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Cédric Sylla

Product Ops, Transition Manager, Agile Coach

€700/day
Nantes, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Cédric

Catalyst for human and organizational transformations. I help teams and leaders build sustainable, adaptable, and value-oriented environments together, through a benevolent approach and comprehensive field experience.

With a comprehensive digital background, from technical to strategic management, I have worked in diverse contexts such as NGOs, large corporations, the public sector, and SMEs, in Onshore, Nearshore, and Offshore environments.

This journey has allowed me to understand the realities of each level of the organization—from developers to the executive committee—and to forge a strong conviction: agility is not a method, but a culture acquired through practice.

My role today:

🔹 Make teams effective, consolidate objectives, make them visible and understandable, consolidate indicators with a long-term vision

🔹 Support organizations in their scaled agile transformations (Scrum, SAFe, Spotify, or hybrid)

🔹 Coach teams, leaders, and Product Owners in a collaborative dynamic

🔹 Foster the emergence of a high-value product or service, at the intersection of business and IT challenges

🔹 Mobilize collectives with a non-dogmatic, pragmatic, and human approach

👣 Certifications:

SAFe Agilist (2024)

PSPO I – Scrum.org (2015)

PSPO II – Scrum.org (2025)

🧩 Bonus: a strong appetite for innovation, transition management, and upskilling internal teams.
  • English

    Conversational

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Nantes (up to 50km), Niort (up to 20km), Rennes (up to 20km), Tours (up to 20km), Le Mans (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Legallais
    ProductOps / Agile Transformer
    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    September 2025 - April 2026 (7 months)
    Caen, France
    Mission: Support for product/agile transformation at the company level with a co-created and sustainable approach.

    Objective: Structure product practices, support PMs/POs, establish an effective and sustainable Lean x Product model by creating a framework validated by discovery and practice.

    Organizational Diagnosis (interviews with Executive Committee, IT Department, Business Units, PMs, POs)
    Facilitation of workshops for building and consolidating team proposals
    Implementation of value-based prioritization governance (roadmap committee, business backlog).
    Clarification of roles and responsibilities (PO / PM / Teams) and structuring of value chains.
    Coaching of Business Owners & Product Managers (product culture, decision-making, capacity management).
    Deployment of a pragmatic Agile/Lean operating model: Kaizen approach, team synchronization, WIP, velocity, rituals, feedback.
    Sustainability through the creation of communities of practice (webinars, training, momentum).

    Impact: Adoption of a common product language, rapid upskilling of PMs, increased visibility of trade-offs, better discovery-delivery synchronization. A value chain aligned with capacity and a consolidated vision of commitments reviewed quarterly.
    Team Coaching Executive Coaching Agile Method Product Management
  • ADEME
    Product Ops & Agile Coach
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    August 2024 - July 2025 (11 months)
    Angers, France
    Product Ops / Project Onboarding
    • Conduct the initial scoping phase of business projects related to energy and ecological transition
    • Advise and foster business and commercial value
    • Consolidate the methodology to be applied
    • Write the summary
    • Initiate the project
    Geco Coaching (Knowledge Management):
    • Bring and promote agile practices in a non-dogmatic way
    • Implement the roadmap in a PIP (SAFe) style
    • Assist the Product Owner in their role and adoption of agile practices
    • Assist in contract writing by bringing the agile dimension
    • Train and support team members
    • Organize, lead, and facilitate workshops and ceremonies
    • Establish a regular and sustainable iterative rhythm
    • Implement empiricism as a means of predictability and effective budget management
    Content Design Team Coaching Executive Coaching Organizational Consulting
  • OCBI
    Transition Manager
    PRIVATE EQUITY
    January 2024 - February 2025 (1 year and 1 month)
    Marseille, France
    Organization and facilitation of a business consortium

    • Act as interim manager for commercial and strategic development pending the recruitment of key personnel.
    • Organize and lead discussions, fostering a constructive and effective entrepreneurial dynamic
    • Implement a recruitment strategy
    • Pool services and resources to ensure the roadmap until the creation of the parent holding company.
    • Prepare the organization of resources within the holding company
    • Create an investor network for successive fundraising rounds
    Business Strategy Fundraising Organizational Consulting Recruitment Consulting

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Education

  • DESS in Networks and Documentary Applications
    University of Caen
    2002

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