IT Project Manager - Energy Market (Freelance possible)

📋 Tasks and responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to lead several projects in parallel from initiation to delivery within the Belgian energy market context.

- Drafting project briefs and project definition documents

- Planning, steering and coordinating projects from A to Z

- Managing dependencies within a project and across related projects

- Coordinating project teams and allocating IT resources effectively

- Identifying, monitoring and mitigating risks and issues

- Handling project communication and management reporting

- Following up and updating the business case, including scope and budget management, with alignment of sponsors and stakeholders

- Safeguarding the quality of deliverables and compliance with internal processes

- Assessing and managing change requests

- Acting as the primary point of contact for the project sponsor

- Facilitating collaboration between internal and external stakeholders

- Building stakeholder buy-in and participating in touchpoint meetings

- Supporting the coordination, implementation and rollout of a digital prepayment solution interacting with smart meters in Belgium

- Overseeing and further optimizing existing project operations and ways of working

📝 Your profile

- Extensive experience in leading and guiding projects as an IT Project Manager

- Good command of project management terminology, structures, roles and processes, for example Prince2 and PMBOK

- At least 3 years of experience working in a hybrid Waterfall and Agile environment

- Experience facilitating workshops with multiple stakeholders

- Strong skills in analysing and defining detailed requirements

- Experience coordinating project teams

- Familiarity with DevOps environments

- Knowledge of the Belgian energy market

- Experience in the customer-related process domain settlement

- Experience in at least one of the following domains: measure or billing

- Knowledge of MIG 6 and/or MIG DGO processes

- Experience in a coordination role within a project in the MIG6 or MIG DGO context

- Hands-on knowledge of tools such as HP ALM, ServiceNow and Topdesk

- You hold at least one of the following certifications: Prince2 Agile, Prince2 Foundation or Prince2 Practitioner

- You have a recognized coaching certification

- You communicate fluently in English at minimum C1 level, as this is the project language

- You have minimum C1 level in French or Dutch, and at least B1 level in the other national language

This role focuses on challenging IT projects in a Belgian energy-market environment with strong emphasis on coordination, stakeholder management and structured project delivery.
💼 Offer

You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)

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