The Corporate Engagement team within a major bank runs social impact and financial inclusion programmes that aim to embed sustainability across internal teams and client-facing activities. This role exists to coordinate those programmes, working with engagement platforms and applying an impact measurement methodology to social and biodiversity initiatives.
The mission
The team develops and coordinates sustainability initiatives across segments, collaborates with sales animation and MarCom teams, and reports progress against objectives and key results. You will work on programmes that position the bank on social impact and financial inclusion while ensuring consistent measurement and stakeholder alignment.
Day to day you will act as programme lead for the financial inclusion portfolio, keep an overview of multiple concurrent projects, and refine the impact measurement methodology for social and biodiversity programmes. You will facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders, local communities, communications, and product teams to turn strategy into measurable outcomes.
Your responsibilities
- Lead the financial inclusion programme within the Engagement & Sustainability scope, delivering milestones and reporting on objectives and key results.
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to translate strategy into concrete initiatives and measurable impact.
- Define and maintain the impact measurement methodology for social and biodiversity projects, ensuring data collection and quality across pilots and rollouts.
- Implement and optimise engagement initiatives using engagement platforms and project management tools to increase colleague participation and external visibility.
- Create strategic content and events with MarCom to position the bank on sustainable finance and social engagement.
- Monitor programme risks and dependencies, and drive corrective actions to meet timelines and targets.
Your profile
Essential skills
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in project or programme management, preferably at senior level.
- Proven ability to manage sustainability projects in the financial sector, with knowledge of banking products and services.
- Practical experience with engagement platforms, project management tools, and digital applications such as MS Office and Teams.
- Demonstrable competence in impact measurement methodology for social and biodiversity programmes.
- Strong written and spoken communication, able to summarise complex subjects clearly and persuasively.
- Structured, detail-oriented and proactive, able to operate with a strategic helicopter view and deliver results.
Languages
- Dutch, C1
- French, C1
- English, C1
Education
- Master degree or equivalent professional experience
Additional context: this position functions as a senior project manager business in the belgian financial sector and combines programme leadership with hands-on coordination of impact measurement. The role title used internally is project manager business and may also be described as engagement coordinator.