Job Description

Job ID: HNMJD3371

The main tasks of an IT Application & Project Manager:

• Managing IT projects, including launching and monitoring projects, achieving implementation plans, following-up scope, budget and schedule, managing resources, issues and risks, producing project-related documentation.
  
• Setting priorities, in collaboration with the business, within your project portfolio.
  
• Challenging & validating business requirements provided by the business.
  
• Writing functional & technical design based on Microsoft technologies (.NET) in case of homemade development.
  
• Managing & leading an implementation team provided by the internal.NET development software factory (.NET developers & architects).
  
• In collaboration with the Purchasing department, executing the necessary project phases required when purchasing software: carrying out market studies, identifying existing solutions, managing calls for tenders (RFIs/RFPs), determining acceptance criteria, evaluating bids, analyzing the integration architecture and integrating the software into the existing application landscape.
  
• Following up on the implementation of purchased market products in collaboration with the external implementation team provided by the supplier.
  
• Validating the test strategy and the quality approach as well as their follow-up during the execution phase.
  
• Organizing and coordinating the deployment of IT solutions in acceptance and production environments in collaboration with the IT infrastructure teams.
  
• Providing end-user support (second line) as well as the organizing and prioritizing the maintenance of the developed solutions.
  

Requirements:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in applied information technology, a Master’s degree or equivalent by experience, preferably with a specialization in the field of electricity.
  
• You have more than 5 years as relevant experience as a manager of IT projects based on Microsoft architecture (e.g. .NET, Visual Studio, SQL Server).
  
• You have relevant experience as a project manager tasked with selecting IT products through calls for tender (RFIs/RFPs) and monitoring the implementation and integration of these products.
  
• You have proven experience in writing functional design to provide specifications to development team.
  
• You can communicate easily with developers/architects on technical matters.
  
• You have a good knowledge of Agile methodologies.
  
• You have an analytical mind and good organizational skills.
  
• You are customer-driven and a good communicator and you work well in a team.
  
• You keep abreast of the latest IT developments.
  
• Knowledge of and experience in the electricity and/or energy sector would be an asset.
  
• Experience in project management involving mobile application development (IOS apps, Xamarin,.NET maui,…) is a plus.
  
• You can integrate market products into clients existing application architecture (via web services, a communication bus, a common data model, and so on).