Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Flying VP Product

*"Swiss Army knife"*

Expert in product strategy and User Research

I help my clients evaluate their software by conducting "user research" audits, identifying problems, and providing solutions: *ad hoc* "revamping", deeper refactoring, improvement of the production process.

I can be part of the product team (as an "impact player" or manager), act as an external consultant producing recommendations, or be positioned as a coach for your teams.

I work in any environment (B2B, B2C, B2E — Business 2 Employee), industry, device (desktop or mobile), and company size (from pre-funding startups to large corporations).

I am looking for collaborations where I can have a strong and rapid impact.

My profile

"Problem solver", analytical, structured. Uncertainty management. "Risk" approach to business issues. "Self starter", persistent. Strategic vision but also "doer". Ability to think "out of the box" and creativity, but also pragmatism. Great ability to assimilate new contexts. "Attention to detail". Visual sensibility.

My experience

Appetite for demanding and stimulating high-tech professional environments (10 years of experience in equity derivatives trading rooms, BNP Paribas)

Strong multicultural experience: project management across 3 continents, sales, training. Five working languages.

7 years of experience in numerous Parisian startups -- notably: Stootie, Mindsay, Captain Contrat, TacoTax.

Basic education: scientific (ENS Ulm, physics and biology), business (HEC Entrepreneurs), and design management (MBA in progress at Strate)

Notable strengths

- Complex products (data-rich, complex business processes)

- Bug tracking through the capture and elucidation of "weak signals"

- "Copywriting"/writing (journalistic experience in particular)

- Processes, tools, change management

Languages

Portuguese
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent
German
Fluent
Greek
Conversational
Italian
Basic
English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to km), Bordeaux (up to km)

VP Product profil "couteau suisse" -- Experte stratégie produit, audit et user research
Impact player, Manager, Consultant, Coach (Freelance)
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
July 2012 - Today (13 years and 11 months)
Some clients

2021
Dolead (Adtech / Martech: on-demand lead generation)
Innovative Real Estate (confidential)
Alliance Économie (real estate economy)

2020
Testapic (remote and unmoderated user testing)

2019
Dataiku (collaborative machine learning platform for corporations)
Fintech Startup (confidential)
2018
MindSay (SaaS platform for building chatbots)
Newmanity (messaging and collaboration platform)
ReportHair (hairdresser at home service)
2017
Stootie (marketplace for services between individuals)
Quelle Energie (intermediation activity for Energy Saving Certificates)
2016
Tacotax (tax optimization service)
Voyons-Nous (dating site)
2015
Captain Contrat (LegalTech)
2014 and before
Decyben (high tech / market finance / data)
Swelen (online advertising)
Profideo (developer of commercial or marketing intelligence software for bancassurance)

The product "value chain" I can cover
- Articulation with the market and strategic vision
- Capturing user needs -- even latent ones
- Collecting and prioritizing relevant feedback and data, navigating through a complex organization
- Developing a product vision that generates buy-in
- Rigor and completeness in specifications
- Integration into or management of the "delivery" process (as PO if Agile environment)
- Availability, interpersonal skills, and responsiveness during the actual development phase
- Stepping back to confront reality after release
- Integration of new learnings and adjustments
BNPPARIBAS CIB
Product Manager and UX Manager
BANKING AND INSURANCE
January 2008 - March 2018 (10 years and 3 months)
Internal sales to the "Front Office" of the equity derivatives trading room of the intelligence produced by the R&D team (quantitative research).
Transition from an elitist distribution to a "mass market" reach within the Front Office and beyond (back, middle, IT, functions) by implementing "user friendly" interfaces. Introduction of a user-centered design process that was a complete break from a very complex and demanding environment.
TCA (agence de presse)
Freelance Journalist
PRESS AND MEDIA
September 2006 - October 2007 (1 year and 2 months)
Freelance journalist for professional and technical press (monthlies and weeklies in the fields of IT, construction, trade press...)