
Olivier Obuchowski
Senior Project Manager | Business Transformation
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4 people recommend
Brussels, Belgium
Freelance
Can come onsite
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Recommended by
Bart Hamers
UZ Leuven
Chief Information Officer (Data & IT) and member of the executive committee
Recommended on 22 october 2023
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About me
Intro
Senior Program Manager with 15+ years driving large-scale business transformations in banking and energy sectors. Specialized in regulatory compliance programs (€10M+ budgets), AI strategy, and data monetization initiatives. Currently delivering strategic projects at Elia Group and previously led multi-year remediation programs for National Bank of Belgium with 250+ FTEs, ensuring on-time delivery of complex transformations.
Work experience
Product Owner / Project Manager / Program Coordinator
Elia GroupFreelance
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Brussels Region, Belgium
BNP Paribas FortisFreelance
Jan 2011 - Mar 2024
13 years 3 months
Brussels, Belgium
Strategic Business Consultant
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
7 months
Brussels, Belgium
Artificial Intelligence – Definition of the strategic vision and roadmap Main tasks and responsibilities: • Defining the strategic vision of the department, taking into consideration the GenAI revolution and the new capabilities of the LLMs • Building of a communication tool to help the artificial intelligence department drive their budget exercises • Define the 3-years roadmaps of the department to better support their internal clients
Project Manager
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
7 months
Brussels, Belgium
Launching an inovative Data Monetization product for BNP Paribas Fortis Main tasks and responsibilities: • Audit of a running project and setup of corrective actions to bring it back on track • Direct delivery of all the non-IT elements of the project (New Activity Committee, contracts, commercial approach, …) • Ensure proper delivery of an MVP of an innovative data monetization product, which would be the first in a Belgian bank • Writing of the multi-year strategic plan, containing a business case, a roadmap, the organizational setup, the high-level architecture and the commercial approach
Program Manager
Sep 2020 - May 2023
2 years 9 months
Brussels, Belgium
Sustainable Financial Security Remediation Plan for the National Bank of Belgium Main tasks and responsibilities: • Co-leading a multi-year remediation program requested by the National Bank of Belgium, in the Financial Security department (Know Your Customer & Anti Money Laundry) • Leading 12 retrospective analysis with up to 20 FTEs per team • Ensuring timely delivery of hundreds of committed actions to the National Bank of Belgium • Reporting to the Executive Committee Level, COO and National Bank of Belgium • Resources management, planning and coordination
Program Manager
Jan 2018 - Aug 2020
2 years 8 months
Brussels, Belgium
Adapting the systems, processes and organization to new regulations and market evolutions (+-250 FTEs) Main tasks and responsibilities: • Leading a multi-years Market Evolutions program for a total budget of >5 Mio€ • Implementing new regulations (i.e.: CSDR, SRDII, EMIR), mandatory market evolutions (i.e.: transfers via Swift, ISO20022 migration) and audit recommendations • Stakeholders management within the whole bank, including front, legal & compliance, … • Resources management, planning and coordination • Relation with external providers for integration of third-party packages (from RFI/RFP till implementation) • Coaching of the project managers and project’s teams
Program Manager
Jan 2017 - Aug 2020
3 years 8 months
Brussels, Belgium
Lead the efficiency improvement Program of the Securities Handling department Main tasks and responsibilities: • Leading a multi-year cost efficiency program of >15 projects for a total budget of >10 Mio€ • Finding new cost reduction ideas in IT automation, robotization, process improvement, outsourcing and reorganization • Stakeholders management within the whole bank, including front, legal & compliance, … • Global representation of the whole change portfolio upwards (till executive committee) and downwards • Resources management, planning and coordination • Relation with external providers for integration of third-party packages (from RFI/RFP till implementation) • Coaching of the project managers and project’s teams
Project Manager
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
1 year 3 months
Brussels, Belgium
Project Manager with complete responsibility of the creation and in-sourcing of the Corporate Actions department (+-60 FTEs) within BNP Paribas Fortis • Definition of the Target Operating Model and follow-up of the recruitment track • Definition and follow-up of the handover strategy • Setup and rollout of the Training Strategy in a cross-border environment • Management of the operational readiness track (teams’ organization, processes, KPIs/KQIs) • In-sourcing of custom-made business tools and development of adapted ones • Management of the contractual aspects between BNP Paribas Fortis and BGL
Project Manager
Nov 2014 - May 2016
1 year 7 months
Brussels, Belgium
Project Manager with complete responsibility of the migration of all BGL securities positions managed by BNP Paribas Fortis in Belgium to BNP Paribas Genève • Definition of the migration strategy • Development of a market positions migration tool to facilitate current and future migrations • Setup of a detailed micro-planning of all activities to be performed during migration • Coordination of the pre-care and after-care operational tasks • Management of the contractual aspects between BNP Paribas Fortis and BGL
Project Manager
Jun 2011 - Dec 2015
4 years 7 months
Brussels, Belgium
• Prepare the bank in terms of services, processes and systems for the different phases of the dematerialization law (2014, 2015 and 2016) • Ensure redeployment of the impacted population and reach foreseen synergies while maintaining social peace and controlling the risks
Project Manager
Jan 2011 - Jul 2011
7 months
Brussels, Belgium
• Study on the acceptance of new products within BNP Paribas Fortis securities back-office based on operational criteria • Business Case redaction • Definition of the acceptance criteria • AS-IS Process analysis and proposition of different TO-BE solutions • Implementation and Change Management
Business Unit Manager
DynaFin Consulting
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
3 years
Brussels Area, Belgium
- Responsible for the realization of the business plan of the business unit and contribution to the global business plan of DynaFin Consulting - Definition of the strategy and Business Plan of the Business Unit - Continuous recruitment of new consultants - Definition of the training plan for all consultants of the Business Unit - Active participation to the sale and pre-sales activities - Direct and indirect people management of a team of +- 40 consultants
Project Manager
Bluecorp
Feb 2009 - Jan 2011
2 years
Ensure the effective delivery of numerous projects with respect of time, budget and scope. Manage projects in different fields and technologies like: - ERP Implementation - Content Management Systems - Web Applications - eCommerce Solutions Ensure the liaison between the client and an offshore development team on all aspects and phases of a project: - Requirements gathering - Business and Functional Analysis - Development - Testing - Follow-up
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
Jul 2007 - Mar 2009
1 year 9 months
Consultant
Accenture
Apr 2006 - Jul 2007
1 year 4 months
Consultant
Business Solutions Builders
Dec 2003 - Mar 2006
2 years 4 months
Education
Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Ingénierie des télécommunications
Université libre de Bruxelles
Master, IT Engineer
Grenoble INP - UGA
Master, Telecommunications
Exchange student (Erasmus) program
Licenses & certifications
Psybersafe Year Two Completion Certificate
Issued: Jan 2026
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Issued: Nov 2019
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