JOB TITLE: AGILE PRODUCT OWNER
LANGUAGES REQUIRED: DUTCH
WORK LOCATION: 1210 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
WORK MODE: HYBRID (2-3 DAYS/WEEK ONSITE)
CONTRACT DURATION: 01/06/2026 - 01/06/2027
CLIENT: "VLAAMSE LANDMAATSCHAPPIJ"
JOB DESCRIPTION
* Demonstrable experience in developing and monitoring the vision and objectives of products, including monitoring the product strategy, the product roadmap, in the interest of all stakeholders
* Demonstrable training with certification (Product Owner/Manager) within Agile development methodology
* Demonstrable experience of various Project Management facets (costs, timing, planning, estimates)
* Demonstrable experience in analyzing and defining requirements with all possible stakeholders, and estimating
* their impact Demonstrable experience in managing priorities of the Product Back log
* Language requirement: Dutch at European CEFR - level C2.
General knowledge of or experience with legislation and procedures in matters such as land development and land acquisition and management are a plus.
* Within the Facility, Information Management and Technology (FI-T) department, we are looking for an Agile Product Owner. As an Agile Product Owner, you will be part of one of the 6 development teams. Each development team has a number of applications under its care. For each application, there is a point of contact at the business who can translate a business issue into a step-by-step realization together with you and the development team.
* You will work closely with the business, the development team and the program managers of the FI-T department and will be involved in the entire application lifecycle.
* The plan of action follows the Agile principles. If possible, we work according to the Scrum methodology. You are able to define the scope of a business issue in phases according to the principle of a 'Minimal Viable Product (MVP)'.
* Together with the business, you manage the backlog. When realizing the backlog, throughout the entire life cycle of the product, you ensure good verbal and written communication between the business and the development team so that the latter can get to work.
* The project in which the candidate will be deployed mainly concerns 'Digitization Financing Plan Area-oriented Project' (FINAN)
* In addition, the candidate will also be deployed in the project Comparison Points Tool.
* The objective of the FINAN project is to build a tool for the financial follow-up for area-specific projects of the VLM. This tool should make it possible to monitor the financing of the development projects from A to Z, from estimate to final settlement on the basis of a financing plan and an implementation plan and consists of the following global functional modules:
* (PROFIN) Ongoing maintenance Preparation of global financing and implementation plans.
* (DOSFIN) Standardized layout and integrated follow-up of implementation files within the framework of the above-mentioned financing and implementation plans. This should allow financial data, available in various applications for the realization of the processes related to the implementation files (e.g. development works, land acquisition, etc.), to be easily brought together.
* (RAPFIN) Reporting tool
* (PORTFIN) Portfolio management, budget follow-up and commitments
* (Comparison points tool): visualizations of transaction data
* Finally, the product owner can be asked to share knowledge about technical specializations about which he or she has extensive knowledge through feedback sessions.
* DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT AT THE VLM
Technical Context:
Bring your own laptop & license(s) incl. Copilot
Methodologies:
* Agile
* SCRUM
* XP
Technologies:
* .NET 4.8 / .NET 10
* C#
* ASP.NET Core
* Angular
* Typescript
* NgRx
* Visual Studio 2026
* .NET Framework 4.8
* MS SQL Server 2022
* Entity Framework Core
* Dapper
* Serilog
* MassTransit
* RabbitMQ
* IIS
* Fluent Validation
* REST
* GraphQL
* Windows Communication Foundation
* Elasticsearch
Development omgeving:
* Microsoft Windows Server 2022
* IIS
* Azure DevOps Server
* MS SQL Server 2022
* MS SQL Server 2025 Reporting Services
* MS SQL Server 2025 Integration Services
Tools:
* Azure DevOps Server
* MS SharePoint 2022
* SonarQube
* ArcGIS Server
* ADFS
* Application Insights / Azure Monitor
* GitHub Copilot
IDE:
* Visual Studio Professional
* VS Code
* JetBrains Rider