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François De Jamblinne

Chief Operating Officer

€750/day
Nivelles, BE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About François

Operational and commercial leader with 12+ years of experience in fast-growing environments — from HR consulting and digital transformation to a COO role at a …Operational and commercial leader with 12+ years of experience in fast-growing environments — from HR consulting and digital transformation to a COO role at a Belgian AI SaaS scale-up, recently acquired by a European player.

My throughline: helping organizations structure themselves, perform, and grow. In practice, this means strategic co-leadership, operational structuring, business development and partnerships, team management, and implementing processes and tools that create real efficiency gains.
What I bring concretely:

Operations and governance structuring in scaling environments
Building and animating distribution and partnership networks across Belgium and Europe
CRM, collaboration tools and automated workflow implementation (Odoo, n8n, AI)
Team management and development (up to 20 people)
Go-to-market design and international expansion
Digital transformation and AI integration into day-to-day operations

Available for:

Fractional COO / Chief of Staff / Head of Operations missions, Business Development & Partnerships, operational structuring, internationalization support, or digital transformation and AI advisory.
Trilingual FR/EN/NL — equally comfortable working with founders, executive teams, or field teams.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Dutch

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Nivelles (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Maya Global
    Chief Operating Officer
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    Belgium
    -Strengthening teams and fostering a high-performance culture. -Co-driving strategy and go-to-market execution. -Scaling operations and optimizing processes across multiple countries. -Overseeing financial resource allocation and performance tracking. -Implementing KPIs, reporting frameworks, and decision-making tools. -Leading global distribution partnerships and market expansion. -Structuring IT and tools architecture for scalability and efficiency.
  • DARWIND - empowering evolution
    Senior Business Manager
    January 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 11 months)
    Brussels, Belgium
    • Company Growth & Scaling: Participated to the transition from a startup phase (less than 10 FTEs and 1 staff member) to a 30+ employees company, 15+ independent consultants and a dedicated 5-person staff team.
    • Revenue Growth: Contributed to scaling the business, driving revenue from €500,000 to €5 million in 3 years.
    • People Management: Managed a multidisciplinary team of IT and digital consultants with expertise in IT architecture, project & change management, business process analysis, and data management.
    • Project Delivery: Oversaw the successful delivery of various project models (time & material, fixed-price, content-based, and outsourcing).
    • P&L Responsibility: Managed business objectives, ensuring profitability and financial performance.
    • Client & Partner Relationships: Built strong partnerships by acting as a trusted advisor, delivering high-quality solutions, and developing new business opportunities.
  • Intys hr
    Business Development Manager
    April 2019 - January 2022 (2 years and 9 months)
    Brussels, Belgium
    -People Management : Daily Management of a team of talented HR consultants (15-25 people).
    -Project Management: HR projects / Spoc transformation optimization projects HR diagnostics projects) -Business Management: Management of my business and

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Education

  • Executive program , Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy Lean management
    MIT Sloan School of Management
    2025
    Executive program , Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy Lean management
  • Executive Master in Management & Digital Strategy , Business
    Ichec Brussels Management School
    2022
    Executive Master in Management & Digital Strategy , Business

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