Freelance Team Lead Assurance PM&IA (ZZP)

As the lead of this domain, you will be working within the Assurance department. You will be closely cooperating with colleagues inside and outside of the unit.

·      You lead multi-disciplinary DevOps IT teams consisting of experts with different personalities and nationalities in a Product Owner role, using the Scrum methodology

·      You drive the automation of Assurance processes and form the future IT landscape of KPN

·      You make sure that employees are motivated in the work that they do and provide support and guidance when necessary

·      You take responsibility for defining a long term vision and strategy together with experts from the domain and the teams

·      You handle the financial planning (both CAPEX and OPEX) and manage the required IT capacity of the domain

·      You are a skilled communicator and are able to influence and convince

·      You report on progress to managers, project managers and stakeholders

·      You reach results by taking responsibility and making decisions

·      You are a pragmatist and understand the interests of offering services

We are looking for the following knowledge:

Intellectual rigor and critical thinking skills are important for this role, emphasizing the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations

Requirements:

·      Professional knowledge of telecommunications or IT, preferably within the Assurance domain or related field.

·      Knowledge of business administration, business organization and process design.

·      Knowledge of and affinity with financial planning and management.

·      Knowledge of networks and IT chains for Assurance or similar telecommunications processes

·      Chain management and RMO/SRMO

·      Extensive experience in managing Agile teams with a Scrum method

·      Experience with managing employees and HR

We are looking for the following skills:

·      Social skills for inspiring leadership of professionals/experts.

·      Conceptual and analytical skills for developing and solving (strategic) issues

·      Communication skills to convey complex matter at a correct level of abstraction to stakeholders within the organization, in other parts of KPN (Business Market, Consumer Market and Wholesale) and to external partners

·      Advisory skills for understanding important developments internally/externally KPN, for presenting a vision and influencing decision-making at MT/senior management level (level N-2/N-3)

·      Leadership skills for giving direction to the domain and its significance for KPN/the business unit.

·      Strong analytical skills to understand complex (technical) matters.

·      Good verbal and written communication in English.

·      Ability to shape a strategy and roadmap for the next 2-3 years, and translation into a 6Q roadmap

·      Leadership and coaching skills to stimulate self-organization of the DevOps team members.