1. Presentation of ETNIC

ETNIC (Entreprise pour les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication) is the IT operator for the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. As a public interest organization, ETNIC’s mission is to design, develop, maintain, and evolve information systems and technological infrastructures serving the administrations and institutions of the FWB.

As a central player in the digital transformation of the Belgian French-speaking public sector, ETNIC is active in various fields such as:

• Management of IT infrastructures (networks, security, data centers, cloud)
• Development of custom business applications
• Support for digital projects (functional analysis, UX/UI, project management)
• Cybersecurity and data protection
• User support and training

With a constant focus on innovation, performance, and public service, ETNIC regularly collaborates with external partners to strengthen its teams through IT consulting assignments. These collaborations are framed in an ethical, professional context and oriented towards the quality and tangible impact of the delivered solutions.

2. Mission

Within ETNIC’s project management office, in close collaboration with the “Security & Privacy Operational Taskforce” (SPOT) team and under the supervision of the Information Security Advisor, the NIS2 Project Manager leads end-to-end a portfolio of 3 transversal projects with a cybersecurity focus:

• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP / DRP – RTO/RPO)
• Cross-functional traceability (SIEM / SOC)
• Supply Chain & subcontractor management (MAP)

3. Activities

Main responsibilities:

1. Scoping & planning: define the scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, detailed schedule, workload plan, and communication plan for each project.

2. Budgetary & financial management: establish and monitor budgets, negotiate funding with sponsors, produce variance analyses (actual vs. planned costs), and ensure ROI control.

3. Risk & dependency management: maintain a structured RAID log, manage inter-project dependencies, anticipate critical paths, and trigger mitigation plans.

4. Operational steering & reporting: lead COPIL, workshops, COPOR, and CODIR, consolidate management reporting, and formalize cost–time–quality trade-offs.

5. Coordination of the cybersecurity component: lead, in collaboration with SPOT, the security foundation projects (SIEM/SOC traceability, RTO/RPO/DRP/BCP continuity) and ensure their integration into the overall schedule.

Methodology & tools:

Deploy appropriate approaches (V-model, Agile, hybrid) and PMI/PMBOK and PRINCE2 standards; produce and maintain structuring documents (project charter, PMP, WBS, RAID log, decision register); set up rituals (stand-ups, milestone reviews, retrospectives).

Stakeholder engagement:

Act as a facilitator and influencer for development, infrastructure, network, business, and security teams; translate technical (and security) requirements into concrete actions; negotiate trade-offs and deadlines by arguing through “technical debt” and “cost of poor quality”; translate technical issues into business risks (unavailability, schedule drift, non-compliance, reputation) to obtain buy-in and prioritization.