Rivant

Senior Project Leader

Sector: Insurance

Location: Brussels

Contract length: 12 months

Estimated daily rate (EUR): 680 - 810

Languages: English / Dutch or French (Good)

Estimated daily rates are Rivant market estimates for guidance — not a client rate card.

Role details

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 12 months

Extension possible: Yes

Education: Master in Engineering, Computer Science, Sciences or equivalent

Location detail: Brussels centre - 2 days/week on site, 3 days/week teleworking. Remote/telework from Belgium only

About the role

A major Belgian insurer in Brussels needs a Senior Project Leader in Life Information Systems for life-product developments including underwriting and claims management systems. You drive multiple IT projects across mainframe and .NET technologies, coordinating teams and stakeholders to deliver on firm timelines.

Responsibilities

  • Define stakeholders, set up steering committees and implement the communication plan
  • Manage and challenge business requirements with architects and business owners
  • Coordinate architecture activities and outputs with architects
  • Build project budget, product breakdown and detailed work-packages
  • Follow development progress and report on scope, quality, timing and budget
  • Identify risks and issues, define actions and maintain a risk/issue/action log
  • Stimulate collaboration across teams and support skill development

Business experience

SkillLevelPriority
Insurance servicesAround 10 yearsMandatory
Projects delivered with more than 1000 mandaysNot specifiedMandatory
DWH experienceNot specifiedPreferable
Business analyst experienceNot specifiedPreferable

Functional experience

SkillLevelPriority
IT project management on the application sideAround 10 yearsMandatory
Prince2 methodologyNot specifiedMandatory
Waterfall methodologyNot specifiedMandatory
Agile / ScrumNot specifiedPreferable

Technical experience

SkillLevelPriority
Microsoft Office toolsNot specifiedMandatory
Test management principlesNot specifiedPreferable

Language requirements

English / Dutch or French (Good)

LanguageSpeakingReadingWritingMandatory
EnglishGoodGoodGoodYes
DutchGoodGoodGoodNo
FrenchGoodGoodGoodNo

Soft skills

  • Clear and adaptable communicator
  • Methodical, structured and proactive
  • Self-driven and result oriented with attention to quality and detail
  • Analytical with a pragmatic mindset
  • Client oriented

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