Reporting directly to the Director General for Information.- Provide comprehensive support to the Director General in various daily activities, aiming at enhancing the optimal quality of processes and services provided.- Offer counsel and assistance to the Director General in analysing the operation of the department as well as in the design and implementation of the strategy, programs, and projects of the executive management, both within the institution and at inter-institutional level.- Act as a project manager upon request.- Contribute to strategic planning discussions regarding the activities of the Directorate General for Information.

End-to-end responsibility for the Schengen VISA Information System (VIS) and Biometric Matching System (BMS) progressively deployed worldwide (completed end-2015).Definition of the strategy and roadmap in coordination with stakeholders, overseeing customer (European Schengen Member States) interface to operational supervision, steering evolutions and enhancements, managing vendors, procurement, contracts and budgets (around 30Mi€ per year).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Information_Systemhttp://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-information-system/index_en.htm