Senior IT Strategy & Transformation Manager

ITS Group Benelux; Brussel; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hospitalization insurance

Group insurance

Dental insurance

20 days statutory paid vacations

Company car with national fuel card

Public transport reimbursement

Internet fee €40/month

Training plan

Job summary

ITS Group Benelux seeks a Senior IT Strategy & Transformation Manager with a strong technical background to guide strategic technology decisions in a large, complex IT organization in Belgium. The role combines hands‑on experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, IT Analysis or Tech Leadership with later IT Strategy, CIO Advisory or transversal transformation.

You will translate complex challenges into concise strategic recommendations, build scenarios and roadmaps, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional IT experience.
• Strong background in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, IT Analysis, Tech Lead or equivalent roles.
• Subsequent experience in IT Strategy, CIO Advisory, Strategy Office, Chief of Staff or IT Strategy Consulting.
• Solid understanding of modern tech: Cloud, API-led connectivity, legacy modernization, data architectures, DevSecOps, AI/Agentic AI, cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Support senior IT leadership on critical technology and transformation topics.
• Translate complex technical challenges into concise strategic recommendations.
• Assess legacy modernization, application rationalization and cross-border IT transformation.
• Build roadmaps and recommendations under fixed timelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional groups of architects, experts and stakeholders.
• Challenge proposals with enterprise-wide perspective.
• Prepare executive memos and decision papers.
• Drive from analysis to executive decision-making.
• Focus on pragmatic business value over theory.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

IT Analysis

Tech Lead

Executive communication

PowerPoint

Job description

About Us

For more than 25 years, ITS Group has been a French ESN specializing in digital transformation, employing around 1,400 employees across 8 agencies in France and 1 in Belgium.

Our expertise: IT infrastructure & operations, cloud & managed services, mobility, workstations & networks, strategy, consulting & AMO, cybersecurity, development of business applications.

ITS Group places its CSR commitment at the heart of its concerns by developing sustainable and responsible digital technology and by promoting the professional and personal development of its employees.

Find out more: www.itsgroup.com

About the Job

Great assignments await you with our key account clients in rich and varied environments.

We are looking for a Senior IT Strategy & Transformation Manager with a strong technical background to support strategic technology decision-making within a large and complex IT organization.

The ideal candidate combines hands‑on experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, IT Analysis or Technical Leadership with subsequent experience in IT Strategy, CIO Advisory or transversal transformation.

This is not a traditional Project Manager position. The role requires someone who can quickly understand complex technology challenges, structure ambiguous topics and turn them into clear, pragmatic and actionable recommendations for executive management.

• Support senior IT leadership on critical technology and transformation topics.
• Translate complex technical challenges into concise strategic recommendations.
• Assess and contribute to topics such as legacy modernization, application rationalization and cross-border IT transformation.
• Build strategic scenarios, roadmaps and recommendations under fixed timelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional groups of architects, technical experts and business stakeholders.
• Challenge technical proposals while maintaining an enterprise-wide strategic perspective.
• Facilitate alignment across complex matrix organizations.
• Prepare high-quality executive presentations, decision papers and strategic memos.
• Drive recommendations from initial analysis through stakeholder alignment and executive decision-making.
• Focus on pragmatic outcomes and business value rather than overly theoretical analysis

Mandatory

• 10+ years of professional IT experience.
• Strong previous experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, IT Analysis, Tech Lead or equivalent technical roles.
• Subsequent experience in IT Strategy, CIO Advisory, Strategy Office, Chief of Staff or IT Strategy Consulting.
• Strong understanding of modern technology environments, including:
  • Cloud computing
  • API-led connectivity
  • Legacy modernization
  • Data architectures
  • DevSecOps
  • AI / Agentic AI
  • Cybersecurity challenges
• Excellent executive communication and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and shifting priorities.

Nice to have

• Banking or Financial Services experience.
• Knowledge of core banking, payments, digital channels and regulatory environments.
• Experience working on international or cross-border IT transformation initiatives.

Languages

• Fluent/professional English
• Good command of French and/or Dutch

Fourchette de salaire

Salary conform to experience.

About You

• You have at least 12 of professional experiences in IT
• If you are at least fluent in FR/ENG or NL/ENG it’s best
• You’re eager to learn, motivated and curious

Advantages

• Hospitalization insurance (partner/children incl.)
• Group insurance
• Dental insurance (partner/children included)
• 20 days statutory paid vacations (legal vacations cumulated for 1 year of work)
• 11 days recovery time work 38/40 per year (= annual average: 1 day per 20 days worked) if the client asks you to work 8h/day
• Representation fee net per month.
• Internet fee of € 40 per month.
• Company car with national fuel card OR Public transport reimbursed OR mobility package.
• Daily fee of 5.50€ net /day provided.
• Subscription GSM unlimited calls for Belgium (ITS subscription)
• Training plan (e-learning - certification at ITS charge)

Extra advantages

• Being a rather small team in BE (6 in back-office), we’re very close to each of our consultants and we differentiate ourselves trying to really take care of you and make you grow with us and within our different clients.
• Regular follow-up (every 3 to 6months depending on your needs/will)
• Regular teambuilding to meet-up and have fun (every 3 months more or less)
• Flexibility and trust
• Benefits of still being part to a bigger group (ITS Group) and having access to resources and of a larger team of Experts
• Co-optation system because sharing is caring!