Manager Business IT Platforms

We offer you a challenging and independent full-time position in and around the beautiful city of The Hague. The position is rewarded in salary group 13 of the HTM CAO with a corresponding salary between € 6,746 and € 9,638 gross per month for a full-time employment.

Additionally, you can count on excellent employment conditions, including: 'Public transport for business' (traveling in our transport area at a highly reduced rate, for yourself, your partner, and your children), an end-of-year bonus, buying, selling, or saving leave, and an extensive package of study facilities to continue your development: at HTM, you're in good hands!

As Manager Business IT Platforms, you are responsible for the complete application services of HTM. From the systems for scheduling, planning, and travel information to the applications for tram and bus maintenance and business operations: you ensure they run stably, are secure, and continue to develop. With the goal that our passengers in the Haaglanden region can rely on HTM every day.

You manage two operational managers / Release Train Engineers and, through them, the DevOps teams within our Agile Release Train(s). You are a member of the IT MT and report to the CIO. You work closely with your MT colleagues from the CIO Office and IT Governance, with the business domains, and with our external suppliers and partners. For the organization, you are the point of contact for everything related to applications and platforms.

You provide direction to the application landscape and the teams that build and manage it. You translate the IT strategy into concrete plans, manage quality, continuity, budget, and results, and build a professional, agile department that works in a value-chain-oriented manner with the business.

• Leading and coaching the operational managers / RTEs and, through them, the DevOps teams; you are responsible for staffing, development, and performance.
• Responsible for the stability, availability, information security, and compliance of the business-critical applications and platforms.
• Translating the IT strategy and the roadmap into a concrete annual plan for Business IT Platforms, in conjunction with the IT portfolio.
• Managing the application chain: from demand and prioritization via development and release to management, including a proper handover to management.
• Further professionalizing agile working at scale (SAFe), including PI planning and Inspect & Adapt, together with the RTEs.
• Drafting and monitoring the budget (opex and capex) and managing licenses and contracts.
• Directing suppliers and partners of applications and (cloud) platforms, in collaboration with IT Governance.
• Ensuring lifecycle management, rationalization, and modernization of the application landscape, together with architecture.
• As a member of the IT MT, contributing to the IT strategy, the further development towards value-chain-oriented working, and a positive, result-oriented culture.

We are looking for an experienced, connecting IT manager who maintains an overview in a complex environment and can determine a course. Just as important: you are a leader who truly helps people progress and stays close to the teams. Furthermore, you bring: 

• You are a people-oriented, coaching leader: you provide space and trust, facilitate your people to grow, and bring out the best in teams. This is second nature to you and you have demonstrable experience with it.
• You are a strong interlocutor for the business and switch easily between strategy and operations, at all levels.
• You have a hands-on mentality and take initiative
• You are familiar with the Hague region and you have an affinity with public transport