Program Management Officer - Energy Markets & Product Operations

Our client, a leading transmission system operator, is looking for a Program Management Officer to support the structured follow-up and coordination of workstreams focused on renewable energy integration. The role focuses on bringing structure, transparency, and progress to strategic initiatives by supporting planning, stakeholder alignment, and decision preparation.

Responsibilities

• Establish clear project planning, milestones, and follow-up structures for strategic energy workstreams.
• Maintain consolidated action, risk, issue, and decision logs with defined ownership and timing.
• Prepare and follow up on internal and external alignment meetings, including agendas and meeting notes.
• Develop concise status reporting for management and steering committees on a recurrent basis.
• Document and scope dependencies, blockers, and decision points in a structured way.
• Support the preparation of decision materials, escalation notes, and stakeholder coordination documents.
  
  

Requirements

• You have proven experience in Project Management, PMO support, or transversal coordination within complex corporate or regulated environments.
• You bring experience with product-oriented ways of working or applying practices within a Product Operating Model.
• You possess the ability to structure work, define planning, and create transparency on progress, risks, and issues.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills across business, IT, security, architecture, and regulatory domains.
• You possess the ability to transform complex business and technical challenges into clear governance steps and management reporting.
• You possess a Master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• You are proactive, autonomous, and detail-oriented with a focus on prioritizing and meeting deadlines.
• You are assertive yet diplomatic, functioning effectively as a team player within multidisciplinary teams.
• You are fluent in Dutch and/or French with a good level of English.
  
  

Nice to Haves

• Experience with IT delivery, governance, architecture, cybersecurity, or connectivity.
• Affinity with electricity markets, balancing products, or flexibility services.
• Prior exposure to internal governance and project management practices in a similar utility environment.
  
  

Offer

• Start date: ASAP
• Work regime: Full-time
• Location: Brussels
• Working model: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
• Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers