Job Description:
As a member of the strategic advisory team, you will play a key role in supporting cloud governance, digital transformation, and policy development across EU Institutions. You will contribute to high-level initiatives, working groups, and procurement strategies, ensuring alignment with sovereignty, efficiency, and innovation goals.
Responsibilities
· Analyse cloud adoption strategies and flagship IT initiatives across the European Institution
· Contribute to studies on cloud efficiency, sovereignty, and digital transformation.
· Draft policy briefings, parliamentary question responses, and support documents.
· Lead or co-lead working groups on cloud governance, strategy, and adoption.
· Review and synthesise IT strategies, focusing on sovereignty and cloud relevance.
· Prepare and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including governance bodies.
· Coordinate and contribute to strategic evaluations in public procurement, especially in sovereignty-sensitive domains.
· Provide strategic input on cloud, software, and professional services brokering initiatives.
· Support vendor engagement and large-scale contract negotiations.
· Contribute to the transformation of procurement methodologies (e.g., outcome-based delivery).
· Follow up on digital strategy implementation and assess impacts on internal processes.
· Represent the unit in EU-wide forums such as the Cloud Alliance and follow up on related activities.
· Facilitate collaboration across internal teams, and Member States.
· Maintain Kanban tracking of tasks and prepare progress updates and status reports.
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Technical skills:
- Expertise in cloud strategy, governance, and procurement.
· Strong analytical and policy drafting capabilities.
· Experience with EU public procurement and sovereignty-sensitive domains.
· Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and presentation delivery.
· Familiarity with digital transformation methodologies and tools.
Profile:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT or related field.
· Minimum 20 years of experience in managing complex transformation projects, including strategic or director-level roles.
· At least 8 years of experience in cloud adoption strategies in public or private sectors.
· Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud procurement from the buyer's perspective.
· At least 2 years of experience in European public policy-making in IT, including working group contributions.
· Proven experience in animating large stakeholder forums, networks, and events.
· Ability to analyze complex issues and develop effective solutions.
· Good communication and interpersonal skills.
· Fluency in English is required; French is a strong asset.