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Description

Looking for an IT Project Manager / Banking professional?

You've come to the right place.

Accustomed to demanding environments, I have over 15 years of experience in managing high-stakes projects.

I bring a clear governance framework, effective cross-functional coordination, and rigorous management of deadlines, risks, and budgets.

I am an engineer by training and a graduate of EPITA.

I have worked for major groups such as SG Private Banking, La Poste, BPCE, BNP Paribas, etc.

I can assist with:

- Analyzing and understanding various business needs

- Creating user stories and specifications for developers

- Identifying features that provide the most benefit to users

- Collaboration between Business, IT, and stakeholders

- Effective backlog management to ensure continuous product progress

- Defining and planning product releases

- Project planning and tracking

- Risk and issue management

- Project monitoring from development to deployment, respecting constraints (budget, quality, schedule)

- Implementing and monitoring the testing plan.

Shall we discuss your project?

Contact me, I respond within 1 hour.

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Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km)

Direction des Finances (La Poste Groupe)
Senior Project Manager
PUBLIC SECTOR
March 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Paris, France
La Poste - Financial Department, A French public postal and financial services group, La Poste employs over 150,000 people and operates through four main divisions: La Banque Postale, La Poste Network, GeoPost, and Numericum. The Financial Department manages performance and controlling for the entire group.

I joined the team to manage a strategic program aimed at revamping performance tracking for commercial divisions (Network, La Banque Postale, Pro, partners).
Team composed of: 6 Senior Project Managers + 2 squads of 30 people

Responsibilities:
- Structuring project governance for 6 use cases (RACI, committee meetings, deliverables), aligning all stakeholders (IT, Finance, Commercial Divisions)
- Implementing a cross-functional management system (dashboards, indicators, consolidated reporting) to ensure program progress
- Leading key meetings (Steering Committee, Project Committee, Monitoring Committee) and facilitating strategic decision-making
- Coordinating 2 squads (30+ people) and synchronizing project dependencies
- Managing a budget of €1.5M and preparing financial decisions

Results:
- Improved program clarity and structured deliverables
- Better coordination of stakeholders and secured delivery commitments
Budget Management Project Management Business Development Definition and Monitoring of Indicators (KPI) data project manager
BPCE
Product Owner
BANKING AND INSURANCE
October 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 2 months)
Paris, France
BPCE Second largest French banking group, BPCE brings together the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Épargne networks, as well as Natixis. With over 100,000 employees and 35 million customers, the group operates across all areas of retail banking, insurance, and asset management.

I joined the Savings division to manage a convergence program aimed at harmonizing the succession process across 13 banks, in collaboration with business and IT teams and a software vendor.
Team composed of: 1 DP | 1 SM | 1 BA | 1 Techlead | 5 developers

Responsibilities:
- Leading strategic workshops with banks to define needs and build a product roadmap for 12 months
- Structuring and managing the backlog (4 epics, 33 features, 250 user stories) with business value-oriented prioritization
- Orchestrating work between internal teams (IT & business) and the vendor (inbound/outbound flows)
- Implementing and leading project governance (Project Committee, Monitoring Committee) to align stakeholders
- Managing business testing campaigns and ensuring deliverable quality
- Defining a phased deployment strategy to support adoption by the banks

Results:
- 15% reduction in processing times during the pilot phase
- Streamlined FO to BO processes
- Improved inter-entity coordination and standardization of practices
Process Optimization Document Management System Scrum Digital Journey Project Deployment
Société Générale
Project Manager
BANKING AND INSURANCE
March 2019 - September 2022 (3 years and 6 months)
Paris, France
Société Générale Private Banking A division dedicated to high-end wealth management within the SG group, SG Private Banking supports affluent clients with investment, wealth structuring, and inheritance planning needs.

I joined the "Cross-functional Management & Systems" team to manage a portfolio of 62 projects and act as the DMS referent for the SG / Crédit du Nord merger program, including change management for 500 users. Team composed of 4 senior project managers.

Responsibilities:

1- Portfolio Management
- Tracking of 62 projects via Excel dashboard (progress rate, remaining budget, schedule variance)
- Reporting and workload management for 4 resources - 800 man-hours annually (planned / consumed / re-estimated)

2- SG / CDN Merger Program - DMS Referent for the PRIVATE scope
- Developing the document migration strategy from CDN channels to the SG target system
- Identifying discrepancies between source and target document databases
- Mapping document types across all CDN channels

3- Document Governance
- Convergence of PRIVATE DMS funds towards BDDF DMS
- Harmonization of confidentiality rules between PRIVATE and BDDF
- Creating authorizations for a new client segment
- Deploying a single, common DMS interface with BDDF
- Change management for 500 users (strategy, communication plan, training)

4- Regulatory Compliance
- PowerBI reporting for the General Secretariat on inactive accounts (Eckert Law)
- Implementing client letters as part of the PEL to CSL transformation

Results:
- Portfolio of 62 projects managed simultaneously with structured reporting and budget tracking
- 500 users supported through change management for the new DMS interface
private banking process optimization Project Portfolio Management Budget Tracking Document Management System