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Speaking since 2015 on Scrum Mastering, agile coordination, and IT transformation missions, I support teams and organizations in complex contexts: multi-team coordination, ramp-up, reorganization, high-pressure projects, or at-scale transformation.
I work with product, business, and development teams, as well as managers and executives, to improve work visibility, streamline interactions, structure backlogs, and enhance execution quality.
My experience has been built in various environments, with recurring challenges of structuring, stabilization, flow management, and transversal coordination. I have developed a capacity to adapt the agile framework to the field, quickly identify friction points, and secure team operations without a theoretical or standardized approach.
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Vichy (up to 50km), Clermont-Ferrand (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- INSTITUTION DU SECTEUR SÉCURITÉAgile Transformation Lead - Operating Model & GovernancePUBLIC SECTORDecember 2025 - June 2026 (6 months)Lyon, FranceCONTEXT:IT organization structured into tribes and squads facing a multiplication of initiatives, strong silos, and a lack of operational ownership, in a context of at-scale transformation.MAIN ACTIONS:
- Defining the agile transformation framework and operating standards as a reference for deployment.
- Structuring the target operating model: tribes, squads, roles, responsibilities, and governance mechanisms.
- Implementing an Agile PMO providing portfolio visibility, dependency management, and value-driven steering.
- Deploying common roles and practices: Product Owner, Scrum Master / Delivery Lead, backlog management, and sprint cycles.
- Establishing inter-team coordination routines and transversal governance bodies.
- Coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and IT managers on agile steering, coordination, and operating practices.
- MICHELINTransversal Scrum Master - Multi-team Agile CoordinationAUTOMOBILEFebruary 2025 - September 2025 (6 months)Clermont-Ferrand, FranceKEY RESULT:Reduction of approximately 50% of time spent on monthly agile steering cycles, while improving collective visibility and the quality of arbitration in an international program experiencing rapid growth.CONTEXT:International program for redesigning critical business software (orders, billing, logistics, inventory) involving about a dozen countries and around 80 stakeholders.In the final phase of the program, teams are rapidly doubling in size without changes to the coordination model, in a context of high operational pressure, heterogeneous practices, and low organizational capacity for structural changes.MAIN ACTIONS:
- Pragmatic redesign of monthly agile steering cycles and light standardization of tracking tools.
- Improved preparation and facilitation of transversal agile rituals.
- In-depth work on backlogs and workflows: analysis of Azure DevOps usage and existing processes, mapping, reduction of duplication, and harmonization of work methods.
- Creation of functional maps to strengthen alignment between product teams, analysts, and business partners.
- Gradual introduction of operating standards adapted to an informal environment.
RESULTS:- Reduction of approximately 50% of time spent on monthly agile cycles (~80 hours/month saved).
- Improved collective visibility and quality of arbitration during meetings.
- Strengthened inter-team coordination and better dependency management.
- Stabilization of transversal operations approaching a critical deployment.
- WHAPIYATechnical Project Manager - Agile Tooling & InnovationApril 2024 - January 2025 (9 months)Design and experimentation of collaborative tools for coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and project teams to facilitate agile steering, visualization, and collaboration practices.
- Product exploration and vision workshops: user scenarios, personas, ideation, and prioritization.
- Gradual definition of product strategy and roadmap aligned with observed field needs.
- Development of prototypes and technical POCs around visualization, document exports, and integration of collaborative tools (Jira, Miro, Azure DevOps).
- Implementation of a cloud technical platform and CI/CD pipeline to support experimentation and industrialization of prototypes.
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Education
- ChatGPT for Your User StoriesRomain Couturier, Aurélie Le Guillou2024Initiative novatrice et pertinente, cette formation explore comment l'intelligence artificielle peut être utilisée pour améliorer la qualité et la pertinence des User Stories, contribuant ainsi à une meilleure compréhension des besoins des utilisateurs et à une livraison plus efficace des fonctionnalités. Investir dans cette formation c'est acquérir des compétences précieuses pour optimiser le processus de développement logiciel et fournir des produits qui répondent véritablement aux attentes des utilisateurs, renforçant ainsi sa position concurrentielle sur le marché.
- Evidence Guided Product ManagementItamar Gilad2023Opportunité précieuse pour renforcer vos compétences en gestion de produits, cette formation offre une approche basée sur les preuves pour la prise de décision et la gestion efficace du cycle de vie des produits. Les participants acquièrent des outils et des techniques pratiques pour collecter et analyser des données, ce qui leur permet de prendre des décisions éclairées et de maximiser la valeur des produits. Ainsi, ils améliorent leur capacité à développer des produits innovants qui répondent aux besoins réels des utilisateurs, renforçant ainsi leur positionnement sur le marché.
Certifications
- Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)Scrum Alliance2020
- SAFe SPC CertificationScaled Agile2020