Arnaud - Business Analyst AGILE

Expérience professionnelle

Nov. 2002 to present – Axway, Software and Services company, Paris (France)
Director Product Management – June 2011 to present
 Manage new product development (Managed File Transfer - A2A & Governance) using Agile development methodology, ~75 people distributed (8 teams) in US and Europe, define product vision and strategy with executives, managed product lifecycle and portfolio
 Initiate, plan, schedule, estimate, forecast, coordinate, control, manage and deliver all activities for projects and related release initiatives according to budget and timeline defined
 Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful integration and support, reporting to and working closely with executive level
 Manage project chartering (Market opportunities, customer development, User Experience research with customer interviews, product requirements definition, architecture, project funding, structure & organization)
 Define & improve software development process (overall product development & lifecycle, and User Experience), and coached new agile projects
 Speak at Axway events and customer presentation to support critical customers or prospects

Principal Product Manager – January 2010 to May 2011
 Developed Managed File Transfer (Ad-hoc MFT) software using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum), ~70 persons distributed in US and Europe
 Defined product vision & strategy, managed product lifecycle, analysed competition
 Managed release and sprint backlogs, establishing deliverable user stories from high level business requirements
 Defined & improved agile development process for large distributed projects in collaboration with an agile project/program management coach (first agile project of this size in the company - 8 teams)
 Supported account manager & sales representative for critical customers or prospects

Program Manager – September 2008 to December 2009
 Managed and oversaw product management & software development activities related to Visibility product suite (Reporting, dashboard, alerting...)
 Managed teams (30 persons in 4 teams distributed in Europe), developed staff career (mission and annual reviews, training ...), assessed and managed risk, defined and tracked indicators, reported clear program status to management and stakeholders
 Defined & improved Axway development methodology based on agile principles (Scrum), working closely with 3 agile coaches from US and Argentina assigned to the project during 1 year (user story mapping, sprint planning, review and retrospectives, daily stand-up, scrum of scrum, story point estimation...)

Product Manager – September 2007 to August 2008
 Managed product backlog, roadmap and directions related to whole Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) products suite
 Rolled-out product and contributed to collaterals writings, pricing definition and competition analysis
 Contributed to distribution support on customer requirement analysis

Project Manager & Pre-Sales Consultant – September 2004 to August 2007
 Project management
o Planned, tracked indicators & costs, assessed and mitigated risks, managed team (3 to 35 resources) and developed resources career, reported clear status
o Integrated Axway software products & solutions (Gateway, CFT, MFT, B2B, Integration, BAM, Orchestration ...)
 Bid management
o Managed complex bid/proposal response according to RFP requirements (architecture, products/solutions, project management – planning, estimation, resource skills, quality, costs -, pricing - licenses and professional services required)
o Coordinated bid/proposal response inputs from different entities (product management, sales, professional services, legal...)
o Supported account manager & sales representative during overall bid process
o Built complex solutions during POC and demonstrated offer value to customer
o Succeeded in significant deals (>1M€ Licenses & Services)

Consultant – November 2002 to August 2004
 Integrated Axway software products & solutions (Gateway, CFT, MFT, B2B, Integration, BAM, Process management, Orchestration ...)
 Defined specifications, configured and administrated products and solutions, developed interface/scripts, validated and qualified whole solution
Customers (BNP, Fortis - Belgium, Natixis, SFD, France Telecom, La Banque Postale, Volvo - Sweden...)

March 2000 to October 2002 – Solectron, Global electronics manufacturing company, Bordeaux (France)
Project Manager (including 6 months of internship)
 Audited existing solution, defined budget, calculated ROI
 Analysed, interviewed and selected CMMS software vendors
 Integrated, configured and qualified software, produced associated documentation
 Developed and delivered training courses for 80 software users