We are looking for a Business Simplification & IT Governance Specialist to join a leading international organisation in the aerospace and technology sector, based in Lisbon, Portugal. This role combines business process improvement, IT application portfolio management, project coordination and change management, with a focus on simplifying internal operations and improving IT governance.
Responsibilities
- Support business simplification initiatives aimed at reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) across the IT application portfolio.
- Analyse existing applications and identify opportunities for consolidation, optimisation or retirement.
- Coordinate application retirement campaigns, including planning, stakeholder engagement and implementation follow-up.
- Maintain accurate application portfolio records and organise initiatives to improve data quality.
- Develop and implement change management and communication plans tailored to different business stakeholders.
- Support IT governance processes across operational and business functions.
- Review and improve application demand management workflows in collaboration with IT and site leadership teams.
- Translate business requirements into clear process definitions and operational workflows.
- Coordinate the implementation, testing, validation and business acceptance of updated IT processes.
- Monitor new business application requests throughout their lifecycle, from initial submission to final acceptance.
- Register and maintain application information within portfolio management systems.
- Support data classification activities and review application implementation progress.
- Monitor process quality, documentation and delivery milestones.
- Provide stakeholders with clear updates on application requests, implementation status and outstanding actions.
- Support incident and service management activities, including monitoring service-level agreements (SLAs) and operational-level agreements (OLAs).
- Coordinate escalations and collaborate with relevant teams to resolve service-related issues.
- Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to support operational visibility and data-driven decision-making.
- Work closely with international stakeholders to ensure consistent governance, effective communication and continuous process improvement.
Requirements
- 2-3 years of experience in business management, including stakeholder communication, negotiation and business process improvement.
- 2-3 years of project management experience, ideally using Agile methodologies.
- Strong ability to analyse complex business processes and translate them into clear, practical solutions.
- Experience coordinating projects, managing stakeholders and following up on operational deliverables.
- Practical reporting and data analysis skills, including experience creating and maintaining reports using Google Looker or comparable tools.
- Familiarity with Google Apps Script or similar automation tools for data cleaning and transformation is advantageous.
- Understanding of IT governance concepts, business application management and workflow processes, or willingness to develop these skills.
- Basic knowledge of software development concepts and IT application lifecycles.
- Familiarity with low-code and no-code technologies is advantageous.
- Understanding of IT service management principles, including ITIL, SLAs and OLAs, or willingness to learn.
- Experience using Google Workspace for collaboration, reporting and process management.
- Knowledge of ServiceNow or comparable IT service management platforms is advantageous.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities simultaneously.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work effectively with international and cross-functional teams.
- Proactive approach to process improvement, change management and operational efficiency.
- Fluent French and English, both written and spoken, for daily communication.
Benefits
- Permanent, full-time employment contract.
- Hybrid working model combining office-based and remote work.
- Meal vouchers.
- TOIL (time off in lieu).
- Opportunities for internal mobility and career development across international locations.
- Modern office environment with convenient public transport connections.
- Collaborative and international working environment.
- Structured onboarding and training programmes.
- Opportunity to contribute to large-scale business simplification and IT transformation initiatives.
- Professional development within a globally established technology organisation.