EngiFlex
Teamlead software Cobol (Freelance possible)
EngiFlexBelgium3 days ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
Description

You will provide leadership and coordination for a technical delivery team working on mainframe COBOL applications and migration support, ensuring high-quality execution, proper reporting, and smooth alignment with program governance and objectives.

Expected deliverables:

  • Effective leadership and coordination of the life cycle of development starting from business requirements, functional & technical analysis, build & unit testing until System integration testing
  • Prioritization of backlog items and tasks within the team.
  • Regular status, progress, and risk reporting to project and program leadership.
  • Close follow-up of the testing activities and driving the validation process for the functional & technical analysis through team guidance and issue resolution.
  • Ensuring documentation and knowledge transfer from the team to internal IT stakeholders.


Roles & responsibilities:

  • Supervise and coordinate the development team.
  • Monitor progress, manage risks, and escalate through governance when needed.
  • Ensure alignment of deliverables with quality standards and project milestones.
  • Facilitate collaboration between the team, internal IT, business stakeholders, and partners.
  • Report regularly on team status, issues, and mitigations.


Your profile

  • Solid background in the life cycle of a development process in a onshore & offshore context
  • Experience with system integration and data migration projects.
  • Awareness of financial and regulatory contexts (insurance knowledge is an important plus).
  • Familiarity with structured project governance and backlog management.
  • Strong team leadership and people management skills.
  • Ability to plan, prioritize, and coordinate multiple activities.
  • Skilled in problem-solving in a structured and pragmatic way.
  • Effective stakeholder communication and reporting.
  • Experience managing vendors or external contributors is an asset.


Your competences:

  • Ownership-oriented: accountable for the teams delivery and performance.
  • Collaborative: bridges team members, business stakeholders, and IT.
  • Structured & disciplined: ensures governance, quality, and reporting standards are followed.
  • Proactive & solution-driven: anticipates risks and addresses blockers early.
  • Knowledge-builder: promotes documentation and knowledge transfer for sustainability.

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