IT Project Leader

Job Title: IT Project Leader
Language: EN
Country: Belgium - Brussels
Agreement Type: Contractor (time and material) contract
Duration: 26 weeks

KILLING CRITERIA (MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: if not fulfilled, application not retained):
* 3 to 10 years experience in an IT Project Management role or equivalent experience in the core activities of the function (ie plan, control and monitor a project execution)
* experience in managing major and critical projects (> 2000 mandays), including team coordination
* experience with functional projects in Financial/Banking sector within Application Development area
* speak/write English fluently

We are currently looking for an IT Project Leader.

You are responsible for the end to end delivery of your projects, including:
Writing of comprehensive project memos, allowing the management to take relevant decisions
Delivery of the project scope on time, on budget, and with the expected quality
Monitoring of the expected benefits approved in the business cases

Your main activities:
Manage virtual teams across various divisions and entities, including third party suppliers in India
Build and maintain strong working relationships with your customers, providing advice, guidance and options with regards IT investments
Develop and maintain project plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, risks and their mitigations and dependencies with other projects
Define deliverables, assign their production to project team members and monitor progress and quality of those deliverables
Manage the staffing of assigned projects and monitor budget spent
Lead the risk, issue and change control processes for assigned projects and track action items
Manage the project according to the internal standards (methodology & tools)

Your Profile:

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

3 to 10 years in a project management role or equivalent experience in the core activities of the function (ie plan, control and monitor a project execution)
experience in managing major and critical projects (> 2000 mandays), including team coordination
experience with (functional) projects in Financial sector
min. 1 year assignment within the same project
speak/write English fluently

Additional Requirements

PL experience with IT Mainframe application development
strong leadership skills to adapt your style according to the situation and to the different stakeholders
good business and technical understanding (gained over several application development projects) and the interpersonal skills to influence decisions taken with the project sponsor/client
excellent communication skills at all levels, from staff members to senior management level
ability to learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation
strong negotiation skills, conflict management and influencing skills at different levels of management
effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control
assertiveness to drive tasks to completion

Assets
* Experience with outsourcing partner/offshoring
* Knowledge of Settlement business domain
* Certification in PRINCE 2 and/or PMI (or similar IT frameworks)