Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

IT Leader with over 17 years of experience in managing multidisciplinary teams: project managers, developers, experts, testers seeking challenges. Proven expertise in IT delivery, digital transformation, system architecture, and agile methodologies. Demonstrated ability to align technical objectives with product strategies, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration to meet business transformation and technological modernization challenges.

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Groupe Bayard
Transition Director of the Digital Factory
PUBLISHING
September 2025 - February 2026 (5 months)
Malakoff, France
Within the Technology, Data, and Digital division, steering the delivery for the group's digital products, data, and AI. Active participation in Management Committee meetings.
• Managed 6 teams (35 FTEs) including development, application quality assurance, and integration teams, data/AI experts, and project managers.
• Implemented a new organization and defined the 3-year performance plan (recruitment, training plan).
• Optimized delivery quality (implemented a quality assurance team), established the product approach with OKRs and their monitoring.
Operational Steering Team Management Product Roadmap Budget Management Performance Plan
LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
Digital Player Account Department Director
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
January 2024 - August 2025 (1 year and 7 months)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Within the IT department, steering the strategic IT department for the digital player account, covering applications (CLOUD and SaaS) managing authentication, security checks, transactions (betting, history), and the player wallet. Member of the Management Committee.
• Managed 3 teams (20 FTEs) including development, application quality assurance, and integration teams, technical experts (architects, performance engineers).
• Supervised critical applications (authentication, security, wallet, transactions) hosted on cloud/SaaS.
• Coordinated post-delivery teams: cross-functional testing and application deployment.
• Migrated IT applications to the cloud (Public and Private).
• Defined and monitored the roadmap, budget management (vertical of 50 FTEs).
• Adopted best DevOps and CI/CD practices to improve delivery quality and speed.
Team Management Product Roadmap Cloud DevOps Service Delivery Manager Budget Management
LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX
Delivery Manager
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
July 2020 - December 2023 (3 years and 5 months)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Within the Client IT department, managing project managers, cross-functional delivery, and deployment:
• Managed project managers within the vertical: 2 FTEs.
• Coordinated delivery and post-delivery teams: integration, cross-functional acceptance testing, and deployment.
• Monitored the budget for the scope (40 FTEs) and managed requests from Business Owners (Customer Journey, Finance, Legal).
• Implemented agile processes to optimize inter-team collaboration.
• Launched service provider tenders and organized follow-up steering committees with suppliers.
• Built the digital roadmap, arbitration, and prioritization.
Product Roadmap Budget Steering IT Project Management Process Optimization Supplier Monitoring