Project Manager - French/Dutch Speaking

Project Manager - French/Dutch Speaking

Whitehall Resources are looking for an experience Project Manager, working on a contract until the end of the year. This will be based onsite 2 days per week in Brussels.

The client requires candidates to be English, French and Dutch speaking.

Job Description:

• Understand, manage, follow up RFI/RFP process

• Manage meetings with all stakeholders - internal and external (organize/clarify agenda/clear up doubts/report)

• Review/produce Document business processes, requirements, use cases, defects, functional diagrams, architectural design principles

• Participate and support the end-to-end project lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and post-implementation support.

• Conduct gap analyses and impact assessments for proposed solutions.

• Facilitate and document meetings, workshops, and project status updates.

• Work closely with developers, testers, and project managers to validate functional specifications and ensure deliverables meet business requirements.

• Assist in test planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), and defect management.

• Manage risks and come up with mitigation strategies.

• Maintain up-to-date documentation and change logs throughout the project.

• Manage planning and milestones

• Communicate and collaborate with various stakeholders

• Propose solutions, problem solving & incident follow up

Conformity Criteria’s :

• Master’s degree

• Proven expertise in drafting, reviewing, and evaluating RFP/RFI

• Certified Prince 2 foundation & SCRUM Master certified – with proven project follow up.

• 15+ as "Project Manager & IT analyst”

• Proven project management of project over 2M€

• Tri-language ENG/FR/NL – (C1 – English/B2 for French/B2 for Dutch)

• The contractor needs to come on premise Monday & Thursday plus additional days when requested.

Evaluation Criteria’s:

• Detail-oriented person who seeks to fully understand situations by gathering all relevant information before forming conclusions

• Proven working experience with foreign suppliers in general

• A proactive and assertive individual who engages suppliers directly, seeks detailed explanations, and addresses issues head-on

• An open, people-oriented individual who listens carefully, understands development aspects, and collaborates in a friendly manner

• Proven experience in project follows up: (Participate in and support the end-to-end project lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering to deployment and post-implementation support)

o Understanding business processes, requirements, use cases, defects, functional diagrams, architectural design principles

o Able to manage meetings – clearly expose subject, manage stakeholders.

o Create and manage project plans, timelines and resource allocation.

o Able to report and present in front of an audience (status meetings/steerco's)

o Monitor progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.

• Proven experience as IT Analyst:

o Ability to gather and document business requirements and translate them into functional specifications

o Support end-users during UAT and deployment.

o Affinity with programming languages (preferably .NET)

o Solid knowledge about databases (writing SQL queries, SQL Server Management Studio)