Who are we?

The National Lottery celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2024 and remains true to its historic model: many players, reasonable stakes, a responsible game by nature that revolves around an offer of iconic games and close ties with all Belgians, notably through support for good causes.

The National Lottery was lucky... and was ready: €1.666 billion in stakes in 2025 – a record level!

"Being ready" is first and foremost a matter of capacity. Concretely, this means that we must be able to absorb very high peaks of activity, sometimes reaching up to 5,000 participations per minute. This capacity is based on a solid ecosystem: a dense network, growing digital (massively mobile), and an app that has become a routine for many players. The continuity between retail and digital has been strengthened by very tangible actions, now part of everyday habits: consult, scan, buy, check.

Beyond flagship games like EuroMillions – the most played game in 2025 with 67.3 million game moments (across all channels) – and the renewal of Lotto with 'the house' with a monthly event, the last Saturday of each month, the momentum is spreading throughout the portfolio. Instant games confirm their popularity by continuing to progress and also contributing to overall growth. Finally, the fourth growth pillar is confirmed with other traditional draw games, which continue to perform well and reinforce the balance of the National Lottery's games portfolio.

This record year confirms the strength of the "hybrid" model, where the proximity network and digital reinforce each other. The retail channel remains dominant: €1.172 billion in sales in 2025 (+2.8%), representing 70.3% of stakes, and 6,748 points of sale. Digital continues its progress: €494 million (+19.6%), or 29.7% of stakes, with very mobile usage (76.2% via mobile).

"We have become one of the largest e-commerce ecosystems in the country. And yet, our strength remains the same: a proximity lottery — digital and physical," says Jannie Haek, CEO of the National Lottery.

A record turnover and a record number of transactions also lead to an increase in winnings. In 2025, the National Lottery paid out €1.266 billion in winnings to its players through 117.2 million winning game moments. The number of distributed winnings is up 17% compared to 2024, and the average win increases by about €1.

But at the National Lottery, you never win alone. The very principle of a public lottery is that individual luck fits within a collective model: winners do not take back all the stakes; part serves the common good. Thus, in the end, luck benefits everyone: the winners... and society.

"A record is good. But our real pride is remaining a popular, responsible lottery, at the service of the country. At the National Lottery, you never win alone," concludes Jannie Haek.

Jira Architect (Validation & Blueprint)

Context

As part of the implementation or evolution of our Atlassian Jira platform, we are looking for a Jira Architect responsible for validating the target architecture, ensuring its suitability to our current and future business needs, and formalizing this architecture into a clear and usable blueprint.

Mission objectives

The architect's main mission will be to:

• Deeply understand our business, organizational, and operational needs
• Evaluate and validate the proposed Jira architecture
• Ensure the solution is scalable, maintainable, and future-proof
• Formalize the target architecture and associated principles in a Jira architecture blueprint
• Define governance that will allow us to ensure Jira is used in accordance with the principles set out in the blueprint

Main responsibilities

• Needs analysis
• Jira architecture validation
• Future-proof vision
• Blueprint & documentation
• Advice & recommendations

Technical skills

• Confirmed expertise in Jira – Very good command of Jira architecture concepts:
• projects, schemes, workflows, permissions, fields
• automations
• apps / marketplace
• Knowledge of Atlassian best practices

Methodological skills

• Ability to translate business needs into target architecture
• Sense of standardization and governance

Soft skills

• Excellent analytical and synthesis skills
• Clear communication with technical audiences
• Advisory and challenging mindset
• Autonomy and sense of responsibility

Expected deliverables

• Analysis of existing/proposed architecture
• Improvement recommendations
• Jira architecture blueprint
• Documentation of standards and evolution principles
• Governance definition