IT Project Manager (Junior Level) - Near-Site (Belgium)

Who are we?

Trasys International is a dynamic global organization that takes pride in being the trusted partner of EU Institutions. With strong commitment to excellence and a 30-years track record of delivering high-quality solutions, we are dedicated to supporting the growth and success of our clients. Our Mission is to help our clients keep up with the challenges of digital transformation by providing the right talent at the right time for the right job. To this end, we are constantly looking for talented professionals who are interested in working on challenging international projects and able to deliver high-quality results within multicultural environments. Our services include (but are not limited to) modernization of solutions, digital workspaces, cloud technologies and IT security. Our Headquarters are in Brussels and we have active accounts and offices across Europe (i.e. Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Athens, Stockholm, Geneva).

Is this YOU?

For one of our main clients based in Brussels - a European Institution, we are looking for an IT Project Manager to for future incoming requests. You are accustomed to working in large-scale environments within a project management capacity, preferably in multicultural public sector environments.

• Running projects on a day-to-day basis and producing the required products and results, to the required standards of quality and within the specified constraints of time and costs;

• Direct and motivate project teams as well as monitor their performance and activity; prioritise workloads/timelines for teams and budgets;
  Plan and monitor projects, prepare required project plans, manage risks, including the development of contingency plans, issues and dependency logs; 

• Be responsible for change control and any required configuration management;

• Identify opportunities for team development, conduct team meetings and problem resolution;

• Perform auditing and quality checking to produce any necessary reports, like quality plans;

• Manage projects through the entire software development life-cycle (from the formulation of its business case to its final rollout to production);

• Communicate with clients at several layers, being the liaison between IT and Business users to identify the business needs;

• Be able to translate the business requirements into actionable work plans;

• Monitor operational aspects of the data integration process and interdependencies with other systems and lay out any release and communications plan;

• Reporting on SLI’s under SLA agreements.

• University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, MBA or related field;

• Minimum 2 years in IT with hands-on experience in project management capacity;

• Minimum 2 years of experience working in project(s) following some of the following practices: Agile/SCRUM/RUP/Disciplined Agile practices;

• Certification in any project management area is a requirement (like PMP, Prince2 etc.);

• Excellent command of English both written and spoken (C1);

• Proven experience with project management and team collaboration software (e.g. Microsoft Project, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Atlassian JIRA, Atlassian, Confluence etc.)

• Excellent writing skills – the individual will be required to produce professional reports;

• Ability to converse with people of differing technical expertise – a great balance of technical, commercial and people skills is required; ability to manage the client’s expectations;

• Understanding of the various stages of the testing and quality process;

• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks as well as plan and delegate responsibilities;

• Excellent communicational and organizational skills as well as sound judgement, and the ability to discern key issues and deal with them effectively;

• Ability to take initiatives, integrate in a team and monitor results and risks of IT projects;