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Description

Transition Manager - COO - Program Manager - Business Unit Manager - Operational Director

I am Marie-Angèle Robin, a passionate entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in complex project management (railway engineering, civil engineering, major international projects, highway operations, highway tunnel operations), strategic steering, and operational management (up to 450 operational staff).

I support companies, investors, and project owners in structuring, optimizing, and securing their operations.

🔹 My Expertise

Transition Management & Operational Steering

Budget Management (financial volume managed 4 billion CHF annually)

Strategic Project Management (construction, real estate, services)

Owner's Representative Assistance (AMO)

Real Estate Investment Consulting (profitability, financing, asset structuring)

Business Development and Performance Optimization

🔹 What I Offer You

✅ A clear and pragmatic vision to transform your projects into concrete results

✅ Efficient processes and rigorous management to meet your deadlines and budgets

✅ Tailor-made support, results-oriented and focused on return on investment

🎯 My Goal: To save you time, secure your decisions, and maximize your performance.

Available for ad-hoc assignments, strategic support, or short, medium, and long-term collaborations.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Dijon (up to 50km), Troyes (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Nancy (up to 50km), Lausanne (up to 50km)

WSP Ingénieurs Conseils SA
Deputy Unit Manager / Road Infrastructure and Structures Unit
CIVIL ENGINEERING
June 2024 - August 2025 (1 year and 2 months)
Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
• Direct management of infrastructure projects: coordination of studies and works in the areas of roads, structures, and urban mobility
• Implementation and facilitation of project reviews with engineers: technical monitoring, milestones, quality, and operational decisions
• Financial management of the unit's project portfolio: margin monitoring, budget control, forecasts, reporting to management
• Support for strategic decisions: workload analysis, project prioritization, resource allocation
• Development of the unit in Geneva: active search for mandates, responses to public tenders, partnership prospecting
• Client relations: contractual support, needs monitoring, and business development
Project Management Project Finance Strategic planning Business development
Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernois
Program Manager
TRANSPORTATION
January 2023 - January 2024 (1 year)
Montreux, VD, Switzerland
Management of the Montreux–Les Rochers de Naye line renovation program (400 M CHF). Renovation of railway infrastructure: track, contact line, safety systems, cables and civil engineering, LHand development, building renovation and train access, and renovation of the line's stations and stops for a budget of 400 million CHF
Project Finance Business development Project Management Public relations negotiation
SBB CFF FFS
Railway Construction Group Manager
January 2018 - January 2023 (5 years)
Renens, VD, Switzerland
• Supervision of 15 multidisciplinary execution project managers and site managers, and 4 safety managers
• Contractual monitoring, operations planning, railway engineering tenders
• Operations monitoring and project portfolio management
• Implementation of safety procedures in execution, inter-service coordination
• Negotiation
• Recruitment
• Financial project management