Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original languageAbout Thibaud
I have 15 years of experience in managing IT teams delivering quality software, within an Agile technical and organizational framework.
As a Manager and then Director, I have managed multidisciplinary teams directly and indirectly (Technical, Project, Sales, Recruitment, HR).
I have been able to leverage my leadership, analytical skills, listening skills, determination, and taste for pragmatism in these various experiences.
Naturally humble, I prioritize transparent communication, empathy, and personal development, which are levers for increasing the intrinsic motivation of the people I manage, for the benefit of the company.
With this know-how and interpersonal skills, I can help you to:
- Aim for your company's operational efficiency
- Develop a framework of good management practices
- Enable good collaboration between multidisciplinary teams
- Ensure project management
- Optimize your recruitment or pre-sales processes
- Successfully carry out IT integration projects
Depending on your expectations, I can also act as Operations Director or Transition Manager.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 10km)
Experience
- IPSENTransition Manager – Head of Data & AI Product Management & DeliveryPHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRYMay 2025 - March 2026 (10 months)Paris, FranceIpsen is an international pharmaceutical group whose Global Data & AI division designs and operates the group's Data Platform, used in self-service by business units and for delivering strategic projects (Medical, R&D, Supply Chain).Commissioned to structure and professionalize this team during a ramp-up phase, I acted on four axes:
- **Operational Model (TOM)**: definition of services, processes, roles and responsibilities, change management support
- **Data & AI Project Portfolio**: inventory of Analytics & AI initiatives, prioritization, implementation of a Go/No Go process
- **Project Management**: supervision of the delivery of the first Data Platform projects, implementation of a common practices framework
- **Team Management**: supervision and mentoring of a team of 4 Delivery Leads and Product Managers, establishment of a framework for transparency and continuous improvement
- Publicis Sapient FranceOperations Director - Member of the Management CommitteeDIGITAL AND ITDecember 2018 - February 2022 (3 years and 3 months)Paris, FranceFollowing the acquisition of Xebia France by Publicis in November 2018, I was responsible for maintaining all current operations, and supporting the integration of the two entities in terms of culture, working methods, and tools:
- Support for the integration strategy of Xebia France into Publicis (Harmonization of recruitment/sales/accounting processes, rationalization of support functions, acculturation)
- Presentation of the acquisition to our clients and maintenance of the service level
- Signature authority for client contracts, employment contracts, purchases, and banking.
- Representative to social partners (CSE Elections, presentation of the merger project)
- Management of the Covid crisis (Business continuity, remote work charter, cost optimization)
- Management of the migration of Xebia France tools to Publicis tools (Time tracking, invoicing, accounting, HR).
- Xebia FranceGeneral Manager - Partner and Member of the Management CommitteeDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2018 - November 2018 (11 months)Paris, FranceAs General Manager, I was mandated to take charge of the commercial and recruitment activities of Xebia France (180 people | €24M revenue | 12% Margin (EBIT)):
- Supervision of recruitment activities (Funnel monitoring, quality assurance of the process, final interview, salary negotiation and setting) and team management (10 people)
- Supervision of commercial activities (Client portfolio monitoring, "Go/No Go" meeting facilitation, management of bench time, setting sales prices, defining offers, carrying out strategic pre-sales, negotiating client contracts) and team management (5 people)
- Implementation of performance monitoring metrics for these 2 activities
- Presentation of results to the Management Committee
- Contribution to the strategic initiative to improve employee retention
- Contribution to the due diligence audit prior to the sale of Xebia France (Client contracts, prior notifications, non-opposition).
KPIs:----Increase in average daily rate from €788 to €847 over the period (+7.4%)Increase in gross margin from 47.3% to 50.7% over the period (+7%)Bench time rate < 1%Recruitment of 45 people
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Education
- Engineering, Computer Science - Networks - Telecommunications - Embedded SystemsENSIMAG2008Ingénieur, Informatique - Réseaux - Télécommunications - Systèmes embarqués
- Master 2, Operations Research and CombinatoricsUniversité Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I)2008Master 2, Recherche Opérationnelle et Combinatoire