Program Owner (Software)

This is a rare dual-ownership role: you'll shape the architecture and hold external development partners to a high standard, while building and growing an internal software team whose work directly safeguards the integrity of pipelines and industrial installations worldwide. Location: Head office in Tricht, in the Utrecht/Gelderland region About Intero Integrity Intero Integrity is an internationally operating specialist in the inspection, maintenance and emission monitoring of pipelines and industrial assets. We develop our inspection technology entirely in-house. From ultrasonic measurement systems and FPGA signal processing to the software our analysts use to interpret hundreds of kilometres of pipeline data. The inspection results our software produces are used for safety-critical decisions about the integrity of pipelines and industrial installations such as heat exchangers. Reliability and correctness are therefore not a nice-to-have, but an absolute requirement. We operate across Europe, North America and the Middle East. Our software products sit at the heart of that work: they are used every day by our data analysis organisation around the world. Whatever you build here has a direct, global impact. The opportunity This is a role for someone who wants ownership of something that matters. Our software products are used by our entire data analysis organisation worldwide, and we are investing in evolving them together with an external development partner. As Program Owner you take full ownership of this: you set the direction, safeguard the quality and bring the work to production. What makes this role rare is the combination. On one side you guide and grow our internal software developers, and there is a clear path to take on leaderschip of the department as it matures. On the other side you manage our external partners: you hold them to a high standard, protect scope and budget, and make sure the value they create stays with Intero. Few roles let you shape both the team and the delivery. Because our data is used for decisions about the integrity of pipelines and installations, a strong sense of software quality and risk runs through everything you do. If you are looking for a place where your technical judgement, your leadership and your ownership all count, and where the products you steward are relied on across the globe, this is it. What you will do Ownership & partner governance You take ownership of the software programme end to end and are the primary point of contact towards our external partners You manage scope, planning and budget, and hold external parties to a high standard of quality and delivery You critically assess partners' architecture proposals and technology choices and form an independent view, including on topics outside your own specialism You flag risks early, escalate where necessary and safeguard the long-term maintainability of our software You ensure commitments on IP transfer,…