Epic Delivery Owner

Job Title:

Epic Delivery Owner

Start Date:

January 5, 2026

Duration:

1 year

Location:

Brussels

Work Regime:

Full-time, 2 office days per week

General Description:

The Epic Delivery Owner will manage all aspects of diverse IT projects or multiple IT projects, typically involving multiple disciplines within the IT function. The role requires utilizing expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met. The successful candidate will define projects and coordinate their implementation in line with organizational project management standards, policies, and principles. They will be responsible for meeting project objectives within quality, time, and budget targets, and for managing associated risks.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of project proposals or plans to determine timeframes, budgets, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and assignment of available resources to various phases of the project.
• Define the overall project governance and organization, deliverable scope, and associated responsibilities.
• Oversee the business, technical, organizational, management, and financial aspects of the project.
• Regularly report project progress at all levels, including senior management and/or the sponsor/client.
• Challenge and, if required, negotiate changes in project specification or scope with the project sponsor/client.
• Coordinate a team of specialists to implement project tasks.
• Act as the interface and facilitator between the project sponsor/customer and the various IT services involved in the project.
• May negotiate and manage contracts with external suppliers with the support of specialized teams (e.g., Corporate Procurement).
• Analyze requirements with the project sponsor/customer and with the support of the Enterprise Architect/Application Architects to evaluate project feasibility within the scope of a pre-defined strategy.
• Lead projects that require the ability to deal with changes and instability in project management processes, strategy, and frameworks.
• Present the project convincingly and win buy-in from the sponsor/client, possibly using the support of business or technical subject matter experts.
• Regularly lead improvement initiatives.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers at the project level.
• Performance and achievements are subject to periodic review against targets.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Specialist project management experience.
• Relevant qualifications in industry-standard project management techniques.
• Good business and technical understanding, gained over several infrastructure and application development projects.
• Interpersonal skills to influence decisions taken with the project sponsor/client.

Language Proficiency:

Proficiency in English is required.