Senior Digital & IT Project Manager

Volvo Group; Oost-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Group Ghent seeks an experienced Digital & IT Project Manager to lead strategic IT and digitalization initiatives across production and supporting processes. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, IT specialists, and external partners to deliver secure, efficient solutions.

The role requires 5+ years delivering complex IT projects in industrial settings, strong leadership and communication, and a hands-on, pragmatic approach to removing obstacles and achieving tangible business

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering complex IT projects and digital transformations.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• Experience in manufacturing/logistics environments is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT projects or workstreams from initiation to delivery.
• Set up governance and methodologies tailored to the project.
• Monitor scope, planning, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
• Drive KPI achievement and business objectives.
• Coordinate with business, IT, suppliers, and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder alignment

Proactive

Hands-on mentality

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

ERP - SAP

Microsoft 365

Cloud technologies

Cybersecurity

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Introduction

The Volvo Trucks plant in Ghent is the largest truck manufacturing facility within the Volvo Group worldwide. Every day, nearly 3,000 colleagues assemble top-quality trucks here. Innovation and continuous improvement have been at the core of our operations since day one. We firmly believe in the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing, where quality, safety, and environmental care are our top priorities. Our site consists of many different departments, but we all share one thing in common: a passion for what we do.

Meet Your Team

As a Digital & IT Project Manager, you will lead strategic IT and digitalization projects within Volvo Trucks Ghent. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, IT specialists, and external partners to deliver solutions that make our production and supporting processes more efficient, secure, and future proof.

What You Will Do

You translate business objectives into concrete results and ensure projects are successfully delivered within scope, timeline, budget, and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Lead IT projects or IT workstreams within business projects from initiation through successful delivery.
• Establish project structures, governance, and methodologies tailored to the project's context.
• Monitor and manage scope, planning, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
• Drive the achievement of agreed KPIs and business objectives.
• Organize decision-making and escalation processes within the project governance framework.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Act as the bridge between business, IT, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop and execute communication and change management plans.
• Ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations throughout the project.

Risk & Vendor Management

• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks.
• Coordinate external suppliers and partners.
• Manage dependencies related to infrastructure, cybersecurity, integrations, and operational processes.
• Proactively monitor issues and ensure timely decision-making.

Who are you?

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience successfully delivering complex IT projects and/or digital transformation initiatives.
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent through experience.
• Proven experience leading complex IT or digitalization projects.
• Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or logistics environment is a strong asset.
• Experience with vendor management and cross-functional collaboration.

Competencies

• Strong leadership and influencing skills without formal hierarchical authority.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong organizational capabilities and a results-oriented mindset.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to align multiple stakeholders around a common objective.
• Proactive and pragmatic approach.
• Hands-on mentality: provides direction when needed while also actively contributing to execution, removing obstacles, and ensuring results are achieved. (This is considered a particularly strong attribute.)

Knowledge

• Project management methodologies (Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall).
• Stakeholder and change management.
• Risk, budget, and planning management.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and digital solutions.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and business processes is an advantage.

Project Domains

• Infrastructure
• Microsoft 365
• ERP - SAP
• Cybersecurity
• Data & Analytics

Almost convinced?

A Successful IT Project Manager

• Creates clarity in complex situations.
• Brings business and IT together around a shared vision.
• Ensures predictable and controlled project execution.
• Removes obstacles so teams can focus on value creation.
• Delivers tangible business results through digital and IT solutions.

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.