Senior Operations Project Manager

afarax is looking for a freelance Senior Project & Operations Manager. We need you!The project:Our client in the insurance sector, is seeking an experienced Senior Project & Operations Manager to strengthen their team.Responsibilities:Lead Business / IT projects and perform analysis Define project goal / scope with business owner / stakeholders, and lead it throughout its various stages.Elaborate projects / programs that can have a Corporate Centre or a Group scope.Do contracting with Legal & Procurement functions with group companies and external parties.Planning and scheduling project activities, and following-up on execution of these.Manage scope, quality, budget and time.Perform analysis of the functionality and technology required by the project, in collaboration with business- and technical people.Facilitate vendor selection and contracting with external parties, together with contract owners, Procurement & Legal Team.Perform risk assessments.Manage external parties in projects.Report on project status to PMO and on Steerco’s. Applying the PMO methodology.Deliver analysis documents and documentation in Office tools, Aris, and Confluence.Set-up and execute billing of services for which Corporate Centre is the owner. Negotiate SLAs with companies in the group and with external parties.Projects can be of several types: new business service, security, infrastructure, functional applications, audit/risk, legal, financial…Next to IT projects, there are also Business projects for which the role takes up the management and execution of IT related tasks.Make sure that in these activities security is on the forefront / work in an ISO27K compliant way as per the procedures.Run Activities Depending on the needs of the team, the role also participates in BAU activities such as: IT Risk & Business Continuity ManagementIncident & Problem ManagementChange ManagementIT SecurityContracting, billing and financial follow-up of the IT Services in the Group Hub or for Coporate Centre locallyActing as a spoc for the IT Services that the Corporate Centre offers to operating companies.Is this you?Experience of minimum 15 years as IT Project Manager. Affinity/experience with several of the run activities mentioned.Strong analytical skills to detail requirements and solutions. IT technical affinity.Can start from a green field to elaborate new concepts and operating models.Broad interest and ability to tackle challenges in various Business & IT domains. Willingness to put on various “hats”.Ability to analyse business goals & - requirements of Corporate Centre departments.Excellent English oral and written communication skills.Hands-on attitude. Like the small and the big initiatives.Managership capabilities & autonomous to drive own activities and projects forward.Experience in IT finance and IT contracting.Ability to work with various levels in the company, including technical and business people, up to C-levels of companies in the group.Ability to work with various departments in the company, e.g. Legal, Finance, Enterprise Risk Management.Ability to work with different kinds technical profiles, e.g. architects, software engineers, network specialists.Experienced in IT Security principles and best practices, e.g. ISO27k standards, with a strong focus on implementing secure working environments.How afarax supports you?You benefit from our extensive networkYou will have access to projects that fit your expertiseWe help and support you throughout your projectWe offer the possibility to build a valuable and lasting partnershipCheck out more projects on: https://afarax.be/jobs/type/freelance/