Project Manager Opportunity

For a client, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager to coordinate and oversee various projects aimed at modernizing applications.

Details

Start Date: 01/03/2025

End Date: 31/03/2026

Location: Brussels

Regime: Full-time

Application Deadline: 06/02

Description

In 2025, there is a need to refactor and modernize a portfolio of applications. This involves removing technical debt from current applications by upgrading them technically and decomposing large monolithic applications into capabilities, followed by refactoring them into a modern cloud-based and data-centric architecture.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate architecture decomposition initiatives between different teams (business, architecture, etc.).
• Coordinate IT projects, including launching and monitoring projects, achieving implementation plans, and following up on scope, budget, and schedule.
• Monitor resources, issues, risks, and produce project-related documentation.
• Follow and coordinate functional and technical architecture decomposition based on in-house developments.
• Manage and follow multiple implementation teams provided by development software teams (.NET/JAVA developers & architects).
• Validate the test strategy and quality approach with Q&A chapters and follow up during the execution phase.
• Organize and coordinate the deployment of IT solutions in acceptance and production environments in collaboration with IT infrastructure teams.

Requirements

• More than 10 years of relevant experience as a Project Manager of IT projects.
• Relevant experience in modern decomposition cloud-based, data-centric IT architecture approach, including using DDD and microservices.
• Experience in an international company context.
• Ability to communicate easily with developers/architects on technical matters.
• Good knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Analytical mind and good organizational skills.
• Customer-driven, good communicator, facilitator, and team player.
• Ability to integrate market products into existing application architecture (via web services, a communication bus, a common data model, etc.).

Languages

• Fluent in English and either French or Dutch, with a sound grasp of the other language.
• German knowledge is a plus.