About the job Project Manager Business Consultant
Mission Overview:
This is a consultancy mission at a client site, where you will represent Keystone Solutions as a Project Manager Business. As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will be engaged in dynamic projects, working on-site with our client in Brussels, and bringing your expertise to a variety of challenging environments. You will be part of a team that values professional growth, continuous learning, and the opportunity to make a real impact across multiple client projects.
Mission Context:
Within the framework of a strategic Nearshoring program, our client is seeking a Senior External Project/Process Manager to ensure the deployment of the Nearshoring program in close collaboration with a Global Project Manager. You will report to the COO Benelux. The role covers:
- Local coordination of Nearshoring projects (build & transition phases)
- Business as Usual (BaU) management for already transferred activities
- Operational performance and SLA monitoring
This position is critical to securing the client’s business, regulatory, and operational commitments.
Responsibilities (Consultancy Model):
- Assist operational managers to identify activities to nearshore, animate workshops, and challenge assumptions.
- Contribute to assessments, scope definition, and transition roadmaps.
- Perform end-to-end impact analyses covering processes, organization, volumes, legal, compliance, and risk dimensions.
- Coordinate transition phases to nearshore centers, ensuring service continuity.
- Ensure strict change management processes and proper project documentation follow-up.
- Define and monitor the overall project plan, capacity, and resource allocation.
- Monitor dependencies between projects, BaU activities, and local teams.
- Oversee Business as Usual operations for nearshored activities.
- Define, monitor, and report on SLAs, KPIs, and performance indicators.
- Analyze performance gaps and define remediation action plans.
- Work closely with Operations, Risk, Compliance, and IT teams.
- Identify and lead process improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to end-to-end process optimization, aligned with efficiency, quality, and cost objectives.
- Capitalize on lessons learned and feedback (RETEX).
Required Skills and Experience:
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in financial services, operations/back-office, or transformation, outsourcing, or nearshoring programs.
- Proven operational process improvement, end-to-end process descriptions, and SLA/operational performance monitoring experience.
- Experience in IT-enabled environments or digital processes, and multi-entity or international programs is a plus.
- Strong understanding of business, operational, and regulatory constraints in financial institutions.
- Experience in consumer credit or regulated financial services is an asset.
- Master’s degree or equivalent.
- Project Management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, etc.) are an asset.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills in French and English; spoken Dutch is required.
- Occasional travel required.
- Expected split: 60% on-site – 40% remote.
Soft Skills:
- Strong end-to-end vision with the ability to maintain a helicopter view.
- Excellent communication skills, diplomatic and customer-oriented.
- Ability to challenge senior stakeholders (Executive Committee, senior management).
- Natural leadership and ability to mobilize cross-functional teams.
- Structured, rigorous, and results-driven approach.
- Strong critical thinking, curiosity, and proactive mindset.
- Excellent time and priority management.
Why Join Keystone Solutions?
- As a consultant, you will experience a diversity of challenges across various client environments.
- We offer turbo-charged learning and professional development opportunities to broaden your expertise.
- Our framework is designed for skyrocketing ambition and career growth.
- Being a “K-Stone” means bringing our core values—integrity, excellence, and collaboration—to every engagement.
If you are ready to tackle technical and strategic challenges in a dynamic consultancy environment, apply today at Keystone Solutions Career Portal.