Mission Overview

This is a consultancy mission at a client site, where you will represent Keystone Solutions as a Project Manager (IT) within the client's IT Strategy Office. As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will be hired to work on client projects, delivering expertise and value in a dynamic environment.

Mission Context

The client is a leading financial institution in Europe, currently undergoing a significant technology transformation to support digital-first customer experiences, cross-border collaboration, and data-driven operations. The IT Strategy Office acts as a trusted advisor to the CIO, shaping actionable decisions that define the future of the technology landscape and ensuring IT investments drive business value.

Role Purpose & Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-impact, actionable, and synthetic recommendations to the CIO on critical technology directions (such as legacy modernization, application rationalization, and cross-border collaboration projects) under fixed timelines.
• Bridge the gap between technology and strategy by leveraging your background in IT architecture or systems analysis to quickly deep-dive into technical issues, extract core strategic questions, and formulate clear recommendations for executive management.
• Assemble and lead ad-hoc, cross-functional expert groups to solve strategic IT dilemmas, ensuring rapid alignment and concrete deliverable outcomes.
• Responsibilities will be carried out under Keystone Solutions’ consultancy model, providing expertise and leadership in a client-facing environment.

Required Experience & Knowledge

• At least 10 years of IT experience, with a strong background in Enterprise/Solution Architecture, IT Analysis, Tech Lead, or similar roles.
• Strong understanding of modern IT paradigms, including Cloud computing, API-led connectivity, Core Banking modernization, agentic AI, Data architectures, DevSecOps, and AI-driven cyber threats.
• Experience in a strategic or transversal role, such as IT Strategy Consulting (Big 4, Strategy firm), internal Strategy Office, or Chief of Staff/Advisor role in a large IT organization.
• Experience in Banking/Financial Services, ideally Retail Banking, is a strong plus.
• Understanding of core banking systems, payments, channels, regulatory constraints, and legacy systems is highly valued.

Skills & Mindset

• Former Architect/Analyst mindset with a current strategist approach: deep understanding of technology to challenge architects, but focused on strategic outcomes.
• Pragmatic strategist: able to deliver solid recommendations quickly, balancing analysis with actionable advice.
• Ability to influence without authority, build networks, and get things done in a matrix organization.
• Excellent executive communication skills: able to write and present for a CIO, with clear, structured, and concise PowerPoint and memo-writing abilities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and working in environments with high autonomy and low formal structure.

Language Requirements

Sound knowledge of English as well as at least one local language (Dutch or French).

Work Location & Telework

Work is based in Brussels, with an expectation of 50% on-site and 50% homeworking from Belgium.

Why Join Keystone Solutions?

• Consultancy Nature: Embrace your identity as a consultant, working on-site and representing Keystone Solutions in every engagement.
• Dynamic Projects: Experience a diversity of challenges across various client environments, broadening your expertise and professional network.
• Turbo-Charged Learning: Accelerate your professional development through exposure to cutting-edge technologies and strategic business challenges.
• Skyrocketing Ambition: Grow your career within a framework that values ambition, initiative, and continuous improvement.

Values: As a K-Stone, you bring our core values of integrity, excellence, and collaboration to every mission. If you are ready to tackle technical and strategic challenges in a dynamic consultancy environment, apply today at Keystone Solutions Career Portal.