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Mehdy DriouechMD

Mehdy Driouech

Engineering Manager | Project Manager | Agile Coach

€650/day
Montpellier, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Mehdy

I intervene in Product/Tech organizations where delivery is not up to par, where trade-offs become unclear, and where dependencies hinder execution.

In recent years, I have held roles as Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, and Transition Manager in demanding contexts.
- At DigitRE, the release frequency increased from once a month to once a week within 12 months.
- At Rakuten, incidents were halved in the Kobo scope, and 2 leads were promoted.
- At Adevinta, I supported a team on a critical product in an environment with over 1.5 billion monthly visits.
- At Comwatt, I structured the technical and product departments (implementing work methodologies, recruiting teams, etc.).

More recently, at SADA Assurances, I was involved in structuring the Product/Tech organization, governance, KPI/OKR-driven management, and securing delivery.

Today, I focus primarily on four areas:
→ Product / Tech / Business alignment
→ Bringing delivery back under control
→ Clarifying roles, responsibilities, and governance
→ Developing team autonomy

I also integrate AI into Product/Tech practices: prompt engineering, BMAD methodologies, spec-driven development, and LLM-assisted product scoping. My goal is not to add AI for the sake of trends, but to make it a concrete lever for clarity, alignment, and execution for the teams.
I am also exploring local and hybrid LLM architectures to better manage cost, confidentiality, sovereignty, and integration into engineering workflows.

I am open to roles as Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, and for Product/Tech transformation missions, particularly in contexts where delivery, governance, and team autonomy need to be brought back under control.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Montpellier (up to 50km), Béziers (up to 30km), Marseille (up to 30km), Paris (up to 10km), Toulouse (up to 10km)

Experience

  • SADA ASSURANCES
    Transition Manager
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    February 2026 - Today (6 months)
    NĂźmes, France
    I am acting as a Transition Manager for the operational transformation department within SADA Assurances' IT, in a context of product and operating model modernization.

    My role involves regaining control of a portfolio of approximately 70 initiatives, clarifying priorities, and establishing a clearer management framework between Product, Tech, and Business.

    📙 Scope

    Management of a cross-functional team (7 Product Owners, 2 Designers, 1 Scrum Master) in a predominantly remote environment - Organization operating within a SAFe framework

    Direct collaboration with the CIO and the management committee

    📈 Responsibilities

    Cross-functional management of the IT portfolio (~70 initiatives): consolidation, trade-offs, and synchronization
    Product / Tech / Business alignment: scoping priorities, investment arbitration, vision structuring
    Delivery control: KPIs, OKRs, capacity, unified release planning
    Structuring Product / Tech / Business governance: rituals, decision-making processes, arbitration models
    Operational coordination of Product, Design, and Engineering teams in a predominantly remote SAFe environment
    Transformation acceleration: evolution towards a Product-oriented organizational model

    âœłïž Key Results
    ▶ Unified + prioritized roadmap → first structured COMEX visibility, facilitated decisions
    ▶ Operational governance framework established → faster arbitration, fewer inter-team frictions
    ▶ Consolidated release planning → improved delivery predictability and reduced slippage
    ▶ Delivery control established → KPIs, OKRs, and capacity planning now used to drive execution
    ▶ Transformation towards a Product model → clarified roles, reinforced rituals, improved Product / Design / Engineering interactions
    ▶ AI practices introduced → more structured scoping, improved brief quality + reduced ambiguity upstream of delivery
    Scrumban Transition Management OKRs Product Management Change Management
  • Comwatt
    Head of Engineering
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    March 2025 - July 2025 (4 months)
    Montpellier, France
    I served as Head of Engineering as a transition manager at Comwatt, a French energy company specializing in IoT solutions for electrical self-consumption.

    In this context combining software, hardware, and energy challenges, my role was to structure the Product & Tech organization, secure delivery, and lay the foundation for predictable and sustainable operations.

    📙 Scope:

    Management of two departments (Product & Technical): 17 people
    IoT environment (software + hardware) with energy efficiency challenges
    Close collaboration with management on strategic priorities

    📈 Responsibilities:

    Product / Tech / Business alignment and roadmap management
    Organizational structuring (roles, responsibilities, governance)
    Delivery control (KPIs, OKRs, prioritization, capacity)
    Supervision of engineering practices (Clean Architecture, TDD, software quality)
    Management structuring (recruitment, feedback, rituals, staffing)
    Implementation of an AI playground with the Lead Data Scientist to explore internal use cases, test LLM approaches, and scope initial Product / Tech applications.

    âœłïž Key Results:
    ▶ Organization structured from scratch: roles, responsibilities, governance defined and operational
    ▶ First consolidated roadmap → product visibility established for management
    ▶ KPIs / OKRs implemented → shift from intuitive to data-driven management
    ▶ Engineering standards defined (Clean Architecture, TDD) → common foundation laid for all teams
    ▶ Centralized knowledge management → reduced critical dependencies and structured onboarding
    ▶ AI playground implemented with the Lead Data Scientist → initial use cases identified, structured LLM experiments, and scoping of integration opportunities in Product / Tech workflows
    OKRs Transition Management Release Management Organizational Transformation
  • Adevinta Product & tech
    Software Engineering Manager
    E-COMMERCE
    April 2024 - January 2025 (9 months)
    Paris, France
    Engineering Manager at Adevinta, a leading marketplace group (Leboncoin, Kleinanzeigen, Subito...), operating platforms with very high volume (+1.5 billion monthly visits).

    I managed a team of engineers responsible for a critical moderation tool, at the core of large-scale security, reliability, and user experience challenges.

    📙 Scope:

    Management of a team of 5 engineers
    Close collaboration with the Product Manager on a strategic internal product
    High-constraint environment (scale, security, performance)

    📈 Responsibilities:

    Co-management of the Product / Tech roadmap with the PM
    Prioritization of high-impact topics (security, stability, user experience)
    Implementation and strengthening of engineering standards (reviews, tests, quality)
    Structuring team rituals and continuous improvement
    Technical risk management and supporting the team in decision-making
    Incident Management (Tracking + Post Mortems)

    âœłïž Key Results:
    ▶ Production incidents measurably reduced (time spent on resolution -10% thanks to KM)
    ▶ Strengthened engineering standards → reduction in regressions and improved maintainability
    ▶ Co-managed Product / Tech roadmap → prioritization focused on security and reliability
    ▶ Restructured rituals → reduced friction and continuous improvement in place
    Team Management Audit Change Management Strategy

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Education

  • BTS SIO
    E Peytavin
    2016
    développement fullstack
  • Professional Degree - Digital Communication and E-Activities
    UPVD
    2017
    Gestion de projet digitale et développement logiciels.

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