PMO Manager

Be part of something bigger!

As the world and the way people live is changing, we at Bekaert believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. With a 140+ year old heritage of excellence, innovation, and a future-focused mindset, we strive to create value for our customers and society. We aim to do this through innovative solutions and sustainable practices. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of steel wire transformation and coatings whilst also leveraging our expertise to develop innovative solutions with new materials and services in a safe, smart, and sustainable way. Our focus extends to markets such as new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy. 

As a dynamic and growing company with over 19 000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and € 3,7 billion in combined revenue in 2025, we are looking for someone like you to join our team as we continue to shape a safer, more efficient, and connected world!

Purpose and Mission

• As PMO Manager, you will establish and drive effective portfolio governance across the Technology & Innovation (T&I) organisation. The role translates the T&I strategy into portfolio choices, technology and innovation roadmaps, and executable initiatives that accelerate organic growth and support differentiated value creation in inorganic growth themes.
• Acting as a strategic partner to the T&I Leadership Team and Business Units (BUs), you will ensure the portfolio is aligned with business priorities, delivers maximum value and is executed efficiently. You will provide transparency on delivery, roadmaps, capability gaps, resources, investments, risks and benefits; facilitate prioritisation and stage-gate decisions; and ensure actions are taken to close the most critical gaps.
• Reporting to the Group Technology & Innovation Officer, the PMO Manager will help make T&I a catalyst for growth by strengthening customer-centric innovation, strategic portfolio governance, roadmap discipline and gap-closure execution.

Role Context & Strategic Contribution

Customer-centric innovation / partnership

• Prioritize customer-led innovation and strategic partnerships; translate validated use cases into portfolio choices and roadmap priorities.

Portfolio governance

• Apply one governance model, stage gates and senior portfolio reviews to prioritize, accelerate, re-scope or stop initiatives.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

Portfolio Governance & Management

• Own the T&I project portfolio governance model, including roles, decision rights, stage gates, reporting and escalation paths.
• Ensure portfolio transparency across timelines, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, benefits and delivery confidence.
• Lead portfolio reviews and steering committees, enabling data-driven decisions and alignment with business priorities.
• Ensure Strategic alignment: assure initiatives are linked to BU priorities, T&I strategic themes and value creation objectives

Roadmaps & Capability Development

• Translate strategy into technology and innovation roadmaps with clear milestones, investments, dependencies and value assumptions.
• Identify capability, resource, technology and execution gaps, and drive closure plans through build/partner/buy/upskill actions.
• Connect roadmap progress and gap closure to portfolio prioritization decisions.

Strategic Prioritization & Resource Allocation

• Facilitate prioritization based on strategic value, customer impact, readiness, capacity, investment and risk.
• Support resource allocation decisions and provide scenarios to enable informed trade-offs.
• Continuously adapt priorities as business needs and technology opportunities evolve.

Business Partnership & Innovation

• Partner with BU leaders and stakeholders to align business needs with portfolio strategy.
• Challenge initiatives where strategic fit, value or readiness are unclear.
• Ensure customer needs and innovation opportunities influence portfolio choices.
• Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders and central T&I project planning office.

Delivery Oversight & Reporting

• Monitor portfolio performance across scope, milestones, cost, benefits and risks.
• Identify bottlenecks, dependencies and escalation needs, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Provide executive dashboards, decision materials and insights for leadership forums.

PMO Maturity & Continuous Improvement

• Improve PMO governance, tools, reporting, methodologies and decision routines.
• Drive standardization, transparency, accountability and continuous improvement across initiatives.

Skills & Competencies

Experience

• 8–10+ years in PMO, portfolio or program management.
• Experience in complex technology or innovation portfolios.
• Proven work with senior business stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated success in governance, prioritization, road mapping and strategic planning.

Knowledge & skills

• Portfolio and project governance expertise.
• Ability to translate strategy into executable roadmaps and portfolios.
• Capability gap analysis and gap-closure planning.
• Strong analytical, financial and decision-support skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

Personal competencies

• Strategic mindset with strong business orientation.
• Influential without relying on formal authority.
• Collaborative, relationship-focused and comfortable challenging assumptions.
• Results-oriented, pragmatic and solution-driven.
• Able to work effectively in complex and changing environments.
• High integrity, accountability and ownership.

Be bold and take the leap!

We're looking for individuals who are not afraid to take risks and explore new ideas. If you are passionate about personal growth and bringing your authentic self to work, we want you on our team! 
At Bekaert, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 
To learn more about us and our exciting career opportunities, visit Bekaert Careers