Cyber security program manager

Job Title: IT Cybersecurity Program manager

Language: English

Location: 1030 Brussels, Belgium

Duration: ASAP - 31/12/2026

Work Mode: Hybrid ( 2 or 3 days onsite per week)

Work regime: Full time

Job Description - Roles and Responsibilities

As a central player in the digital transformation of the Belgian French-speaking public sector, Client is involved in a variety of areas such as:

• IT infrastructure management (networks, security, data centers, cloud),
• The development of tailor-made business applications,
• Support for digital projects (functional analysis, UX/UI, project management),
• Cybersecurity and data protection,
• User support and training.

With a constant concern for innovation, performance and public service, Client regularly collaborates with external partners to strengthen its teams through IT consulting missions. These collaborations are part of an ethical, professional framework and oriented towards the quality and concrete impact of the solutions delivered.

Mission

Within the Client project management unit, in close collaboration with the "Security & Privacy Operational Taskforce" (SPOT) team and under the supervision of the Information Security Advisor, the NIS2 Project Manager manages from start to finish a portfolio of 3 transversal projects with a cybersecurity orientation:

• Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP / DRP – RTO/RPO)
• Transversal Traceability (SIEM / SOC)
• Supply Chain & Subcontractor Management (MAP)

Activities

Main responsibilities:

• Scoping & planning: define scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, detailed planning, workload plan and communication plan for each project.
• Budget & financial management: establish and monitor budgets, negotiate envelopes with sponsors, produce variance analyses (costs incurred vs. planned) and guarantee ROI control.
• Risk & dependency management: maintain a structured RAID log, manage inter-project dependencies, anticipate critical paths and trigger mitigation plans.
• Operational management and reporting: lead COPIL, workshops, COPOR and CODIR, consolidate management reporting and formalize cost-deadline-quality trade-offs.
• Coordination of the cybersecurity component: steering, in conjunction with SPOT, the security floor projects (SIEM/SOC traceability, RTO/RPO/DRP/BCP continuity) and ensuring their integration into the overall schedule.

Methodology & tools: mobilize adapted approaches (V-cycle, Agile, hybrid) and the PMI/PMBOK and PRINCE2 standards; produce and maintain structuring documents (project charter, PMP, WBS, RAID log, decision register); set up rituals (stand-up, milestone reviews, retrospectives)

Stakeholder leadership: act as a facilitator and agent of influence vis-à-vis the development, infrastructure, network, business and security teams; translating technical (and safety) requirements into concrete actions; negotiate trade-offs and deadlines by arguing via "technical debt" and the "cost of non-quality"; Translate technical issues into business risks (unavailability, planning drift, non-compliance, reputation) to obtain buy-in and prioritization.

Skills

• Agile-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• BI - Level Confirmed Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• Cyber Security-Level Confirmed Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• ITIL-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• MS-Project-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• PMBOK-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• Prince 2-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago
• SCRUM-Level Expert Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago

Languages

• English-Level Native

Questions

• Do you have a Prince 2 certification? If so, please attach it to your application
• Main address: Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 37 - 1030 Brussels
• Remote option: Hybrid