Product Owner ANPR - Police Operations - Federale Politie - Police
Description
The Federal Police seeks a Product Owner for ANPR police operations within its ANPR@GPI RUN team. The programme belongs to the Directorate of Police Information and ICT (DRI). ANPR compares camera-recognized number plates with available vehicle data. Its police uses include public order, field intervention, road safety and judicial assignments.
The Product Owner maintains a coherent product vision and translates business needs into prioritized product evolutions. The work includes preparing and maintaining a roadmap with partners, project teams, the programme manager and business stakeholders. The consultant assesses the operational impact of new capabilities and supports their transfer from projects to RUN. Operational flows, structured documentation and an accessible knowledge base support sustainable product management.
The assignment requires at least 10 years of relevant IT-project or product-management experience, including at least 7 years as a Product Owner. At least 5 years in the public sector is preferred. The role is full-time and hybrid in Brussels, with at least 2 office days each week and telework restricted to an address in Belgium. The planned period runs from 1 to 31 December 2026 and may be extended.
Top Reasons to Apply
Public safety impact
Shape product evolution
Complex stakeholder collaboration
Operational policing exposure
Hybrid Brussels assignment
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
Additional Responsibilities
- Study policies, processes and objectives.
- Visit field operations when needed.
- Ensure stakeholder, process and product coherence and conformity through a methodological approach.
- Represent products, users and processes within RUN.
- Connect RUN and capability-development projects for integrated police operations.
- Assess new functionality impacts and support project-to-RUN handover.
- Consult other agencies' experts when needed.
- Monitor planned evolutions and ongoing initiatives with project managers, programme management and partners.
- Maintain initiative oversight across operations and projects, including dependencies, schedules and budgets.
- Design service, incident and operational management flows during project-to-RUN transitions.
- Record requirements, processes and product knowledge in the ANPR@GPI knowledge base.
- Support communication and change management between business and IT.
- Provide updates, reports, information sessions and user instructions as needed.
- Analyze ANPR police operations business needs and translate them into clear requirements consistent with applicable standards.
- Prepare, prioritize and maintain the product roadmap with partners, project team, programme manager, projects and business stakeholders.
- Assess new functionality impacts on existing products and management, and support transfer from project to RUN.
- Help design service, incident and other operational product-management flows.
- Document requirements, processes, decisions and product knowledge systematically, and build and maintain an accessible ANPR@GPI knowledge base.
- Identify and monitor tasks, dependencies and risks; report progress, problems, bottlenecks and alternatives or mitigation measures; record decisions and actions in a decision log.
- Establish and maintain quality-management plans so product evolutions meet required standards.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, including end users, and external partners.
General skills
- At least 10 years of relevant work experience in IT projects and/or product management.
- At least 7 years in a Product Owner role.
- Native Dutch; the separate platform language section lists active knowledge.
- Strong French; the separate platform language section lists active knowledge.
- Active English knowledge, as listed in the platform language section.
- Strong analytical skills to convert needs and feedback into concrete product evolutions.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to connect business, project and technical stakeholders on substantive topics.
- Self-starter.
- Critical mindset.
- Ability to switch rapidly between topics.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
- Product Owner at Confirmed level; most recent experience: any time.
- Stakeholder management in complex environments at Confirmed level; most recent experience: any time.
- Full-time availability.
- Minimum 2 office days per week depending on tasks and team agreements; telework only at home or employer address in Belgium.
- Preferably at least 5 years in the public sector.
Technical skills
- Functional knowledge of data flows and system integrations at Junior level; most recent experience: any time.
- Process modelling and knowledge management at Confirmed level; most recent experience: any time.
- Product Management at Confirmed level; most recent experience: any time.
- Service Management at Confirmed level; most recent experience: any time.
Tools
- Experience with project or product tracking and knowledge-management systems; JIRA and Confluence are named examples.