Platform Owner

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About UBM

We are all on the move. Umicore’s rechargeable battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

The Platform Owner is responsible to lead the strategic development, governance, and support of the project management platform across Umicore’s business units, ensuring optimal usage, integration, and alignment with project management objectives.

More detailed responsibilities:

• Ensure the project management platform evolves to meet business needs.
• Align with Platform Owners from other Business Units to harmonize and simplify the functionalities & governance across a larger user base.
• Interface with suppliers and central IT to ensure adequate prioritization of issues & changes, engagement of all stakeholders and issue resolution.
• Manage change requests and align with budget and timeline.
• Lead IT integration projects to connect the platform with other systems (document storage, data lake, business intelligence, ERP, etc.).
• Align platform with strategic objectives (business unit & PMO department).
• Empowers senior management to take correct decisions by creating and maintaining business intelligence reports based on the platform data.
• Manage connected applications required for a seamless integration.
• Drive the use of the platform in key business processes.
• Distribute and coordinate maintenance activities with business unit stakeholders to ensure quality, alignment, and timely delivery.
• Provide hands-on guidance and troubleshooting support to departmental administrators & business owners to ensure seamless platform operations.
• Promote platform adoption & enable users to fully leverage its capabilities.
• The team is based in Brussels, but you can be based in any of our offices in Europe.

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, IT, or Business Management with a strong passion for IT
• Project Management certification is a plus
• 3+ years experience in project management systems
• Software expertise in Project Management tools (ideally Planisware) and business intelligence tools (ideally PowerBI) - knowledge of Sharepoint and SAP is a plus
• Good communicator, strong interpersonal skills and promoter of inter-team cooperation
• Fluent in English – knowledge of other languages (especially Dutch / French) is a plus
• Open minded and customer-oriented mindset
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Leadership without close supervision

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

If our battery materials can boost the range of e-cars, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?