Senior Technical Project Manager – Cloud, HPC & Secure Compute

Qplox engineering; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Qplox engineering in Belgium seeks an experienced IT project leader to drive integrated plans for cloud, HPC and secure infrastructure. You will coordinate scope, deliverables, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across business and research stakeholders.

You will act as the central point of contact for ICT teams, architects, security, procurement and partners, translating business needs into technical delivery plans.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in CS, engineering, IT or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years experience managing complex cloud, infrastructure, platform, datacenter or HPC-related projects.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; good level in Dutch is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the integrated project plan, including scope, deliverables, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, quality and acceptance criteria.
• Lead projects involving cloud services, HPC platforms, secure compute environments, infrastructure modernization, integrations and migration.
• Act as the central coordination point for business and research stakeholders, ICT teams, architects, security, procurement, operational teams and external partners.
• Coordinate agreement on service ownership, support responsibilities, acceptance criteria and the operational model.

Skills

Planning

Coordination

Risk management

Business-IT translation

Cloud & HPC understanding

English fluency

Dutch language

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/IT or related field

Job description

• Define and manage the integrated project plan, including scope, deliverables, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, quality and acceptance criteria
• Lead projects involving cloud services, HPC platforms, secure compute environments, infrastructure modernization, integrations and migration.
• Act as the central coordination point for business and research stakeholders, ICT teams, architects, security, procurement, operational teams and external partners.
• Coordinate agreement on service ownership, support responsibilities, acceptance criteria and the operational model.

Required knowledge and skills

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience managing complex cloud, infrastructure, platform, datacenter or HPC-related projects – mandatory (8+ years)
• Strong planning, organization, coordination and risk-management skills, with a pragmatic and outcome-oriented mindset.
• Ability to translate between business or research needs and technical, security and operational realities.
• Understanding of cloud, HPC, infrastructure and secure environments to coordinate specialists, challenge plans and identify delivery risks.
• Experience with cloud adoption, platform modernization, compute-intensive or highly secure environments is an advantage (8+ years)
• Fluency in English is mandatory and a good level in Dutch.