Detail of the vacancy notice
- Directorate: Directorate for Innovation and Information Technology
- Management: yes
- Unit/Service: Unit IIT.2 - Digital Solutions
- Grade: AD9-AD14
- Location: Brussels
Your job and responsibilities
Interested in shaping the Committees’ digital future? Like to help your colleagues transform institutional priorities into innovative, user-centric solutions?
As a Head of Unit in the Directorate for Innovation and Information Technology (DIIT), you are responsible for leading the Digital Solutions Unit, which manages demand, delivery and artificial intelligence (AI) integration for both the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
You organise the work of a multidisciplinary team of up to 50 persons, comprising permanent officials, contract and temporary staff members and external consultants. The Unit brings together Demand Managers, the Agile Delivery Team and the AI Team, ensuring institutional needs are translated into effective digital solutions.
You are also responsible for embedding AI capabilities into solutions, ensuring that every delivery follows the principle of “secure by design”, and acting as a strategic partner for business stakeholders across both Committees. You ensure the efficient use of financial and human resources, including the oversight of consultancy contracts and external providers.
You are part of the dynamic team of the joint services, composed of colleagues from both institutions. You work in a matrix model, closely coordinating with the Units responsible for operations, cybersecurity, governance and resources to ensure coherent and sustainable delivery across the whole directorate. Success in this role requires flexibility, creativity and the ability to think outside the box, while embracing collaboration and teamwork in a matrix environment.
Are you the talent we are looking for?
General abilities and capacities required
- Think with a critical spirit, analyse and solve problems pragmatically.
- Assess critically credibility and reliability of sources, data and information and use relevant digital tools to carry out the duties.
- Organise own work, demonstrate responsibility, identify priorities, take appropriate decisions and deliver results.
- Adapt to an evolving working environment, demonstrate commitment and adopt constructive attitude at all times. Remain effective and flexible even during periods of heavy activity.
- Take initiative to achieve individual and shared objectives, demonstrate ownership and work autonomously.
- Learn and professionally develop to continuously enhance job performance and knowledge of the organisation and working environment.
- Work together with others in a constructive way by contributing to diverse and inclusive working environment. Demonstrate respect and courtesy at all times.
- Convey information and relevant opinions clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, facilitate interaction and engage effectively with others. Treat confidential or sensitive information accordingly.
Job-specific requirements
- You have sound experience in digital solution delivery and demand management in complex organisations.
- You have strong leadership, change management and stakeholder engagement skills.
- You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another of the EU official languages. For functional reasons, a high level of English is required and a good level of French is desirable.
- You have a good command of IT applications and tools, such as Outlook, Excel, Word and SharePoint, including AI tools in a secure environment.
- You are keen on innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- You have the ability to lead and motivate diverse group of staff, fostering cohesion, growth and accountability.
- You demonstrate flexibility, creativity and the ability to think outside the box and you are comfortable working and collaborating in a matrix model.
- You demonstrate behaviours of proactivity, accountability and collaboration and you ensure that security and resilience are embedded by design in every solution delivered.
Assets
- Previous experience in AI integration, portfolio management, agile delivery or managing consultancy contracts is a strong asset.
- Knowledge of multi-institutional or EU governance settings, and alignment with EU digital regulations, including secure-by-design principles and cybersecurity frameworks, is desirable.