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About Pierre

👉 Senior IT professional with over 20 years of experience in structuring, securing, and managing complex IT engagements for major clients across Europe.

My role bridges business strategy, contract management, and operational execution in demanding environments: outsourcing (TMA | TME), managed services, cloud, transformation programs, and high-stakes multi-year contracts.

I have held leadership positions in market management, business units, and key accounts, with direct responsibility for:

🔹 Contractual and financial commitments
🔹 Matrix coordination of multidisciplinary teams (IT, legal, procurement, finance, delivery)
🔹 Identification and management of operational, contractual, and supplier risks

Accustomed to working with major European IT integrators, I operate within structured frameworks: governance, business reviews, executive committees, compliance procedures, and high industrial standards.

🎯 Result: Better controlled projects, aligned technology partners, and a positive impact on your financial results.

👉 Areas of Intervention

📍 Contract & Vendor Management IT
📍 Outsourcing, IT services, managed services
📍 Cloud & FinOps (OPEX, financial governance)
📍 Management of complex and multi-stakeholder engagements
📍 IT and contractual risk management

👉 Intervention Model

📍 Freelance (high-stakes missions), open to permanent employment depending on the context

➡️ Need an IT contract manager?

➡️ Looking for an IT vendor manager?

📧 Feel free to contact me!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Lille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Montpellier (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 10km)

Experience

  • IT contract manager | Outsourcing & IT managed services
    Freelance
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 7 months)
    Lille, France

    ** IT Contract Manager specializing in outsourcing and managed IT services


    👉 Securing and governing complex IT contracts in outsourcing, managed services, and cloud environments, with a clear objective: risk management and contractual value creation.

    ✅ Central role of transverse coordination between IT, procurement, legal, finance, and strategic suppliers.

    🔹 Definition and securing of IT contractual models (managed services, licenses, cloud, OPEX, SLA)
    🔹 Stakeholder coordination (CIO, procurement, legal, finance, security)
    🔹 Contract lifecycle management: negotiation, execution, evolution, renewals, reversibility
    🔹 Identification, qualification, and arbitration of contractual, financial, and operational risks
    🔹 Monitoring of commitments, deliverables, and contractual compliance
    🔹 Contribution to business reviews, governance bodies, and steering committees
    Contract Management IT contracts IT advisory IT consulting Project management
  • IT vendor manager | Strategic technology partnership
    Independent
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 7 months)
    Lille, France

    ** IT Strategic Vendor Manager and Technology Partnerships


    👉 Responsible for the relationship and performance of strategic technology suppliers and partners, focusing on securing commitments, optimizing costs, and managing risks.

    ✅ Throughout the contract lifecycle ➡️ from needs expression to warranty application, including transition or reversibility phases.

    🔹 Selection and evaluation of IT suppliers (capabilities, delivery, financial stability)
    🔹 Structuring and negotiation of supplier contractual frameworks
    🔹 Supplier performance management (KPI, SLA, quality, security)
    🔹 Service rationalization and consolidation
    🔹 Supplier risk management (dependency, compliance, continuity)
    🔹 Coordination of technology partners in complex projects

    ℹ️ Main Technology Partners

    📍 IT services: Cap Gemini, Sopra Steria, Atos, Inetum, Micropole, ...

    📍 IT software & SaaS: Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Tibco, SAP, ...

    📍 CSP: Google Cloud Platform (GCP certified), Amazon Web Service (AWS certified), Microsoft Azure (Azure certified)
    Strategic partnerships Vendor Management Contract negotiation Business Strategy Risk management
  • Inetum
    IT retail market director | Business & contract | Risk & governance
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2021 - January 2023 (2 years)
    Lille, France
    👉 Direction of a retail market, responsible for the strategy, development, and execution of complex IT engagements, combining business, contractual, and operational management.

    🔹 Management of revenue, budget, and profitability for the scope.
    🔹 Structuring of global outsourcing offers (TMA | TME) and cloud transformation.
    🔹 Responsibility for contractual commitments and associated risks.
    🔹 Matrix coordination of sales, delivery, legal, and finance teams.
    🔹 Facilitation of business reviews and client governance bodies.
    🔹 Direct contribution to strategic client negotiations.
    IT Outsourcing Contract Management Contractual analysis IT contracts Project management

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Education

  • ICN Business School
    ICN Business School
    1996
    MSc (marketing strategy & international business management)

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