Project Portfolio Manager (m/f)
CDI Permanent M/F
Location : Capellen
Hybrid working
Are you an expert in aligning projects with the company’s strategic direction?
Do you want to drive portfolio management that supports high-impact change initiatives?
Would you like to join a stable company with a pleasant working environment?
If you answered yes to these questions, this job offer is made for you!
VBS is currently looking for a strategic and collaborative Project Portfolio Manager.
As a Project Portfolio Manager, your main objective is to oversee the company’s project portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, accurate prioritization, and effective governance.
You will play a key role in capturing initiatives across teams, facilitating decision-making, and promoting best practices to enhance overall project delivery and resource allocation.
You will report to the Head of Change Management.
The ideal candidate should share our core values: accountability, trust, and client satisfaction, embodying them in their daily actions and decisions.
Your mission
- Manage the project portfolio to ensure alignment with company strategy, accuracy, completeness, and prioritization according to corporate objectives;
- Liaise with all VBS teams, departments, and Senior Management to capture items for inclusion in the project portfolio;
- Continuously collect feedback from teams to adapt and improve the framework, processes & tools;
- Maintain and ensure the application of project portfolio and project management governance;
- Communicate, train, and coach internal teams on the defined governance, processes & tools;
- Provide reporting to company management on various components of the project portfolio;
- Provide staff capacity reporting to support resource allocation by team supervisors/managers;
- Prepare & steer Portfolio Review Committee & Capacity Planning Committee;
- Facilitate project portfolio escalation and decision processes;
- Facilitate coordination and collaboration for change management activities.
Your profile
- Professional experience & technical skills:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in PM, Change Management, or Business Transformation. A first relevant experience as PMO is required.
- Solid knowledge of portfolio management methodologies and governance frameworks;
- Strong analytical skills for prioritization, reporting, and resource allocation;
- Experience with project and portfolio management tools such as Jira, MS Project, or similar;
- Advanced proficiency with the MS Office Suite and digital collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint).
- Languages:
- Fluent in English (spoken and written); French is a strong asset and German is a nice to have.
- Soft skills:
- High sense of autonomy and accountability, with a commitment to building trust with stakeholders at all level of the company through responsible actions;
- Excellent leadership and facilitation abilities for cross-team collaboration;
- Strategic and feedback-oriented approach to evolving governance;
- Effective communicator with strong stakeholder management and coaching skills;
- Resilient and comfortable navigating complex organizational dynamics.
Top reasons to work with us:
- Victor Buck Services is a proud subsidiary of the POST group. Our mutual success comes from our shared expertise, solidity and synergies between the many entities and subsidiaries of the group.
- Work on high-impact portfolio management and change initiatives;
- To join a flexible, dynamic, human-sized organization with ambitious plans;
- To work on great projects with great people;
- To be important to our clients and to us.
In our team your talents will be valued, your ideas heard, and your professional growth encouraged in a stimulating and collaborative environment.
Please be aware that in accordance with the law of July 23, 2016 we will ask the selected candidate to provide us with a criminal record before signing the contract
What’s in it for me? Well, you just can’t get bored: 2+ years’ into the job, routine has not caught up with me yet… However well you prepare for tomorrow, it will never quite be the same as yesterday; challenges and opportunities are around every corner!
Alexandre Marsaud
Incident Manager - Business Continuity Coordinator
Working at VBS can be a daily adventure with many challenges, but your colleagues are always here to guide you through that journey. At the end of the day you feel you are part of a great team, and that’s what makes it so exciting!
Emeline Katgely
Project Manager
I have been working for nearly 5 years within VBS and I’m always delighted to work and share with my colleagues in a friendly environment. VBS is a great place to work which has demonstrated adaptation and flexibility at various levels. It’s a pleasure to answer the requests of our employees and to do our best for them!
Stéphanie Goffin
Human Resources Officer
VBS is a medium-sized company, which makes it very easy to work in close collaboration with the different departments. I also like the fact that the company is constantly evolving to adjust to customer needs. Customer satisfaction is essential to me, and I’m happy VBS shares this value.
Romaric Rachenne
Internal Auditor
Joining VBS, well-known in the digitization business, was a great opportunity for me, back in 2010. It greatly contributed to expand my competence. I have now more than 25 years of experience and still the same determination to collaborate with teams and clients to get results.
Alex Dias
Manager - Information Capturing Services
There are so many reasons why I am pleased to have chosen VBS as my employer. VBS offers a pleasant and open work environment. I appreciate the diversity of my tasks, the constructive exchanges with my colleagues and the confidence granted to me every day.
Najoua Louiza
Operator - Information Capturing Services