAPM, PM2 or similar equivalent certification)
• Use of project management tools
• Good knowledge of one Project Management Methodology
• English at C.1 level and preferably French at B.1 level
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the domain of the lot and more specifically as below:

Experience in Project Management of Information Systems development projects

• Practical experience with the system development life-cycle
• Experience in working with a project management tool
• Experience or advanced literacy in AI in related applications/use cases in the domain
• Proven experience with quality procedures
• Sound experience in iterative, incremental and adaptive lifecycles (e.g. RUP, Agile methods)
• Practical experience of reporting to Steering Committees or other governance bodies including top management

Project Manager on Cybersecurity in Brussels, Belgium