Senior Portfolio Officer 

Start Date: 04/05/2026

End Date: 30/04/2027, with the possibility of extension

Location: Brussels

Languages Required: Dutch and/or French (good knowledge of the second language) and English

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview:

We are looking for a dynamic and structured Portfolio Officer with strong analytical, governance, and reporting skills. The ideal candidate will have experience in supporting Strategy & Transformation functions by translating strategic priorities into actionable, well-governed portfolios.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement Enterprise Portfolio Governance and Decision Support.
• Develop and maintain PfMO–PMO collaboration models and bidirectional governance flows.
• Design and operationalize STO, TMO, PfMO, and PgMO operating models.
• Structure and roadmap strategic portfolios.
• Manage portfolio health, including OKRs, value, risk, progress, and capacity.
• Conduct RAID and dependency management.
• Perform scenario planning for value, risk, budget, and capacity.
• Prepare materials for Executive Committee and Portfolio Board.
• Develop Power BI dashboards and data models.
• Utilize PPM tools such as Planview or similar.
• Lead cross-domain stakeholder engagement across Strategy, IT, Finance, HR, and Architecture.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• Proven advisory skills and the ability to demonstrate them during an interview.
• Strong communication, analytical, solution-oriented, agile mindset, and pragmatic skills.
• Fluent in one of the two national languages (French or Dutch) with a good command of the other.
• Proven experience in a complex or regulated environment.
• Experience with PPM tools (Planview, Clarity, etc.).
• Experience with BI, including data collection, analysis, visualization, and storytelling.
• Experience with cross-domain multi-level stakeholders (strategy, finance, IT, business units, external parties).
• Experience with Enterprise/Corporate Portfolio Governance for both Business and IT Initiatives.
• At least 5 years of senior experience in portfolio decision support and executive governance.
• Experience in reporting.
• Fluent in English.
• Knowledge of Portfolio Management Frameworks such as MoP, PfMP, SAFe lean.
• Master’s degree in engineering, economics, business administration, computer science, management sciences, or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Experience in defining roadmaps, prioritization frameworks, initiative sequencing, and portfolio balancing is preferred.