USG Professionals focuses on project sourcing, interim management, and recruitment & selection, within the expertise areas of ICT, HR, Legal, Finance, Facility, Engineering, and Science. As a company, we choose an authentic and inclusive approach where you, as a professional, have the space to take ownership and feel comfortable and happy in your job. We aim to be a future proof organization through innovative tools like USG EASY, unique training programs such as ''Start 2 Freelance,'' and through knowledge sharing on our podcast channel and innovation meetups. Download the USG EASY app, apply in 1 click, and follow your application process step by step Job description You oversee the Software Development practice & reporting to the local Head of IT. You are the interface with Group IT structure to align/develop standard practices at Belgian level. You are in charge of aligning the development practice across Belgian locations, define development standards and technologies that aligned with business objectives. You develop the required processes to ensure highest level of solution re usability at local level. You lead and shape talented development team leads and teams, you support maturity growth and bring new technologies expertise in. You actively participate in business projects execution with the EA practice during solutioning and design phases before development. RESPONSIBILITIES Management/leading/coaching of our Software Development Teams (Individual Life & Corporate Life) relying on each Team lead in place. Grow and coach the team, address performance and potential dynamic issues as they may arise, ensure transversal practice alignment between Individual Life & Corporate Life development teams Delivery and execution is critical, so you will be launching and iterating regularly in an Agile/Scrum environment Work with the local IT organisation to define and implement the processes (SDLC) and practices to make the team effective, define software development best practices for development aligned with Group standards Plan, prioritize and allocate workload for engineers, ensure the quality and timely completion of team tasks Together with the Architecture Practice, clarify and refine business requirements to the required level and transform them into technical designs, write technical specifications and documentations for engineering team to execute upon Work with the QA team to create functional test cases, review and perform quality assurance testing on work performed by engineering team Develop and document coding standards and best practices Profile REQUIRED SKILLS 5 to 10 years hands on software development experience on OO context with exposure to API development & consumption of legacy Cobol applications 4 years consistent experience as a technical lead for 10 or more full time local development engineers in a software delivery structure using Agile/Srum Ability to work both individually and as part of a collaborative team Mastery of s