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Nicolas HussonNH

Nicolas Husson

Senior IT Project Management Consultant

€667/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Nicolas

10 years of experience in Project Management, Program Management, Change Management, and IT Transformation.

Former developer, Engineering degree.

Sectors: Banking & Insurance (8 years), Cloud Infrastructure (1 year), International Logistics (1 year)
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km)

Experience

  • MyTower
    IT Program Director
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    August 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
    Casablanca, Morocco
    • Director of the LVMH program (Moët Hennessy, CELINE, GIVENCHY).
    • Team Management (10 people: Project Managers, BAs)
    • Change Management: standardization of Project Management Tools, Methods, and Processes.

    Program Director:
    • Cross-functional monitoring of structuring projects led by project managers: consolidation of schedules, workloads, budgets, and risks.
    • Implementation of KPIs, consolidated dashboards, and regular reporting to the Executive Committee.
    • Supervision of project teams (project managers, business analysts), arbitration, coaching, skill development.
    • Preparation and facilitation of program and budget committees.
    • Key contact person in case of crisis: management of critical arbitration and definition of corrective action plans.

    Role asProject Manageras needed:
    • Project scoping (contract, budget, schedule, teams), Kick-Off facilitation, construction of the monitoring board (JIRA).
    • Organization of functional workshops, writing specifications, managing validations (sign-off).
    • Delivery management: backlog, capacity planning, reporting (progress, risks, KPIs, budget).
    • Organization and supervision of UATs, coordination of production deployment, hypercare supervision.
    • Facilitation of project governance: daily stand-ups, project committees, steering committees, arbitration committees (change requests).

    Change Management:
    • Structuring project practices: methodology, milestones, deliverables, governance, committee support
    • Standardization of Tools & Documentation: Project Board (JIRA), Document Templates (specs...)
    • Change support: Co-construction, Coaching, integration of collaborative tools
    Change Management IT Project Management Budget Management Team Management Program Management
  • MyMoneyBank
    Product Owner, Infrastructure Management
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    February 2023 - August 2024 (1 year and 5 months)
    Nantes, France
    • Restructuring of the managerial organization, internal operations, and project methodology for the Networks & Telecom teams.
    • Management of the integration of HSBC France's Networks & Telecom division.
    • Supporting teams as Product Owner post-integration of HSBC France.
    Context:
    The investment fund Cerberus, owner of MMB, acquired the French subsidiary of HSBC. Integration is imminent (December 31, 2023).

    Team Management:
    • Daily supervision of Networks & Telecom teams, monitoring of build and run activities.
    • Overhaul of backlog tracking tools: JIRA for build, Smart Now for incidents and production requests.
    • Implementation of communication processes with external teams: creation of incident or production request tickets, Teams channel for new topics.
    • Resolution of internal and external team conflicts.
    • Regular reporting to top management: project progress, priorities, budget monitoring.

    Project Portfolio and Planning Management:
    • Functional scoping and project planning.
    • Monitoring developments, UATs, Production deployment.
    • Budget management and monitoring.

    Product Definition and Management:
    • Definition of products and the team's service catalog.
    • Development of product vision and evolution strategies.
    • Collection and analysis of business needs, writing functional specifications.
    • Management of relationships with internal clients and suppliers.
    • Prioritization of the backlog to optimize deliverables according to strategic objectives.

    Implementation of Agile Methodologies:
    • Change management towards agility: implementation of SCRUM.
    • Preparation and facilitation of Scrum ceremonies: Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective.
    • Coaching teams to strengthen agile practices and improve internal collaboration.
    Team Management Project Management Change Management Agile Scrum Product Owner
  • OVHcloud
    Portfolio Program Manager, CTO Service
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    June 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    Management of the CTO's program portfolio:
    • Consolidation and reporting of programs to the CTO, a member of the Executive Committee.
    • Management of costs, schedules, and delivery timelines of programs.
    • Facilitation of executive arbitration committees.
    • Risk management.
    • Resource securing.

    Director of Change Management for CTO Project Methodologies (200 employees):
    • Harmonization of project methodologies (Prince2, SCRUM).
    • Deployment of a unified tool for monitoring and managing Programs and Projects.
    • Implementation of SAFe.
    Project Management Program Management Change Management IT Project Management Scrum Master

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Education

  • Engineer
    ENSIAME
    2014

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