IT Application & Project Manager Service (Senior) - ELIA
Description
Elia Group is a European transmission system operator active through Elia Belgium and 50Hertz in Germany. The group supports the reliability and sustainability of electricity supply in both countries. This mission contributes to sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces the ecological footprint. It supports the evolution of the Grid Solutions IT landscape and new strategic initiatives.
The IT Solution Lead acts as the technical and functional lead for project-delivered IT solutions and related applications. The focus includes programme and project planning and resource management for Grid Solutions. The consultant bridges business needs and technology throughout design, integration, delivery, maintenance and continuous improvement. The landscape includes both custom-built and commercial software.
The consultant works with Business Project Leaders, Solution Architects, developers, testers, suppliers and business stakeholders. Technical leadership must produce scalable, secure and future-proof solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives. The assignment runs from 9 November 2026 to 31 December 2027 at the Schaarbeek Building, with Elia’s remote work policy applying. Elia highlights innovation, collaboration, well-being, diversity, inclusion and knowledge sharing.
Top Reasons to Apply
Drive energy transition
Lead strategic solutions
Develop technical expertise
Innovative collaborative environment
Well-being focused culture
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
Additional Responsibilities
- Support incident, problem and maintenance management by monitoring suppliers and SLA/KPI performance and identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
General skills
- Speak, read and write English fluently.
- Speak, read and write French or Dutch fluently; either language satisfies this requirement.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent through experience.
- At least five years of relevant experience in technical leadership, solution delivery, application management or IT project implementation; these are alternative relevant experience areas.
- Good knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Comfortable engaging with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Be proactive.
- Be autonomous.
- Be customer-focused.
- Be collaborative.
- For non-EU candidates working in Belgium: possess a work permit allowing work in Belgium.
- For non-EU candidates working in Belgium: hold a valid residence permit confirming the right of residence in Belgium.
- Experience within the electricity sector is a plus.
Technical skills
- Good understanding of modern cloud technologies.
- Good understanding of modern integration technologies.
- Experience with fit-gap analyses.
- Experience defining requirements.
- Experience with software selection processes.
- Solid understanding of software architecture principles.
- Solid understanding of security standards.
- Solid understanding of compliance requirements.
- Solid understanding of IT service management processes.
- Understanding preferably includes APIs.
- Understanding preferably includes containerization.
- Understanding preferably includes cloud-native solution patterns.
Tools
- Relevant experience preferably within a Microsoft-oriented technology landscape, such as .NET, Visual Studio and SQL Server.
- Understanding preferably includes Microsoft Azure.