Church International

This is your opportunity to join one of the most recognisable names in international banking. With a presence in over 60 countries, they are one of Europe's biggest employers and have achieved \"Top Employer Europe\" certification. This means you'll be joining a responsible, positive, and thriving business that put wellbeing and personal development at the top of its agenda.

Our client is looking for an IT Project Manager to join them on a contract basis. Please be aware for this role the successful candidate must speak English and French/Dutch.

You will be based out of their Brussels office and will be required to go into the office 50% of the time.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Delivery: Personally lead or oversee the rapid production of high-quality strategic deliverables (strategy papers, target architectures, decision memos, business cases, risk assessments, vendor evaluations, feasibility studies, resilience scenarios, cost-benefit models, etc.)

Cover the full breadth of enterprise IT topics: cloud & infrastructure modernization, application portfolio simplification & rationalization, generative/operational AI adoption, zero-trust & resilience, data streamlined access strategy, operating model redesign, tech integration, sustainability in IT, etc.

Remove roadblocks, allocate resources, and ensure consistent excellence in output

Maintain & publish the team backlog, optimizing team workload and allocation, balancing ad-hoc executive requests with longer-term strategic initiatives, ensuring clear prioritization and agreement on outcomes

Act as the initiative owner for two transversal initiatives

Required skills

Proven experience leading complex, strategic initiatives from conception to recommendation in areas such as IT transformation, cloud strategy, management of innovation's pipeline, application simplification, AI strategy, cyber resilience, operating model redesign, digital transformation

Superior written and verbal communication - you can make the complex simple without losing accuracy, both for technical audiences and for an executive committee

Experience mentoring or leading high-caliber professionals in a collaborative (not hierarchical) setting

Hands-on architecture background (e.g., former Enterprise Architect, Domain Architect, or Distinguished Engineer)

Successful delivery as IT Project Manager for large initiatives (over 2 Meur) and/or Program Manager

Broad understanding of current technology trends (e.g. AI/ML, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Platform Engineering)

Intrigued or want to find out more? Apply today so that we can start a conversation.