Senior Application Owner

Ypto; Brussel; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work

35 days annual leave

Mobility package with company car

Public transport season ticket

Target bonus

Insurance package

Pension plan

Meal vouchers

Internet allowance

Résumé du poste

SNCB seeks an Application Owner – Railways Operations for Stations to bridge business stakeholders, operational teams and IT delivery. You will own the lifecycle of critical applications for real estate, facilities, telemetry IoT platforms, and energy management, ensuring reliability and regulatory alignment.

You will define the roadmap, prioritize enhancements and incidents, and collaborate with stakeholders and vendors to maintain availability and security in a safety‑critical railway

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in IT, engineering, or related field.
• Experience as Application Owner, Product Owner, or Application Manager.
• Knowledge of mission-critical systems in complex environments.
• Familiarity with Agile and ITIL-based methodologies.
• Experience with EMS/SCADA or operational control systems.

Responsabilités

• Own end-to-end applications in production related to real estate, facilities, telemetry platforms, or energy management.
• Define and maintain the application roadmap with operational, safety, and regulatory constraints.
• Prioritize enhancements, incidents, and technical improvements with stakeholders.
• Ensure availability, performance monitoring, security, and compliance.
• Coordinate with vendors/nearshore teams and manage licenses and certifications.

Connaissances

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Agile

Reliability & safety focus

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's in IT/Engineering

Outils

EMS/SCADA

ALM

Enterprise integration patterns

Description du poste

How do you help make a difference?

As an Application Owner – Railways Operations for Stations, you act as the bridge between business stakeholders, operational teams, and IT delivery, ensuring that applications supporting railway operations such as real estate, building facilities, telemetry IoT platforms, and energy management systems remain reliable, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements. You are responsible for the full lifecycle of your applications, from strategy and roadmap definition to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

What is your role at SNCB?

• You act as end-to-end owner of one or more business-critical applications in production mode related to real estate, building facilities, telemetry IoT platforms, or energy management.
• You define and maintain the application roadmap, ensuring alignment with operational, safety, and regulatory constraints.
• You prioritise enhancements, incidents, and technical improvements in collaboration with stakeholders.
• You ensure availability, performance monitoring, security, and compliance in alignment with application support setup.
• You maintain ownership and knowledge of application setup (technical, functional, support) and inform the budget owner on enhancement and evolution budgets.
• You follow up, review, and approve license and certification aspects of applications and keep the budget owner informed and updated.

Job Requirements

You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, engineering, or a related field, combined with proven experience as an Application Owner, Product Owner, or Application Manager.

• You have a strong understanding of mission‑critical systems in complex operational environments.
• You have experience working in railway, energy, real estate, utilities, or industrial domains.
• You have solid knowledge of application lifecycle management (ALM).
• You are able to work with Agile and/or ITIL‑based methodologies.
• You ensure availability, performance monitoring, security, and compliance of applications.
• You manage application roadmap definition and alignment with operational, safety, and regulatory constraints.
• You collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise enhancements, incidents, and technical improvements.
• You work with external vendors or nearshore/offshore teams.
• You have knowledge of energy management systems (EMS), SCADA, or operational control systems.
• You have familiarity with enterprise integration patterns and data flows.
• You have experience within regulated or safety‑critical environments.
• You manage license and certification aspects of applications.

Soft Skills

• You have strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• You demonstrate an analytical mindset with attention to reliability, safety, and risk.

Additional Requirements

• You are fluent in English (spoken and written).
• You are fluent in one of the local languages (French or Dutch) and understand the other.
• You have experience working with external vendors or nearshore/offshore teams.

Diversity Statement

Everyone is unique. That's why we believe it’s important that you can be yourself — it makes SNCB stronger. We therefore place great value on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

• Hybrid working, with a balanced weekly mix of office and remote work, combined with flexible hours.
• 35 days of annual leave.
• A mobility package with a company car (also available via our mobility plan) or alternative mobility choices, complemented by a public transport season ticket.
• A target bonus.
• A comprehensive insurance package, with hospitalisation and dental care for the whole family.
• Coverage of outpatient medical costs.
• Group insurance, including a supplementary pension (cafeteria plan).
• Meal vouchers & eco vouchers.
• Net allowances for hybrid working and an internet allowance.

Location

You will work near Brussels‑South station.