Job Title: Program Manager Business

Location: Brussels

Start Date: 01/07/2025

End Date: 27/02/2026

Mission Context:

This full-time assignment involves contributions to the CSRD and EBA Guidelines within the transversal Engagement & Sustainability department. The role requires a program approach across these projects, with extensive coordination with contributors and stakeholders across various functions and businesses. The focus will be on environmental and social topics, particularly on the DMA and the transition plan. Reinforcement is needed due to the specificity of the matter and the expected high workload and coordination complexity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage cross-project and cross-team organization and governance.
• Assist and prepare steering committees.
• Program monitoring and reporting.
• Risk assessment and issue management.
• Capacity planning and resource management.
• Requirements and data point inventory and monitoring.
• Quality management on deliverables.
• Produce some deliverables, potentially in the ESRS domains E1, E2, S4, and consolidate the transition plan according to EBA guidelines.
• Ensure necessary team dynamics and change management activities.
• Prepare the transition to business as usual for reporting and monitoring activities by Q1-2026.

Language Requirements:

• Dutch: Strong written and spoken communication skills (moderate accepted if strong in French).
• French: Strong written and spoken communication skills (moderate accepted if strong in Dutch).
• English: Strong written and spoken communication skills.

Education:

• Master’s degree in business and management, or equivalent by experience.
• ESG certifications or equivalent by experience.
• Change management and project/program management certifications or equivalent by experience.

Telework Expectation:

50% on-site & 50% homeworking.

Required Experience/Knowledge:

• At least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong expertise in MS Office.
• Good understanding of workflow processes.
• Very good knowledge of project management methodologies and tools (Prince2, PMBOK, Clarity, MS Project, Harmony).
• Familiarity with various IT systems.
• Very good knowledge of CSRD and EBA transition planning requirements.

Business Experience Mandatory:

• Proven experience in managing complex projects or a program of projects.
• Proven experience in management of CSRD reporting, with strong knowledge of ESRS standards and metrics.
• Proven experience in the financial sector, accounting, and regulatory requirements in financing.
• Proven experience in metrics and KPI definition and setup of measurement and reporting.

Preferred Business Experience:

• Good understanding of EBA ESG guidelines on ESG transition plans and ESG risk management.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to see the overall picture (strategic thinking).
• Decision-making.
• Strong and mindful communicator, diplomatic and customer-oriented.
• Strong in facilitation and conflict of interest handling.
• Commercial awareness and customer-oriented.
• Proactive.
• Team spirit.
• Management skills and the ability to motivate people.
• Structured approach and goal-oriented.