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Mathieu Mahoudeau

Product Builder & CPO

€750/day
Marseille, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Mathieu

37% D30 retention on my last product, ~5x consumer mobile benchmark. And I coded it myself.

Co-founder and CPTO of Trace, I built Trace Bingo from scratch: an F1 prediction game that runs every Grand Prix, on web, iOS and Android, in 8 languages. Frontend, mobile apps, email orchestration (300K messages/month AI-generated), translation pipeline: all with Claude Code as a pair programmer.

Most product profiles arrive with a roadmap and need a team to execute it. I arrive and I deliver.

What I can do for you:
  • Build and ship your product. You have something to ship and not the budget for a full team. I intervene 2 days a week and I ship working software, not specs.
  • Set up your growth engine. Retention, experimentation, control cohorts. At OM, a paid subscription restructure tripled the subscription rate, reduced churn by 20%, and increased LTV by 36%.
  • Make your team AI-native. Real practice, not a presentation: what we delegate to Claude Code, what we never delegate.

Before Trace: Founding Head of Product at Elemint (platform sold to Formula 1, Universal Music and OM), then 4 years leading the digital strategy for Olympique de Marseille.

20 years of product. 4 companies built from scratch to one. Based in Marseille, remote with teams everywhere.

Portfolio:
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • Trace
    Co-founder & Chief Product and Technology Officer
    SPORTS
    May 2024 - Today (2 years and 3 months)
    Trace Bingo, zero to one: defined the game loop, leagues, identity, creator tooling and content pipeline. Live in 8 languages on web, iOS and Android. F1 beta in 6 weeks with no paid media: 25K players, 750 active leagues, NPS 50, 0.6 k-factor, 8 creator and community partners.

    Growth engine: weekly A/B tests on messaging with a rolling 10% control cohort held back from activation, monthly user research, race-to-race iteration on retention as the primary metric. 37% median D30 and 24-27% D90 across 2026 season cohorts, roughly 5x the consumer mobile benchmark.

    AI-native shipping: Trace Bingo's frontend, mobile apps, full email orchestration with AI-generated content (300K msgs/month), translation pipeline across 8 languages, and a Virtual CFO agent for investor and VC interaction, all built with Claude Code as pair programmer. AI as the multiplier on production infrastructure, not a slide. Trace dynamic on-chain sport collectibles on Sui, debuting with the ATP Tour at the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. ~125K accounts. Led 2 PMs + 3 engineers + 1 designer on the Trace side.
    Generative AI Growth & Retention Product Strategy Product Management Product Builder
  • Elemint / McCourt Global
    Founding team, Head of Product
    January 2022 - April 2024 (2 years and 3 months)
    Fan loyalty platform shipping experiences for the world's biggest sport, music and entertainment brands. Sold as a multi tenant product to Formula 1, Universal Music and Olympique de Marseille.
    Shipped the first NFT-secured VIP ticketing experience for Formula 1 Monaco GP 2023. Built on Polygon with dynamic QR codes for venue entry and NFTs that turned tickets into post-event memorabilia. 20,000+ commemorative tickets for Olympique de Marseille fans: 11% conversion rate, NPS 49, 78% reported improved sense of belonging. Helped Universal Music shape their Direct-to-Fan strategy. Managed 1 PM and 6 engineers, plus the design and content team within McCourt Global / Amplica Labs.
  • Olympique de Marseille
    Digital Project Manager, then Digital Experience Manager
    October 2017 - December 2021 (4 years and 2 months)
    Product Owner for the entire digital ecosystem of one of France's most followed football clubs (25M+ fans). 2 PMs reporting in. OM Prime, the paid subscription bundle (Adyen on web, in-app purchase on iOS and Android): a digital-first tier restructure tripled the subscription rate, cut churn 20% and lifted LTV 36%. Led the complete redesign of OM.fr, the mobile app, the ticketing platform and the online shop. Won "Best of Category, Sport" at the Horizon Interactive Awards. Launched the first French football club app rewarding loyalty, with gamification, prize draws and a live-match hub (Sept 2020). Shipped digital activations for club partners (Puma 3rd kit launch, Twitch integration, ticketing UX overhaul).

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Education

  • Bachelor in Communication Science
    Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
    2008
    Bachelor in Communication Science
  • Business
    KEDGE Business School
    2006
    Business

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