Senior IAM Product Owner

Role : Senior IAM Product Owner

Location : Brussels, hybrid (2-3 days/week on-site)

Contract : Freelance

Duration : 6 months + possibility for extension

Description :

For our client, we're looking for a Senior Product Owner with extensive experience in IAM, to join their team in Brussels on a freelance mission.

Primary Tasks and responsibilities

• o The candidate will make sure the global customer file is managed through understanding its customer’s needs.
• o Understand the business domain or the feature/requirement in question, have good understanding from an end-user point of view and assure implementation and follow-up respectively.
• o Analyse and translate the end user’s needs transmitting it to the IAM team in necessary terms to assure successful solution delivery.
• o Quality assurance making sure the implementation of the functionalities is tested and running by design according to the end customer needs.
• o Follow-up on delivery, implementation and other functionalities through Product Pack Log Management.
• o Create and maintain the Product Backlog
• o Prioritize features in the Backlog before each Sprint
• o Clarify the high level scope and the technical synergies between the different sub-projects
• o Assist the Team Manager defining priorities of the business’ needs
• o Focus on the resources and capabilities of the team(s), the projects or innovations that bring the most added value to the organization and its stakeholders.
• o Set up and conduct a Road Map of delivery
• o Manage risks and issues related to delivery
• o Report on the budget
• o Make sure to keep full control of the above mentioned responsibilities at all time

Secondary Tasks and responsibilities

• o Deploy and develop an active and consistent communication with different stakeholders.
• o Conflict management (tech and non-tech).
• o Facilitate the operational functionality of the teams/squads and stakeholders.
• o Ensure compliance with standards and best practices for all requests
• o Be proactive in proposing technical solutions and innovations
• o Inform the client and the team manager of progress, problems, risks encountered, etc.
• o Organize Sprint Review Meetings
• o Define the roles and responsibilities of the teams.
• o Follow-up on possible change and deliverables related feedback from the customer on continuous basis.
• o Team coaching/motivation.

Technical profile requirements

• +5 years’ experience in a Product Owner role in the IT Sector (ideally in IT Security)
• Expert knowledge of complex Systems Integration.
• Very good knowledge of one or more of the following concepts or technologies (Identity and Access Management, Authentication, authorization, SSO, PKI, PAM, human and non-human identities)
• Very good knowledge of Agile methods, preferably as Product Owner or Scrum Master (ex: Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, SAFe)

Non-Technical profile requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be able to work on multiple simultaneous tasks with limited supervision
• Quick learner, motivated self-starter
• Result oriented & customer centered
• Structured / Organized
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team collaboration skills
• High accountability and team spirit values

Methodology/Certification requirements

• Master Degree in Computer Science OR equivalent through experience.
• Very good coaching & training skills

Language proficiencies

• FR and Dutch must have a good knowledge of the other national language
• ENG