Senior Project Manager Platform Engineering

In4Matic; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

In4Matic is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive strategic initiatives within a technology and infrastructure environment. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape roadmaps, and coordinate delivery of complex programs across architects, engineers, and management.

The ideal candidate brings strong project management skills, cloud and DevOps knowledge, and the ability to align initiatives with business priorities while communicating clearly with technical and non-technical

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cross-functional project or program management.
• Solid understanding of cloud, DevOps, platform, and infrastructure environments.
• Fluency in one national language and active knowledge of the other.
• Knowledge of ITIL and PRINCE2 frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex projects spanning multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Manage dependencies, priorities, risks, and timelines to ensure progress.
• Develop and maintain roadmaps; consolidate updates across workstreams.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, service owners, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure initiatives align with strategic objectives and priorities.
• Support cloud adoption, platform security, DevOps practices, CI/CD improvements.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Jenkins

CI/CD

Job description

Function

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our client's team and drive strategic initiatives within a dynamic technology and infrastructure environment. In this role, you'll bring together multidisciplinary teams, technical experts, architects, and management to ensure the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional projects. You'll help shape roadmaps, streamline collaboration, and advance shared technology capabilities that enable greater agility, security, and operational excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex projects spanning multiple teams, technical domains, and stakeholders.
• Manage dependencies, priorities, risks, action plans, and project timelines to ensure consistent progress.
• Develop and maintain roadmaps, consolidate updates across workstreams, and provide clear progress reports to management.
• Facilitate communication and decision-making between technical teams, service owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure initiatives remain aligned with strategic objectives and organizational priorities.
• Support key initiatives related to cloud adoption, platform security, DevOps practices, CI/CD improvements, team autonomy, and technology service portfolio management.
• Coordinate onboarding and enablement activities, track delivery milestones, and promote standardized practices across teams.

Technical Expertise

The ideal candidate combines strong project and portfolio management skills with a broad understanding of modern infrastructure, cloud, and platform engineering. Relevant knowledge and experience include:

• Project Management: Agile methodologies, project and portfolio management, ITIL, and PRINCE2.
• Cloud & Container Platforms: Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
• DevOps & Automation: CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and Jenkins.
• Infrastructure & Middleware: API gateways, messaging, load balancing, routing, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), databases, and related platform services.
• Security & Identity Management: Security best practices, security framework gap analysis, identity and access management, secrets, certificates, privileged access management, and HashiCorp Vault.
• Collaboration Tools: Jira and Confluence.

The Ideal Candidate

You are a structured, proactive, and results-driven professional who knows how to turn complex objectives into actionable plans and keep multiple initiatives moving forward. You communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, build strong working relationships across teams, and confidently manage competing priorities. You bring proven experience in cross-functional project or program management, a solid understanding of cloud, DevOps, platform, and infrastructure environments, and the autonomy to take ownership of your responsibilities. Fluency in one national language and an active knowledge of the other are required.

Contactperson & Reference

• Reference #: INW28598
• Pieter Messely
• [e-mail]