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I am a senior Agile coach and certified Scrum and Kanban trainer. With a rich and successful track record, I have supported multidisciplinary teams and executive committees in adopting Scrum, Kanban, and a Lean culture. I help define strategic visions and set objectives (OKR) aligned with business strategy. Trilingual in Arabic, French, and English, I am available for remote freelance missions, with the possibility of working on-site one week every 4 to 6 weeks. I favor collaborative approaches and a results-oriented mindset.
I am a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), PSM 3, and PSPO 3 with Scrum.org
I am also a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with Scrum Alliance.
Do not hesitate to contact me to discuss your needs, I enjoy challenges and will gladly respond to them.
Arabic
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Sanofi AcceleratorAgile Team CoachApril 2026 - Today (4 months)Paris, FranceI coached Sanofi's DAI-Vinci platform (1 Product Line Owner, 2 Product Owners, 1 UX Designer, 10 Developers, 6 Data Scientists), restructured into 2 teams. DAI-Vinci is an AI-powered content generation platform for creating and executing marketing campaigns.Product Excellence Coached the team to evolve their product discovery approach, moving from immediate solution seeking to clearly defining the problem to solve upstream. Supported the team in structuring refinement activities, enabling them to transition from refining the current sprint to having a backlog ready two sprints ahead. Mentored Product Owners on validating ideas before development, using AI prototyping with Claude Code. Enabled teams to track DORA metrics using Datadog MCP in Cursor, for better deployment stability and faster feedback loops.Kanban Flow & Continuous Improvement Facilitated the reorganization of feature-based groups into clear, autonomous product teams, sharing a common goal. Made the team accountable for managing work item age, successfully reducing Work in Progress and improving throughput. Led regular assessments based on the "Five Dysfunctions of a Team," collaborating with teams to consistently implement targeted improvements fostering trust, accountability, and collective results.Results & Impacts Cycle time: reduced from ~3 months to < 1 month. Throughput increased by 25%. Focus: shifted from no defined problems to 5 core problems to solve per quarter. North Star Metric: tripled output (from 30 to over 90 contents/month); cost reduced by 80% per content with results slightly better than agencies'. Quality: time spent by developers fixing bugs dropped from 37% to 12%.
- Toyota Motor EuropeLeadership and Product CoachSeptember 2021 - October 2025 (4 years and 1 month)Brussels, BelgiumI coached the OCA platform (500+ people) through leadership, product, and agile coaching. I directly coached 12 Product Owners, 4 Managers, 2 Senior Managers, and 2 General Managers.Strategic Leadership & Alignment• Supported leaders in developing clear visions (department/products) and transitioning from anoutput-driven planning to a results-oriented strategy, strengthening engagement.• Deployed OKRs at all levels, improving alignment and reducing priority conflicts.• Introduced data-driven Product Management, Product Discovery, and feedback loops.• Guided leadership in applying Lean/TPS/TBP principles for business steering.Product Excellence & Operational Improvement• Reduced the number of initiatives per PO per quarter from approximately 12 to 3.• Deployed experimentation at scale for data-driven decisions and efficient product cycles.• Introduced North Star Metrics, replacing historical indicators, for strategic alignment.
- HILTI: en télétravailAgile CoachApril 2021 - June 2021 (2 months)Paris, FranceShort-term assignment to support the management team during the launch of the e-commerce redesign program.• Coached leadership to clarify the program vision and OKRs, in alignment with businessstrategy• Supported Scrum Masters and Product Owners in "delivery" and "discovery" practices.• Assisted Scrum teams in improving collaboration, clarity, and continuous improvement.
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Education
- Agile CoachCoach Agile
- Product Coach / Scrum Trainer Certified Scrum TrainerScrum AllianceCoach Produit / Formateur Scrum Certified Scrum Trainer
Certifications
- Professional Scrum TrainerScrum.org2023
- Certified Scrum TrainerScrum Alliance2023