Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager – Data Centre Modernisation

Location: Brussels, Belgium (Hybrid – 8 days per month onsite)

Duration: 3 YEAR Programme

Rate:€700 - €900 per day

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager to lead the delivery of a major enterprise-wide Data Centre Modernisation programme for a leading international financial services organisation.

This is a strategic delivery role, responsible for driving complex infrastructure transformation initiatives across multiple technology domains. You will coordinate large-scale programmes spanning data centres, networks, cloud, security and platform engineering, ensuring successful delivery from initiation through to implementation.

Working closely with senior technology leaders, architects, engineering teams and business stakeholders, you will provide governance, leadership and programme oversight across multiple interdependent workstreams within a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale infrastructure transformation programmes.
- Manage programme scope, timelines, budgets, risks and overall delivery quality.
- Coordinate multiple technical workstreams across infrastructure, networking, cloud, security, operations and platform engineering teams.
- Drive programme governance, ensuring compliance with delivery methodologies, internal controls and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare and present executive reporting, steering committee updates and programme status to senior leadership.
- Manage programme finances including forecasting, investment planning, budget tracking and value delivery.
- Identify programme risks, issues and dependencies,



ensuring proactive mitigation and resolution.
- Collaborate with enterprise architects, engineering leads and business stakeholders to ensure successful implementation.
- Coordinate delivery across Agile and traditional project delivery methodologies.
- Ensure programme documentation, approvals and governance artefacts are completed throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Experience

- Extensive experience delivering large-scale infrastructure or enterprise technology programmes.
- Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional technology transformations.
- Strong experience delivering infrastructure programmes involving one or more of:
- Data Centre Modernisation
- Infrastructure Transformation
- Network Transformation
- Cloud Migration
- Hybrid Infrastructure
- Disaster Recovery
- Operational Resilience
- Experience managing multiple delivery teams across complex enterprise environments.
- Strong financial management experience including programme budgets, forecasting and investment management.
- Excellent stakeholder management experience up to executive and C-level.
- Experience leading steering committees and executive governance forums.
- Experience managing programme risks, dependencies and delivery across multiple workstreams.
- Previous experience working within highly regulated organisations such as Financial Services,



Banking, Insurance or other regulated industries.

Technical Knowledge

Experience across several of the following technologies is highly desirable:

- Enterprise Data Centres
- Network Infrastructure
- Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS or GCP)
- Hybrid Cloud
- Virtualisation
- Storage Platforms
- Backup & Recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- Operational Resilience
- Infrastructure Security

Methodologies & Tools

Experience with some or all of the following:

- Agile Delivery
- Waterfall Delivery
- Hybrid Delivery Models
- Azure DevOps
- ServiceNow
- ITIL
- COBIT
- PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent project management certification

Essential Skills

- Outstanding leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong planning, governance and organisational abilities.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Comfortable operating within complex integral organisations.
- Experience managing geographically distributed delivery teams.

Ideal Background

We are particularly interested in candidates who have delivered enterprise infrastructure programmes within financial services or other highly regulated industries and have successfully led large-scale technology transformation initiatives involving infrastructure, cloud, networking and operational resilience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a strategic transformation programme with significant visibility and long-term impact, working alongside senior technology leadership on one of the organisation's key infrastructure initiatives.

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