Project Manager & Product Owner | Brussels

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

Job summary

Altia is a high-value digital transformation services company with 30 years of European experience. We are seeking a Product Owner to lead strategic projects in an international environment, coordinating with European institutions and diverse stakeholders.

Location: mainly remote, with occasional on-site presence in Brussels. In PM² Agile/Scrum, you will backlog prioritise, write user stories, accept criteria and drive sprint planning and deliverables.

Qualifications

• EQF Level 7 qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) with 10 years IT experience, or EQF 6 with 12 years IT experience.
• English B2 level or higher.
• 7+ years as a Product Owner, eliciting requirements from legal documents.
• 5+ years managing IT projects with planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• 8+ years using project management tools such as JIRA or MS Project.
• 7+ years in analysis using use cases or user stories, including 5+ years producing user stories.
• 10+ years in software development projects.
• 4+ years managing projects with PM² Agile.
• 5+ years in IT software delivery projects addressing EU energy regulations.
• PM², PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• PM²-Agile, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM or SAFe Agilist certification.
• CSPO, PSPO or SAFe Product Owner certification.
• AI Product Ownership certification (e.g., PSPO AI) is an asset.
• Strong knowledge of scope/schedule/budget/risk and stakeholder management; Scrum; backlog management; acceptance testing; and EU energy regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Planning, executing and delivering enhancements and new functionalities, coordinating stakeholders, risks, budget, planning and reporting.
• Act as Product Owner in a PM² Agile/Scrum environment: backlog prioritisation, definition of user stories and acceptance criteria, sprint planning and validation of deliverables.

Skills

Backlog management

User stories

Acceptance testing

Stakeholder management

Scrum

Budgeting

Forecasting

Risk management

Governance

European energy regulation

Security clearance knowledge

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent (EQF 7)

Bachelor’s degree (EQF 6) + 12 years IT experience

PM²

PMP

PRINCE2

PM²-Agile

CSPO/PSPO/SAFe Product Owner

PSPO AI (asset)

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Project

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 (with possible occasional on-site presence in Brussels)

Environment: European Institutions and international stakeholders.

Responsibilities include

• Planning, executing and delivering enhancements and new functionalities, coordinating stakeholders, risks, budget, planning and reporting.
• Act as Product Owner in a PM² Agile/Scrum environment: backlog prioritisation, definition of user stories and acceptance criteria, sprint planning and validation of deliverables.

Minimum Requirements

Must-Have Requirements:

• EQF Level 7 qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) and 10 years of IT professional experience, or Bachelor’s degree (EQF 6) and 12 years of IT experience.
• English B2 level or higher.
• At least 7 years as a Product Owner, eliciting requirements from legal documents.
• At least 5 years managing IT projects, including planning, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and performance tracking.
• At least 8 years using project management tools such as JIRA or Microsoft Project.
• At least 7 years in analysis using use case specifications or user stories, including at least 5 years producing user stories.
• At least 10 years in software development projects.
• At least 4 years managing projects using the PM² Agile methodology.
• At least 5 years working on IT software delivery projects addressing EU or EU-27 national legislation in the Energy domain.
• Mandatory project management certification: PM², PMP or PRINCE2.
• Mandatory Agile certification: PM²-Agile, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM or SAFe Agilist.
• Mandatory Product Owner certification: CSPO, PSPO or SAFe Product Owner.
• An AI Product Ownership certification, such as PSPO AI or equivalent, is considered an asset.
• Strong knowledge of scope, schedule, budget, risk and stakeholder management; project governance; Scrum; backlog management; user stories; acceptance testing; and European energy regulatory environments.

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).