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Tarek Makaila

AI Product Manager - Owner | Data & AI

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Tarek

Do you have an ambitious AI vision but don't know where to start? Are your teams struggling to **transform your ideas into an executable roadmap**?

I'm Tarek, founder of Waterflai (incubated at Station F) and former Product Manager at Toucan. I turn your AI ambitions into winning product strategies.

🎯 What I bring you:
  • Strategic Vision: I define with you the AI roadmap that maximizes your ROI
  • Product Execution: From idea to MVP, I structure your AI projects for success
  • Field Expertise: I build Waterflai daily, my advice is concrete and actionable
💡 Added Value:

Unlike traditional consultants, I don't theorize: I live AI entrepreneurship every day. My team management experience (6-10 people at Toucan) and technical knowledge allow me to bridge the gap between your business vision and technical reality.

📋 Types of missions I manage:
  • AI Strategic Audit & Product Roadmap Definition
  • Complex AI Project Management (from conception to launch)
  • AI Innovation & Competitive Positioning Consulting

Let's discuss your AI project!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Waterflai AI @StationF
    Founder - CEO & CPO
    March 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Paris, France
    I am currently building Waterflai, a no-code platform that allows companies to deploy AI solutions 10x faster. This entrepreneurial experience gives me a 360° view of the AI challenges you face.

    Expertise developed for your projects:
    • AI Product Vision: From idea to market launch, I master the entire cycle
    • No-code Innovation: I help your non-technical teams create AI solutions
    • Go-to-Market Strategy: I know how to position and launch an AI solution in its market

    Problems I solve thanks to this experience:
    ✅ How to transform our AI idea into a viable product?
    ✅ How to accelerate the development of our AI features?
    ✅ What strategy to democratize AI within our teams?
    Generative AI Product management Positioning Strategy Product Strategy No code
  • Toucan - Customer Facing Analytics
    Product Manager - Data
    February 2022 - February 2024 (2 years)
    Paris, France
    I led product development at Toucan (Customer Facing Analytics), managing a team of 6-10 people and transforming their approach to data visualization. I delivered a new product version that redefined user engagement standards.

    Expertise developed for your projects:
    • Product Team Management: Complete orchestration of the development cycle
    • Product Strategy: Roadmap based on market insights and customer needs
    • Delivery Excellence: From ticket creation to UAT, optimized processes

    Problems I solve thanks to this experience:
    ✅ How to structure and prioritize our product backlog?
    ✅ How to improve our product delivery processes?
    ✅ How to align our team on a clear product vision?
    Product Discovery Product Delivery Product Strategy Product roadmap ETL
  • Sopra Steria
    Data Analytics / AI Engineer - PMO
    September 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    I led BI projects end-to-end, from needs analysis to the implementation of a predictive AI model for financial results. This experience gives me a solid technical mastery of data/AI projects in companies.

    Expertise developed for your projects:
    • BI & Data Architecture: Design of robust data models and ETL pipelines
    • Predictive AI: Implementation of ML models for decision support
    • Strategic Dashboarding: Creation of Power BI dashboards for executives

    Problems I solve thanks to this experience:
    ✅ How to structure our data architecture to support AI?
    ✅ How to implement reliable predictive models?
    ✅ How to transform our data into actionable insights?
    Business Intelligence PMO Project Management Financial Reporting ETL

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Education

  • Specialized Master
    ESSEC & Telecom Paris
    2021
    Management de Système d'information
  • Engineer
    IMT Atlantique
    2020
    Informatique, Réseaux et Télécom

Certifications

  • TOEIC (Score: 930)
    ETS Global
    2020
    English
  • Change Manager
    ESSEC
    2021
    Change Management

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