Coordinate with internal teams to ensure clear and consistent input is provided to external contractors throughout the full development cycle;
Work within an agile environment, setting priorities and defining business value and functionality for the development team;
Oversee activities across multiple projects and contractors, tracking progress, ensuring quality and gathering input from relevant teams;
Maintain a strong understanding of project goals and objectives;
Review and validate requirements, taking into account input from key stakeholders and partner organisations;
Propose practical solutions by combining technology and improvements to business processes;
Contribute to planning and scheduling work within development cycles (sprints);
Review deliverables and product features at the end of each development cycle;
Organise and support live product demonstrations;
Monitor progress and support reporting activities;
Support clear communication and transparency across teams and stakeholders;
Help prioritise and resolve issues or bugs;
Collaborate closely with analysts, architects, stakeholders, project managers, and developers.

Master’s degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 17 years of relevant working experience in IT;
Experience with (Open-Source) data sharing tools (EDC, Gaia-X, others), models and standards (W3C DID, W3C DCAT, W3C ODRL, …);
Experience with large, enterprise-level multi-user information systems;
Experience with large projects or programmes;
Experience in Agile as well as agile toolbox (i.e., JIRA, Confluence, Big Picture, Gliffy, Balsamiq, etc.);
Excellent knowledge of Application Management Lifecycle;
Good knowledge of cloud architecture best practices and patterns;
Good knowledge of applications design;
Good knowledge of modelling tools;
Good knowledge of relational DBMS;
Good knowledge of business process analysis;
Good knowledge of interoperability technologies at cloud infrastructure level but also at service level (web services, message-oriented middleware, service-oriented bus, event architecture);
The following certifications would be strongly preferred: Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Project Management certification: PMP, PMI, Prince2 Foundation, PM2 or equivalent;
Excellent command of the English language.

If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please send us your detailed CV in English, quoting reference (19874/04/2026).
We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.

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