Project Manager

Role: IT Project Manager

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Duration: Long Term contract

Description

We currently have a vacancy for an IT Project Manager fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on-site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated with the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Your tasks

• Manage the implementation of information systems to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality;
• Give proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables, review of project deliverables, quality control, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow up and organization;
• Guide the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables;
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference;
• Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports.

Requirements

• University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 15 years;
• Expertise on financial programming, planning or implementation solutions;
• Good knowledge of project management standards and methodologies (Project Scheduling, Strategic Planning, Financial Modelling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Performance Tracking);
• Good knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum Management, Lean agile;
• Practical knowledge of reporting methods;
• Good knowledge of project management tools e.g. MS Project, Microsoft Excel;
• The following certifications will be considered an asset: Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Foundation, Certified in PM2, ITIL certification;
• Excellent command of the English language.