Team Lead Mobile

itsme has fundamentally changed how people lead their digital lives in Belgium but we are not stopping there! Do you want to be a driving force to help expand on this success story as part of a talented team that is making a positive impact on society Then keep on reading youll probably like what youll see.

We are itsme one of Europes fastest-growing scale-ups with 125 team members and growing. Our mission: to provide a state-of-the-art digital identity solution for all people enabling them to interact securely in the digital space. Now only nine years after being founded close to 8 million citizens use the itsme app to identify themselves and sign documents online. Starting in Belgium we successfully launched the itsme app in 32 European countries with the ambition of becoming an internationally leading player.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will still write code review architecture and care deeply about what the applications but you will equally invest in your teams ways of working autonomy and long-term effectiveness. You will work closely with product design and backend teams and play an active role in itsmes broader transformation and scaling journey.

The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in evolving environments is energised by technical complexity and understands that great mobile products are built by empowered well-led teams.

• Split your time between hands-on development and team leadership balancing delivery and people responsibilities.

• Design build and maintain features for the itsme iOS application contributing directly to a secure high-impact digital identity product.

• Collaborate with product owners designers and backend developers to translate business requirements into scalable mobile solutions.

• Take ownership of code quality performance and security ensuring best practices are applied across the mobile codebase.

• Lead and coach a team of iOS and Android developers supporting their growth engagement and day-to-day effectiveness.

• Define and evolve team topology ways of working and agile practices to maximize delivery efficiency and team autonomy.

• Actively remove impediments and manage cross-team dependencies ensuring smooth and predictable delivery.

• Contribute to hiring and onboarding helping scale a strong and balanced mobile team.

• Partner with leadership and stakeholders to support itsmes transformation and scaling journey adapting processes and structures as needed.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement ownership and collaboration within the mobile team.

• At least 5 years of experience developing native iOS applications

• At least 2 years of experience as team lead / manager

• Experience with CI/CD processes (e.g. GitHub workflows automated builds pipelines)

• Experience with Mobile release management

• Experience in highly regulated or security-sensitive environments is a plus given the nature of the project

• Strong motivation to work in evolving environments where systems are actively being phased out or re-architected

• Fully proficient in English and native in French or Dutch

• Being welcomed by an informal enthusiastic and ambitious team that is revolutionising how we safely manage our digital identity in Belgium & beyond.

• Offices within walking distance from Brussels Central Station with the possibility to work remotely 3 days a week.

• A contract of indefinite duration with an attractive compensation package.

• An environment where we care a lot about our core values:

  • Impact: Lead by example and create positive influence.

  • Resourcefulness: Connect mobilise and collaborate across ecosystems.

  • Curiosity: Explore learn and challenge the status quo.

  • Scale: Build strong foundations for sustainable growth.

  • Humble: Respect listen and embrace feedback for growth.