Senior IT Project Manager - Digital Transformation

Context

Our client, a public-sector organisation in Belgium, is running a multi-year digital transformation programme to modernise its IT and Data environment, improve business processes, and strengthen internal capabilities.

Working alongside business teams, IT and Data managers, the PMO, and architecture governance, you will drive complex projects from initiation to operational handover.

Missions

• Manage complex digital transformation projects from initiation to delivery and operational handover.
• Coordinate several concurrent projects, managing scope, budget, timelines, quality, and resources.
• Align business stakeholders, IT and Data teams, operational managers, and external suppliers.
• Manage risks, dependencies, competing priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Anticipate delivery issues, propose pragmatic solutions, and escalate when necessary.
• Provide clear reporting, prepare decision recommendations, and support steering committees.
• Apply PMO methodologies and ensure compliance with programme governance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project delivery practices.

Tools & Environment

• PMO methodologies and programme governance frameworks
• Collaboration with business teams, IT/Data managers, and architecture governance
• Reporting and decision-support tools for steering committees

Working Conditions

• Location: Brussels, Belgium — minimum 3 days on-site per week
• Experience: 10+ years in complex IT project management
• Languages: French and English required; Dutch is a plus

1. 10+ years of experience in complex IT project management
2. Proven digital transformation delivery experience, ideally with multiple projects taken from initiation through deployment
3. Experience managing concurrent projects with shared resources, dependencies and competing priorities
4. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience working with senior management
5. Leadership without hierarchical authority: ability to align teams, influence decisions and challenge stakeholders constructively
6. Strong risk, dependency and delivery management
7. Autonomy, sound judgement and accountability, while respecting established responsibilities and decision-making processes
8. Ability to work within structured programme governance, collaborating with a PMO, operational IT/Data managers and architecture stakeholders
9. French and English proficiency
10. Availability to work on-site in Brussels at least 3 days per week
11. Professional maturity, diplomacy and the ability to manage disagreements without overstepping decision-making authority