IT Project / Programme Manager (10 years of experien...

IT Project / Programme Manager (10 years of experience) – Banking

Rate: €700 - 800 per day

Duration: 6 month initial contract

Hybrid Working – Must be already in Belgium

The Role:

• Ensuring on-time delivery of IT projects, within the committed budget and with the expected quality.
• Integrating contributions from various teams into a globally consistent plan, in alignment with our Agile Operating Model.
• Writing comprehensive project memos to enable informed decision-making by Business Sponsors and IT management.
• Providing regular status reports to senior management and various collaborators.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, manage, and maintain project plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, dependencies, risks, and their mitigations.
• Lead virtual teams across various divisions and entities, including third-party suppliers.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and customers, providing advice, guidance, and options regarding IT investments.
• Define project governance (deliverables, processes, and ceremonies) and supervise the progress and quality of its execution.
• Lead the risk, issue, and change control processes for assigned projects, and build action plans to mitigate risks, resolve issues, and track action items.
• Control and supervise the progress of projects, reporting to senior management and the Sponsorship Committee.
• Run projects in accordance with internal standards (methodology & tools) and our Agile Operating Model.

Profile:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a project management role, with a mastery of Agile methodology.
• Strong leadership skills to adapt your style according to the situation and different stakeholders.
• A good technical and business understanding.
• Interpersonal skills to influence decisions made with the project sponsor/client.
• Excellent communication skills (listening, writing, and communicating at all levels, from staff members to senior management.
• The ability to learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation.
• Strong negotiation skills, conflict management, and influencing skills at different levels of management.
• Effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control.
• Assertiveness to drive tasks to completion.
• Proficiency in English.

Assets:

• Certification in PRINCE2 and/or PMI (or similar IT frameworks).
• Agile Certified Practitioner.