smartwith heart
Project Manager/Product Owner
Belgium - Product Development department
Are you experienced in overseeing complex IT projects in a fast-paced, Agile environment? Can you showcase a proven track record of implementing and improving DevOps processes and methodologies? Ready to join a place where smart solutions meet human collaboration?
Is this you? Read on and get in touch with us, as we are looking forward to adding you to our Platform Services team.
Our offer
We offer you more than just a job. Our culture and benefits inspire you to become the best version of yourself.
- Continuous learning: Access customized training, coaching programs, and on-the-job development opportunities.
- Flexibility: Flex your schedule with working from home, adaptable hours, and the autonomy to shape your routine.
- Benefits: An attractive salary package including an optional company car, a bike incentive program, additional extralegal vacation days, and other competitive benefits.
- Collaborative culture: Cross-team collaboration and creative challenges that encourage you to share knowledge, celebrate wins, and grow together.
- Innovation: Encouragement to think differently through cross-team collaboration and innovation challenges
- Well-being: Thrive in a workplace that supports your physical and mental health by promoting a wide range of facilities and activities like birthday events, sports sessions, in-house coaches, and healthy meal options.
Our company
We’re a leading game changer that optimizes supply chains with our very own smart software and services. With a team of 1,400+ passionate, creative minds from over 70 nationalities, we help the world’s largest companies to run their supply chains more efficiently and sustainably. Our customers include BASF, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble. Ready to be smart with heart? Join our team where technical expertise and human connection create solutions that scale globally and make a lasting impression.
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Your challenge
As a Project Manager / Product Owner in our Platform Development team, you own and coordinate a broad range of end-to-end deliveries. You take the lead in shaping medium to large initiatives, tactical projects, and critical workstreams, while maintaining the bigger picture across the team’s portfolio. This builds on the project manager (PM) role—planning, follow-up, alignment, progress monitoring, and PMO best practices—with stronger product ownership,
You are responsible for:
- As a Project Manager you maintain a helicopter view across a limited portfolio (1–2 development squads) and ensur alignment across initiatives.
- Define and track KPIs and flow metrics linked to delivered value and produce monthly reporting on team deliveries.
- Act as a bridge between architects, scrum masters, developers, other PMs, and the PMO.
- Create and maintain delivery plans including risks, issues, and action plans.
- Acting as Product Owner for medium to large projects and critical workstreams by : i
- Manage stakeholder alignment depending on team autonomy and seniority and arbitrate or escalate complex situations requiring cross-team alignment.
About you
Essential talents and qualifications:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree; 5+ years of experience in project management in an IT environment.
- Experience managing medium to large technical initiatives in Agile environments in the role of project manager or product owner.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to maintain a global overview.
- Understanding of cloud and DevOps concepts, affinity with release management and automation (e.g. pipelines, Ansible)
- Strong problem-solving skills and communication skills.
- A collaborative and team-oriented mindset.
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with Azure DevOps for backlog management and planning.
- Experience with DevOps practices or cloud-native technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker).
- Background in software engineering.
- Experience with KPIs, flow metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.