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Chef de projet (Senior) - SPW Digital

Customer: SPW Digital Boulevard Ernest Melot , 50 - 5000 Namur Belgium
Dates: 2027-05-24 — 2028-05-23
Arrangements: Full time; hybrid; minimum 60% on site, more if necessary.
Apply before: 2026-11-01
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Description

Lead AWaP’s digital transformation within the Service Public de Wallonie. Modernise heritage and archaeological processes, reference repositories and case management. Support citizen and partner relationships, public data publication and collaborative exchanges.

Maintain the programme vision, roadmap, governance and business and technology alignment. Coordinate architects, internal teams, service centres and external providers. Oversee funding, public procurement, application integration and the operational model.

Prepare end-to-end testing, UAT, production releases and service delivery. Govern heritage data consolidation, historical migration, quality and publication. Support communication, training and change adoption during a 12-month full-time hybrid assignment in Namur, with at least 60% on-site presence.

Top Reasons to Apply
Lead heritage transformation
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Shape programme strategy
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Coordinate complex ecosystems
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Deliver public value
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Drive operational implementation
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Responsibilities
Maintain programme vision, roadmap, phases and deployment waves
Lead governance bodies, steering committees and coordination committees
Track risks, dependencies, trade-offs and strategic decisions
Coordinate business workshops on heritage and archaeological processes
Structure needs into functional blocks, requirements and transformation trajectories
Ensure alignment between business needs and digital solutions
Define target solutions and SPW integration with architects; ensure continued suitability throughout the programme
Arbitrate use of SPW components: Soolid/Odoo, MonEspace, Alfresco, COSI, geomatics services and web portals
Must Have
Senior business project management
Functional architecture and urbanisation
Offer coordination solution analysis
Complex transformation programme management
Supplier external provider management
Complex multi-stakeholder governance
Application integration and interoperability
ITIL ITSM service delivery
Nice to Have
Public sector procurement experience
Complex application systems experience

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

  • Steer the application ecosystem and all integrations
  • Coordinate construction of the application ecosystem
  • Coordinate heritage and archaeological repositories
  • Coordinate case-management processes
  • Coordinate the public data dissemination portal
  • Coordinate collaborative exchange platforms for external stakeholders
  • Coordinate geomatics and mapping services
  • Build budget estimates
  • Prepare and defend commitment requests and all public-procurement dossiers
  • Track financial approvals, contracts and programme orders
  • Direct service centres, providers and internal teams
  • Ensure consistency across developments delivered by different programme teams
  • Establish end-to-end testing covering all business journeys
  • Supervise technical, functional and user acceptance tests
  • Prepare production deployments and operational service launches
  • Consolidate heritage and archaeological repositories
  • Manage historical data migrations
  • Ensure heritage data quality, integrity and publication
  • Structure communication, training and support arrangements
  • Prepare business teams to adopt new tools and digital processes
  • Coordinate actions with change-management teams
  • Implement the programme operationally across business and Digital teams, including ITSM service delivery management

General skills

  • Business Project Manager, T3 - Senior; most recent experience: any time.
  • Offer coordination and solution analysis, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time.
  • Complex programme management in large organisations undergoing digital transformation, T3 - Senior; most recent experience: any time.
  • Supplier and external provider management, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time.
  • Complex governance involving multiple stakeholders, T3 - Senior; most recent experience: any time.
  • Implementation of operating models and complex organisations, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time.
  • Budget management, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time.
  • French proficiency at CEFR C2; mandatory.
  • Willingness to attend on site at least 60% of the time, more if necessary; mandatory question.
  • Transversal leadership and ability to mobilise multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent written and oral communication.
  • Strong analysis, synthesis and decision-making abilities.
  • Ability to work in complex environments undergoing transformation.
  • Ability to work in a public-service environment; distinct from the preferred previous public-sector experience.
  • Negotiation and priority management.
  • Ability to build consensus between business and IT stakeholders.
  • Internal-customer and business-value orientation.
  • Initiative and autonomy.
  • Rigorous organisation and simultaneous management of multiple subjects.
  • Pedagogy, diplomacy and change support.
  • Experience in the public sector, including procurement and budget management; nice to have; most recent experience: any time.

Technical skills

  • Functional architecture and information-system urbanisation, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time.
  • Application integration and interoperability, T3 - Senior; most recent experience: any time.
  • ITIL / ITSM / Service Delivery, T2 - Confirmed; most recent experience: any time. Proven operational management capabilities are also requested.
  • Programme/project management methods (Agile, Waterfall, PMBOK, Prince2, etc.), T3 - Senior; most recent experience: any time. No certification requested.
  • Experience with complex systems: ERP ODOO, MonEspace, web integration and geomatics; nice to have; most recent experience: any time.

Tools

  • SPW ecosystem components used by the programme: Soolid/Odoo, MonEspace, Alfresco, COSI, geomatics services and web portals. Individual mastery is not separately specified as mandatory.