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Global Project Manager – Airline Programs-Freelance

We are looking for a Project Manager - Global Aviation Programs based in Diegem , Belgium .

Travel: around 20%

Global Aviation Programs - Airline Programs is mandated to manage programs and IT products that enable company to achieve safe, service excellence at lowest operating cost in alignment with standardized processes. They do this by constantly reviewing and enhancing the processes and toolkit of the Airlines. IT Products in this context are the IT applications themselves plus the support and knowledge management associated with the business process the application supports.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver business‑process and software projects that improve Airline tools, infrastructure, service quality, operational efficiency, and safety‑critical systems.
• Define, document, and maintain the project scope.
• Plan and execute projects and workstreams to time, budget, and specification.
• Collaborate with functional analysts and IT teams to design systems and to‑be processes aligned with project objectives.
• Address project and content issues related to aircraft operations, regulatory requirements, and operational processes.
• Identify, monitor, and manage project risks, mitigation actions, and issues.
• Ensure adherence to standards and work with IT partners to deliver architecturally approved, high‑quality solutions.
• Oversee end‑to‑end application usage, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, aviation IT standards, and business processes.
• Act as quality‑control authority for vendor and in‑house development, ensuring all required testing levels (functional, integration, end‑to‑end, boundary, UAT).
• Ensure project outputs achieve the benefits defined in the business case.
• Manage schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, and scope per the agreed governance framework.
• Prepare and present project status reports to project sponsors and management.
• Own project deliverables supporting multi‑year business‑domain programs.

Your Profile

• Minimum 5 years’ IT project management experience with a proven track record in leading agile development projects and delivering build/buy IT solutions and equipment.
• Project Management certification (PMI, Prince2), Requirements Engineering (IREB), and Testing certification (ISEB/ISTQB); experience with agile development.
• Degree in business or engineering, ideally in transportation or project management.
• Understanding of transportation, especially airline operations (maintenance, crewing, ticketing, scheduling, and regulatory frameworks).
• Fluent in English; broad IT and systems knowledge relevant to transportation.
• Highly motivated team player with flexible, proactive working style.
• Diplomatic, culturally sensitive, patient, with strong presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Customer‑focused with a positive, solution‑oriented attitude.