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Teddy Pendant

Program Director Banking & Insurance FR/EN

€900/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Teddy


🎯 Freelance Program Director — I lead your strategic transformations, in France and internationally.

With over 10 years of experience in program management roles within leading groups in Banking & Insurance (AXA Group Operations, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Groupama), I handle your most complex challenges: Operating Model redesign, digital transformation, regulatory compliance, performance optimization.

📊 My usual scope: • Multi-country program management for up to 44 international entities • Multi-year CAPEX/OPEX budgets up to €35.6 million • Cross-functional management of 200+ people • Executive governance with Executive Committees and Management Committees

🔧 My expertise: • Program Management & Operating Model • Digital Transformation & Digital Workplace (Worldwide deployments) • Scaled Agile (SAFe, Scrum, Product Ownership) • Regulated Banking: KYC/AML, Basel III, MiFID II, PSD2, Risk ORC • Financial Engineering: business cases, P&L, ROI, contract negotiation • Change Management & support for matrix organizations

🌍 Bilingual in English (TOEFL 93/120), I am comfortable in demanding and regulated international environments. Immediate availability. Mobile in France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland (Geneva / Zurich).

📩 Are you leading a high-stakes strategic program and looking for an operational Program Director starting from Day 1? Let's discuss: |
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • AXA Group Operations,
    Group Program Director — Transformation and Operating Model
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    Direction of a Group strategic program for redesigning the Hardware Workplace model across 44 international entities (€35.6 million).

    🎯 Mission: Transfer IT asset ownership to entities, optimize global sourcing, harmonize operational processes within the Group's Target Operating Model.

    Key achievements: ✔ End-to-end management of the global roadmap, from strategic study phase to execution ✔ Executive governance (Executive Committee/Management Committee) and cross-functional coordination of Finance, IT, Procurement, Legal ✔ Management of a team of 44 country transformation managers ✔ Construction of the financial transfer model (€35.6 million) — P&L analysis, multi-year trajectory, reversion mechanisms ✔ Group pricing negotiations with OEMs and renegotiation of international Master Lease Agreements ✔ Design of the Modern Devices catalog (User-Centric, V0 → V1) and standardization of Group personas ✔ Integration of Digital Sustainability: extending lifecycle, reuse, responsible recycling ✔ Industrialization: pilot in AXA France → global rollout via local Business Cases

    Skills: Program Management · Operating Model · Executive Governance · Digital Sustainability · Asset Management · Change Management · CAPEX/OPEX · ESG
    Program Management Operating Model Executive Governance Digital Sustainability IT Asset Management
  • Société Générale — SGCIB et GTS,
    Digital Transformation Project Director / Digital Workplace Product Owner
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2022 - January 2023 (1 year)
    Paris, France
    Management of the NOVA Program (IT Infrastructure Directorate — Architecture, Security & Transformation) for the SGCIB World Wide scope (UK, EMEA, APAC, AMER, INDIA — 14 entities). Annual budget: €2 million / 2,600 man-hours.

    🎯 Mission: Modernize Digital Workplace services while ensuring regulatory compliance and security in investment banking environments.

    Key achievements: ✔ End-to-end management of an international project portfolio (strategic definition → operational deployment) ✔ Cross-functional coordination: Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and Business Units ✔ Product Owner of the international Feature Team (Agile SAFe) — Backlog, PI Planning, PO Sync ✔ Multi-region governance: SteerCo, OpCo, management of country-specific regulatory requirements ✔ Functional management of project managers and local leads in 14 geographic entities ✔ Mapping and remediation of technical, functional, and security risks in a regulated environment ✔ Implementation of the quality approach and structuring of L1/L2/L3 support

    Skills: Project Management · SAFe · Product Ownership · Digital Workplace · Cybersecurity · Multi-Region Governance · KPI Management
    Project Management Agile Methodology (SAFe) Product Ownership Digital Workplace Cybersecurity
  • BNP Paribas
    Senior PMO / Process Owner / Risk Management — Group Strategic Assignments
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2017 - January 2022 (5 years)
    Paris, France
    5 strategic assignments over 5 years within central BNP Paribas departments: Payments, IT Strategy, CIO Office, Risk Management.

    📌 2021–2022 — Senior PMO / E2E Process Owner @ BNPP DPCM (Payments & Cash Management Directorate) Redesign of Corporate Card processes, creation of the My2CPS Middle Office, digitalization of subscription journeys (Phénix).

    📌 2019–2020 — Senior PMO IT Strategy @ BNPP Personal Finance International (13 country clusters) Global IT services catalog (5 families), contribution to the €700 million budget, Tableau dashboards, IT Analytics project (Agile Scrum).

    📌 2018 (6 months) — Executive PMO CIO Office (ITG 2020 program) @ BNPP ITG / GIPP Management of 26 initiatives sponsored by the Group CIO, CIO governance, structuring of the Group PMO Office.

    📌 2017–2018 — PMO Risk & Regulatory + Risk Management Expert @ BNPP ITRMG & CIB CLM Worldwide Coordination of BCE remediations, Risk ORC, CLM operational risk framework, Handbook OPC.

    Skills: Program Management · Senior PMO · Risk Management · KYC · BCE · Basel III · IT Services Catalog · Tableau · Agile Scrum
    Program Management Senior PMO Risk Management KYC BCE

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Education

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    ITIL Foundation
    2026
  • Specialized Master's in Project Management and IT Master of Works
    CEFISI and Paris Descartes
    2017
    Master Spécialisé Gestion de Projet et Maîtrise d'Ouvrage SI

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