Freelance klantspecifiek EQUALMINDS

For a client, we are looking for a Project Manager with at least 10 years of relevant experience, especially in larger or complex organizations.

ROLE

We are looking for an experienced ICT Project Manager who takes responsibility for the preparation, management, and successful realization of large and complex projects within our healthcare organization. This is a temporary position until the end of 2026, pending the internal vacancy fulfillment, but with a possibility of extension. If interested in permanent employment thereafter, it is an added value.

You combine a strong technical affinity with in-depth expertise in project management. You are responsible for achieving results in line with strategic objectives, bringing structure, ensuring coherence, and connecting stakeholders.

You work closely with program management, project teams, business and technical experts, management, and other internal and external stakeholders.

You are responsible for the full project lifecycle: from initiation and structuring to execution, monitoring, adjustments, and final delivery.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Project Management

• You lead multiple large and complex projects.

• You apply professional project methodologies and pragmatically translate them into the concrete work environment.

• You translate strategic objectives into clear project goals, scope, deliverables, milestones, and concrete implementation plans.

• You establish realistic schedules and monitor timing, budget, quality, resources, dependencies, and risks.

• You ensure clear project governance with defined roles, responsibilities, decision-making structures, and escalation paths.

• You monitor the coherence between your projects and other projects in the organization, in close contact with the program manager.

• You identify risks, issues, and dependencies in a timely manner and take initiative to manage them.

• You lead multidisciplinary project teams and ensure that technical, operational, and organizational interests are aligned.

• You organize and facilitate steering committees and project meetings, ensuring efficient decision-making.

Stakeholder Management and Decision-Making

You navigate smoothly within a complex stakeholder environment and connect different interests.

• You build strong working relationships with management, technical experts, project teams, clients, partners, suppliers, and other involved stakeholders.

• You ensure clear, transparent, and purposeful communication throughout the project duration.

• You advise relevant stakeholders on progress, risks, feasibility, budget, resources, and impact.

• You ensure that the program manager, sponsors, and steering committees have timely access to accurate information for informed decision-making.

• You create buy-in for decisions and changes, and involve stakeholders at various levels.

• You monitor agreements made and ensure that decisions are effectively translated into action and results.

Reporting and Control

• You provide objective and up-to-date reporting on scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, risks, and dependencies.

• You monitor progress through clear KPIs, milestones, and deliverables.

• You identify deviations in a timely manner and make concrete proposals for adjustments.

• You ensure that decision-making, responsibilities, actions, and changes are correctly documented and followed up.

• You ensure that projects remain aligned with strategic objectives and agreed business results, together with the program manager.

EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

• You have a higher education at Bachelor's or Master's level with a technical or engineering background, or equivalent through relevant experience.

• You have demonstrable experience in technical environments where complex projects and programs are realized.

• You understand the dynamics and complexity of development projects and can collaborate effectively with technical specialists and other disciplines.

EXPERIENCE

• You have at least 10 years of relevant experience in leading development projects.

• Of which you have at least 5 years of experience in leading projects within large and complex programs.

• You have extensive experience with multidisciplinary project teams, complex stakeholder structures, and projects with multiple interdependencies.

• Experience within a PMO, portfolio, or program organization is a significant advantage.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

• You have expert knowledge of the terminology, organization, roles, governance, and processes within recognized PM methodologies, such as PRINCE2. Certification is a strong asset.

• Knowledge of other methodologies and frameworks such as PMBOK/PMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe is a plus.

• You can not only apply methodology but also transfer expertise and guide others in this.

• You combine methodological discipline with pragmatism: the methodology supports the result and is not an end in itself.

LANGUAGES

• You have excellent professional knowledge (native language) of Dutch.

• You have a good knowledge of English.

WHO YOU ARE

You are an experienced leader who can bring structure to complexity without falling into bureaucracy.

You are analytical and strategically strong, yet remain hands-on and results-oriented. You dare to prepare decisions, address issues, and adjust when projects are at risk of deviating from their objectives.

You communicate clearly, can switch between technical specialists and senior management, and connect different interests towards a common result.

In addition:

• you work independently, structured, and result-oriented;

• you take ownership and responsibility;

• you excel in stakeholder and expectation management;

• you maintain an overview within complex projects and their dependencies;

• you are decisive and solution-oriented, even in challenging situations;

• you can lead people through change;

• you enjoy sharing knowledge and experience;

• you function effectively in a dynamic environment where priorities and practices evolve;

• and you actively contribute to a professional, transparent, and results-oriented project culture.

In short: we are not looking for a project manager who only monitors planning and reporting, but a senior project leader who masters complex trajectories, connects stakeholders, and ensures that strategy is effectively translated into results.

PRACTICAL

• Place of work: Zwijnaard office. We offer flexible working hours and teleworking. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you work two fixed days in the office, but you can choose the other days freely.

• You are willing to travel to other locations in Flanders and Brussels if necessary.

• Start: asap

• Languages: NL native + English

Skills

• Tender ProcessesLevel Intermediate Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago

• Budget ManagementLevel Advanced Most recent experience This year

• Change ManagementLevel Advanced Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago

• CRMLevel Intermediate Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago

• IT Project ExperienceLevel Expert Most recent experience This year

• Office 365Level Advanced Most recent experience This year

• Solution ArchitectureLevel Intermediate Most recent experience 1 to 3 years ago

• Stakeholder ManagementLevel Advanced Most recent experience This year