CV – Jarko Mesuere | JarkoMes BV

Profile

IT Program and Operations Leader with hands-on experience across program management, software delivery, engineering leadership, and IT operations. I help organizations bring structure to complex environments, align teams and stakeholders, improve delivery performance, and lead execution without unnecessary bureaucracy.

My background spans scale-ups and established organizations, with experience in program leadership, engineering management, agile delivery, and operational improvement. I work best where software teams need clarity, delivery needs stronger direction, and business goals need to translate into practical execution.

Experience

Leading strategic initiatives across product, delivery, and stakeholder domains.
Driving initiative setup, definition, roadmap governance, implementation follow-up, and risk management.
Coordinating teams, partners, and internal stakeholders to keep execution aligned with business goals.

Providing freelance leadership support across IT program management, delivery improvement, and operational structure.
Available for assignments requiring stronger coordination, clearer execution, and hands-on leadership for software teams.

Led senior program management work in a scale-up environment, supporting alignment across delivery, priorities, and execution.
Focused on bringing structure and leadership to complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders and fast-moving teams.

4411 – Parking and Mobility / Be-Mobile NV

5 years 10 months · Melle, Belgium

Program Manager

Mar 2022 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Took a leadership role across strategic initiatives and offerings, covering startup, definition, roadmap follow-up, implementation, and cross-team execution.
Managed financial and technical risks while coordinating customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.

Offering Manager

Mar 2021 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Held overall responsibility for the 4411 offering across product direction, objectives, business development, sales, and stakeholder management.
Exceeded 2021 targets within the first 9 months and expanded the product offering by 15%.
Presented multiple business cases with a combined market value above €20 million.

Engineering Manager

Sep 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Built a new internal engineering organization to take over development from consultants and a nearshore team while maintaining delivery continuity.
Introduced a full Agile / Scrum way of working that was later adopted more broadly across the company.
Led 15 to 20 technical profiles across backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, QA, design, analysis, and architecture.
Combined responsibilities across engineering management, project management, release management, and product ownership.
Supported the transition to remote and hybrid work during Covid while maintaining close team support and continuity.
Accelerated the roadmap, internalized development successfully, and helped multiple team members grow into senior and engineering leadership roles.

Worked within the SRE team to build developer platforms and tooling and support 24/7 production stability.

Managed infrastructure and software tooling for a Belgian freight toll collection platform, including Kubernetes clusters, databases, and delivery pipelines.
Helped deliver the platform on time and later supported maintenance and modernization of legacy platforms toward containerized architecture.