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)