PbThe Manager IT Front/Packages/Data contributes to the success of all Athora lines of business (retail life, corporate life, sales, marketing, finance, ...) by organising and following up the delivery of the IT component of projects, with a mixed internal and external team, in line with Athora Belgium’s general IT strategy. He also maintains a constructive relationship with the corresponding operational and strategic (change) business services. /b /ppbYour responsibilities /b /ppAs Manager IT Front/Package/Data, your responsibilities will include: /pulliSupervising the life cycle of applications (introduction of new technology, maintaining and phasing out old ones) and components under the responsibility of your department, ensuring maintainability and operations on the long term. /liliManaging the delivery of new applications and changes to existing ones over a diversified project portfolio (change projects, business as usual projects), ensuring that each project is conducted from A to Z by your team in full agreement with the applicable project governance. /liliEnsuring that IT operations (jobs, incident management, etc.) for your applications are correctly carried out, striving for stability in production. /liliManaging a team of internal collaborators. You will maintain and increase motivation and knowledge within the team in the interests of long-term service. /liliContributing to the continuous improvement of IT processes. /liliBeing permanent contact with the operational and strategic business teams using the applications/components under your responsibility. Together with the business managers, you will identify points for improvement, contribute to project roadmaps, and collect feedback on the perceived quality of the IT service provided. /liliContributing to the IT department risk management by identifying, monitoring and mitigating these risks on a continuous basis. /li /ulpbYour profile (forward thinker, proposition sur base de techno, inclure AI) /b /pulliYou have a higher education diploma. /liliYou are interested in IT technology, like to keep yourself up-to-date on the trends; br / br / you are a forwardthinker, able to make links between the technology available and the added value of its potential use for business purpose, and articulate this into actionable propositions. /liliYou have several years’ experience in people and/or project management in a IT department /liliYou have an extensive knowledge of and experience in at least one of the following domains, and ideally have been confronted to the others:ulliCustom developed applications, in particular front/web applications /liliPackages (document management, finance, CRM, ...) /liliData (ETL, modelling, reporting, data organisation, ...) and artificial intelligence /li /ul /liliIdeally, you have an understanding of the life insurance business that equips you to understand IT development needs in Athora’s context /liliYou have excellent knowledge of French or Dutch and a good command of the other national language and are comfortable working in English. /liliYou are familiar with notions of IT application and infrastructure architecture /liliYou can effectively coordinate internal and external resources and teams. /liliYou are an excellent communicator with developed negotiating and conflict management skills. /liliYou have a good practical intelligence with an analytical and logical mind /liliYou enjoy working in a team and are quick to adapt with a pioneering spirit. /liliYou are resilient and able to face unexpected events /liliYou are solutions oriented and always looking for ways to do things better. /liliYou are well organised, able to manage priorities, organise your team’s priorities and remain focused on results. /li /ulpbGood reasons to join us. /b /pulliA permanent employment contract. /liliA company on a human scale within a dynamic group where you can rapidly have an impact. No heavy procedures and limited scopes of responsibility at Athora. We value initiative and collaboration. /liliAccessible management close to staff and a pleasant working environment. /liliMany opportunities for development, thanks in particular to our Athora Academy. /liliBalance between professional life and private life with generous holidays (at least 39 days a year), flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ teleworking a week. /liliAn attractive salary package plus various fringe benefits. /liliModern, bright offices conducive to collaboration. /liliA central location in the Porte de Namur district, accessible by train and public transport and with parking facilities available if needed. /liliLast but not least… a sunny terrace, afterworks between colleagues, teambuildings, an annual staff day and many other events to discover… /ul /li