Description

IT Project / Program Manager with 20+ years experience delivering complex digital platforms, payments, data and infrastructure in regulated environments.

Strong generalist profile, used to coordinating multi-team, multi-vendor environments and stabilising delivery in complex contexts.

Experience across banking, EU institutions, aviation and digital platforms. Exposure to data and AI-driven initiatives, working with data and ML teams in delivery contexts.

Available immediately, in Europe, mostly remote with occasional on-site.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Brussels (up to 50km), Amsterdam (up to 20km)

European Commission (EURES / ELA)
IT Release & Delivery Manager
September 2024 - February 2026 (1 year and 5 months)
• ● Delivered 6-8 annual releases for EURES job mobility platform, managing dependencies across 2 external vendors, internal development, QA, business analysis, and testing teams
• ● Established Agile release planning and delivery cadence in regulated EU environment, improving delivery predictability while maintaining compliance with EU procurement and data governance.
• ● Delivered multiple business and technical features using Jira/Confluence/ServiceNow, orchestrating multi-team coordination across development, testing, and stakeholder approval
European Commission (EURES platform,
Freelance IT Release Manager
September 2024 - February 2026 (1 year and 5 months)
Brussels, BU, Belgium
Coordinating Agile deliveries for the EURES employment platform within the European Commission. Acting as a Release Manager / Producer, liaising between external Agile suppliers, internal delivery teams, and the business unit (ELA). Key contributions:
• Organize and lead release planning in an Agile context
• Align development teams, infrastructure, and business stakeholders
• Drive continuous delivery improvements and optimize release workflows
Agile method Agile Project Management Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence release management
EUROCONTROL
Infrastructure Project Manager
January 2024 - September 2024 (8 months)
• ● Led infrastructure delivery initiatives for air traffic operational systems in highly regulated aviation environment, acting as Senior Infrastructure PM and Scrum Master
• ● Delivered Azure-based infrastructure projects coordinating cloud and on-prem teams under EUROCONTROL safety regulations and operational resilience requirements
• ● Managed technical customer-facing delivery across multiple parallel initiatives using Prince2 governance with Agile execution in safety-critical, zero-downtime context