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Description

Experienced Program Manager with over 15 years of experience in initiating, leading, and successfully delivering complex projects. I have a proven track record in multidisciplinary team management, process optimization, and change management within both multinational corporations and public sectors. My work is characterized by organizational sensitivity, stakeholder management, and the ability to ensure effective accountability and documentation in administratively complex environments.

I combine a strong technical background with analytical skills and am certified in Prince2 Practitioner, ITIL, and Scrum Master. I am customer-oriented, results-oriented, and can easily switch between strategy and execution.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Turnhout (up to 50km)

Rijkswaterstaat
Project Manager
PUBLIC SECTOR
January 2025 - January 2026 (1 year)
Delft, ZH, Netherlands
Responsible for the European tender for the IT/IA integrating service provider for control rooms and/or traffic management
• • Mapping and streamlining work processes/RASCI
• • Steering group rhythm established (weekly progress, 20-min decision moment) → faster decisions, fewer surprises.
• • Exec reporting: one-page ready for decision instead of slide overload
• • RASCI + escalation tightened; specialists focused, stakeholders involved.
• • Setting up and monitoring project planning.
• • Preparing transition plan
• • Scoping, Project Planning, resourcing, budgeting, and forecasting
• • Managing the project team.
• • Preparing and leading steering group meetings (incl. progress report).
• • Monitoring and managing project plan.
• • Stakeholder management.
• • Risk and issue management.
• • Reporting and facilitating decision-making/achievement of objectives by the steering group.
• • Progress monitoring and presentation to management.
• • Quality control.
Stakeholder Management Agile Project Management Project Management Tendering
At the Moment of Need
Owner
January 2014 - Today (12 years and 5 months)
Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
•Executing various interim projects for clients in the public and private sectors, including Rijkswaterstaat (Agency for Roads and Water Management), Shell, ASML, VDL, and the Tax and Customs Administration.
•Specializing in IT implementations, tenders, change processes, and managing complex projects with a significant administrative and political component.
•Stakeholder management at C-level and within political organizations.
•Development and implementation of process optimizations and reporting systems.
•Preparation and management of project plans, including milestone identification and risk management.
•Accountability and documentation towards supervisory bodies, such as regulators and audit committees.
Shell
Program Manager ChargeWorks Programme (Agile)
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
April 2022 - August 2022 (4 months)
Den Haag, Netherlands
The ChargeWorks program utilizes the latest technology and works closely with portfolio companies to develop innovative and integrated EV charging services and data analytics solutions.
•Replacement of Program Manager due to long leave
•Managing the project team.
•Preparing and leading management meetings (incl. progress reporting).
•Progress and financial utilization made visible using management dashboards for steering and decision-making.
•Stakeholder management.
•Risk and issue management.
Stakeholder Management Agile Project Management Program Management Project Governance