Senior Portfolio Management Consultant

Start Date: 01/04/2026

End Date: 31/03/2027, extendable

Location: Brussels

Languages: Dutch or French and English

Type: Full-time Assignment

Purpose of the Assignment:

The selected consultant will support the Strategy division with a focus on:

• Translating strategic choices into actionable portfolios, roadmaps, and governance structures.
• Establishing and operationalising the PfMO, PgMO, TMO/STO.
• Implementing new operating models.
• Enhancing reporting practices, alignment, and management of value, risk, and capacity.
• Guiding and aligning stakeholders at both the executive and team levels.
• Preparing decision-ready information for various committees, including the executive committee.

Scope and Responsibilities:

Strategic Alignment & Roadmap Development:

• Consolidate needs, risks, and priorities with domain leads, strategy teams, and enterprise architecture.
• Design strategic portfolio roadmaps that align with capacity, budget, and regulatory requirements.
• Define prioritisation and evaluation criteria, including value, risk, sustainability, and compliance.
• Harmonise strategy, portfolio, architecture, and operational realities.

Governance Design & Decision-Making Support:

• Design and operationalise governance frameworks for PfMO, PgMO, and TMO.
• Develop processes, templates, and stage gates.
• Support the Portfolio Board in strategic decision-making.
• Prepare decision-ready analyses for management and the executive committee.
• Embed data quality and reporting standards.

Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Integration:

• Establish strategic and dependency management at portfolio and program levels.
• Ensure alignment with legal, risk, and regulatory departments.
• Integrate with Finance for budgeting and investment planning.
• Align with IT on PMLC methodology and governance.

Monitoring, Deep Dives & Value Realisation:

• Monitor strategic initiatives with respect to alignment, benefits realisation, risks, and progress.
• Conduct deep dives and strategic impact analyses on selected projects and programmes.
• Develop strategic scenarios considering strategy alignment, budget, capacity, and risk.
• Provide substantive input for dashboards and reports used by management and regulators.

Organisational Development, Operating Models & Change Alignment:

• Design AS-IS to TO-BE operating models for strategic steering and governance.
• Set up and operationalise STO, TMO, PfMO, and PgMO structures.
• Implement governance within complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Coordinate with change management to incorporate impact, adoption risks, and dependencies at the portfolio level.

Tools, Data & Dashboards:

• Define a minimum dataset for portfolio steering, including alignment, value, risk, sustainability, capacity, and progress.
• Develop Power BI dashboards and data models for the Portfolio Board.
• Utilise Planview or similar PPM tools for planning, scenario development, and reporting.
• Establish data governance and data integration flows between Strategy, Finance, HR, IT, and business domains.

Profile Requirements:

Education:

• Master’s degree in engineering, economics, business administration, computer science, management sciences, or a related field; or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in strategic transformation, corporate portfolio management, strategy execution, or TMO/PfMO/PgMO roles.
• At least 5 years of experience in program management, governance, or project delivery.
• Demonstrable experience in establishing TMO, PfMO, or PgMO structures.
• Expertise in value and benefits management, strategic risk management, capacity modelling, and financial scenario analysis.
• Experience with change management, focusing on organisational impact, stakeholder readiness, and alignment.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with Planview or similar PPM tools.
• Advanced skills in Power BI.
• Knowledge of MoP, MSP, PMI PfMP frameworks, and SAFe Lean Portfolio Management is considered an asset.

Languages:

• Fluent in French or Dutch, with excellent command of the second national language.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Core Competencies & Behaviours:

• Strategic insight and strong synthesis skills.
• Executive-level communication.
• Diplomacy and assertiveness.
• Leadership without formal authority.
• Strong stakeholder management at all organisational levels.
• Structured, reliable, and solution-oriented approach.
• Inclusive and collaborative mindset.

Assignment Modalities:

• Duration: 6 months, extendable.
• Location: Brussels (hybrid working model).
• Reporting Line: Internal strategic portfolio management lead.