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Elias M.EM

Elias M.

Digital Project Manager / Program Lead

€700/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Elias

With a technical background as an engineer from Arts et Métiers Paristech, I have business expertise in several sectors (Retail and Luxury). I possess an excellent understanding of IT projects, a vision of client challenges, and good relational skills for co-construction.

My unifying and benevolent spirit, my knowledge of IT delivery and agility allow me to carry out effective projects and provide contextualized added-value solutions.

Know-How:

O Product Methods
-> Identify customer needs and pain points using indicators and factual data
-> Use numerous decision-making tools (Design Thinking, Story Mapping, Benchmarks, Mapping))
-> Build and evolve user journeys and business processes
-> Prioritize the Product Roadmap using the value/complexity ratio while managing risks and dependencies
-> Inspire and involve the team and management by sharing the product vision, favoring collaboration
-> Unite departments towards common high-value goals (continuous improvement)
-> Implement and monitor DevSecOps Delivery from A to Z

O Agile Coaching/Digital Transformation
-> Map the needs and pain points of a project or department using introspection tools and indicators
-> Propose effective continuous improvement plans to increase productivity, team satisfaction, and sponsor engagement
-> Popularize and implement the agile mindset within a product or department (SAFe)
-> Expertise in architecture and DevOps to streamline delivery in coordination with technical and business teams
-> End-to-end product monitoring (from Discovery and requirements to operational deployment and maintenance)
-> Provide clear reporting by communicating progress and obstacles encountered using indicators
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 10km), Nice (up to 10km)

Experience

  • CHANEL SAS - GDS Chanel.com
    Project manager
    LUXURY GOODS
    March 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)
    Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
    Responsible for the scoping, steering, and coordination of 2 multi-stream Build projects (35 people). Implementation of a delivery consistent with planned milestones (Review of the PBI and Bug delivery process with a new process resolving the FT issue). Integration of key stakeholders and coaching of the team + weekly review to anticipate spill overs and better understand the root cause. Took over feature sizing (functional load vs. available velocity). Increased the Devs (FE and BE) setup to match the new roadmap. Led meetings for Build monitoring and forecasting key milestones (Demo, SIT, and UAT + Go live). Coordination and monitoring of dependencies on multi-stream planning. Led and resolved technical topics embedded in the components to be developed and managed by the Tech Lead. Macro-scoping of the project (Solution/Costing and Planning). Internal Kick-Off launch (Organization, tech opportunity, Roadmap, and Rollout plan). Implementation of a setup in line with the Build requirement (strengthening of Devs). Onboarding of FTs on practices and the Headless ecosystem. Estimation of the overall functional load of the scope for the MVP (classic PDP + present finder). Macro-costing of the Build to determine the final sprint landing. Simulation of a reinforcement setup with contingency to match Load vs. Capacity. Implementation of the global planning by Build Wave with milestones. Kick-Off launch. Led program meeting reviews (sharing stream statuses, vigilance points, and alerts to share for coordination and implementation of action plans). Co-construction of a new release management process adapted to CI/CD to smooth and rely on the deployment process. Support and assistance to DevOps for the proper management of environments and FT issues. Support and implementation of macro KPIs for monitoring program progress.
    Team management
  • Geodis
    Delivery Manager
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    October 2023 - Today (2 years and 8 months)
    Levallois-Perret, France
    Role: Delivery Manager and Solutioning Consultant

    Project: MDM Supplier - Creation and implementation of the strategic DSI supplier MDM for all of Geodis (1 agile scrum team and multiple project dependencies - BUILD phase)

    - Global monitoring of multi-application dependencies via dedicated instances (Weekly, Monthly Delivery Meetings, and Global Kick-off)
    - Implementation and management of releases to frame and industrialize sprint-by-sprint Delivery
    - Acculturation and action plan for the smooth running of the project (pedagogy and innovation)
    - Implementation of a complete testing service with 3 testers and 1 test lead
    - Prioritization of Features with the business, the PO, and AMOA
    - Control and validation of Delivery with POs and the Application Manager
    - Support and input to Architects on Feature impacts (costing and feasibility)
    - Inter-application monitoring and synchronization + urbanization & Architecture (data remediation)
    - Design of project dependencies for MDM (SAP, Salesforce, and internal tools)
    - Creation of a transverse IT Delivery strategy for harmonizing practices and processes
    - Planning and implementation of the CI/CD and performance strategy (organization, execution, and realization)
    - Implementation of a testing unit with the construction of a dedicated service (tooling + necessary QA roadmap)
    - Production monitoring for root cause definition and action plan
    SAP MDM EBX TIBCO EBX Agile Transformation DevOps Master Data Management Data Management data manager Delivery Manager Service Delivery Manager Release Train Engineer Test automation Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Project steering Steering Committee steering tools Performance steering Cross-functional Team Leadership Team Leader Business Strategy ETL Data Migration Data Migration
  • ENGIE - Entreprises & Collectivités
    Product Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    June 2022 - October 2023 (1 year and 4 months)
    Bagneux, France
    Role: Delivery Manager and Proxy Product Manager

    Project: ISI DCP - Management and monitoring of PEGA, Salesforce, and SAP S4HANA applications in a SAFe organization (3 scrum teams)

    Mission:
    • Implementation of a release management repository per PI
    • Audit of the existing situation by defining a phased maturity level
    • Acculturation and action plan necessary for the smooth running of the project (pedagogical and innovative presentation)
    • Implementation of a complete QA & manual and automated testing service (3 testers and 1 test lead)
    • Prioritization of Features with the business for POs and Architects (Program Backlog)
    • Control and validation of Delivery with POs (Design, development, and testing)
    • Support and input to Architects on Feature impacts (costing, feasibility, and ROI)
    • Management of resources and their support (Onboarding, skill development, and objectives)
    • Inter-application monitoring and synchronization for the evolution of the IS architecture in a dedicated SAFe instance
    • Creation of a transverse IT Delivery strategy for harmonizing practices and processes within the department
    • Planning and implementation of the security and performance strategy
    • Production monitoring for root cause analysis and appropriate action plan
    • Control and support the progress of products in development (Features & US)
    • Participate in and monitor the project steering committee Sprint by Sprint and PI by PI.
    Product Delivery Service Delivery Manager Delivery Management Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Change management Change Management Strategy Change Management Support Test automation Automation Audit Needs analysis Strategic Planning Product roadmap TDD SAFe Agilist SAFe Scrum Agile methodology IT Architecture Acculturation Pedagogy Release Management Salesforce Pega SAP HANA

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Education

  • Unique Engineer from Arts et Métiers ParisTech
    ENSAM ParisTech
    2016

Certifications

  • PO Scrum
    OCTO Technologie
    2018
  • Scrum Master
    OCTO Technologie
    2018

Skill set

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