Strategic IT Project Lead for Multi-Project Delivery

Skeyes; Belgique; Remoto; USD 85.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

skeyes is seeking an IT Project Manager to drive a portfolio of IT initiatives and define a tailor-made approach in collaboration with the involved parties, ensuring alignment with skeyes' strategy. You will lead the project from scoping through delivery, balancing resources and governance to enable successful outcomes.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent communication, and extensive experience in managing complex endeavors with stakeholders across business and technical teams.

Competenze

• Proven ability to manage IT projects end-to-end.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience applying PM frameworks (Prince2, PMP, SAFe, PSM).
• Ability to lead and structure project environments pragmatically.

Mansioni

• Define project scope with stakeholders and validate it.
• Plan resources (material, human, financial) and ensure availability.
• Develop governance with regular progress reporting and responsibilities.
• Create project schedules detailing steps and dependencies.

Conoscenze

English

Dutch or French

Leadership

Stakeholder management

PM frameworks

Descrizione del lavoro

Contribute to the successful realisation of the project portfolio byexecuting a number of IT projects simultaneously in a structuredmanner. This in order to implement skeyes' strategy.

What does a skeyes IT project manager do?

After initial capture and validation of an initiative, it is up tothe IT project manager to define a tailor-made approach inconsultation with the parties involved. This tailor-made approachtakes into account the specific project context, existing projectstandards as well as the needs of the in-company customer.

This includes among other things:

• Defining the scope and validating it with relevant stakeholders.
• Determining material, human and financial resources and verifyingthat these resources are or will be available.
• Drawing up a customised governance, which provides for regularconsultation for progress reporting and steering as well as definingand communicating roles and responsibilities.
• Developing a planning that takes into account the various steps tobe completed within the project process, as well as the mutual andexternal dependencies, in consultation with the necessary experts.
• Guaranteeing quality of delivery by drawing up a test strategythat provides for the necessary test cycles and validations.
• Defining a tailor-made communication plan.

In addition to implementing these essential fundamentals in terms ofproject approach, it is up to the IT project manager to take a leadingrole within project execution, report progress, detect problems in atimely manner and mitigate them appropriately as well as forge acohesive project team for productive collaboration.

This includes among other things:

• Stimulating individual motivation, teamwork, as well as realisinga productive relationship with external suppliers.
• Following up on the project plan and supporting the project teamin its implementation.
• In coordination with our procurement department, taking a leadingrole in defining and evaluating public tenders.
• Identifying, reporting and mitigating risk factors that may leadto delays or blockages in project implementation.
• Ensuring that all parties involved are aware of the state of play,the main risks and challenges as well as the decisions taken.
• Ensuring that the project is delivered in a structured manner inaccordance with the applicable procedures as well as initiallyspecified project dimensions (budget, time, scope, quality).
• Coordinating test activities and associated release validationsfor quality assurance purposes.
• Providing hand-over after project implementation to ensure itsintegration into daily activities without adversely affecting them.

What makes you the perfect IT project manager?

• You have a good command of English combined with Dutch or French.
• You are able to build up valuable business relations in the shortterm and use these in an appropriate way through effective communication.
• You are naturally comfortable with a leadership role and have theability to introduce structure and clarity to a project environmentin a pragmatic and gradual way.
• You easily find your way in technological concepts within the ICTdomain regardless of the underlying technologies and protocols.
• You have extensive experience in project management proven bysuccessful project implementations within a complex and maturebusiness environment.
• You have experience in successfully engaging management and groupsof technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You have practical knowledge of one or more project managementframeworks, Prince2 (practitioner level), Project ManagementProfessional (PMP) or Agile Project Management (SAFe, PSM).

In light of the vacancy to which you respond we would like to draw your special attention to the fact that prior to being employed by skeyes candidates have to undergo a security screening which will be carried out by the National Security Authority. More info

Why work at skeyes?

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