Claire D.

Lead Product & Strategy Consultant

Bordeaux, France

Experience

Sep 2024 - Apr 2025
8 months
France

Lead Product & Strategy Consultant

Wine and Spirit Multinational Company

  • Defined global SaaS strategy with C-levels to centralize product traceability across 14 European brands, structuring product vision and driving Product-Market Fit research
  • Structured product organization by training 3 cross-functional teams in agile methodologies (Scrum/Design Thinking), accelerating validation cycles by 40% on a complex multi-brand platform
  • Architected and led the development of a core generative AI pipeline to process and structure unstructured, multilingual user inputs, involving advanced prompt engineering and leveraging a core LLM, resulting in a 99% data accuracy rate and enabling real-time platform analytics
  • Managed 20+ GenAI use cases for supply chain automation, evaluating feasibility and business impact before implementation across 14 European brands
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024
6 months
Canada

Senior Product Manager & Strategy Consultant

Hitachi Cyber

  • Complete cybersecurity product strategy transformation to strengthen market positioning and accelerate enterprise sales
  • Trained teams in agile methodologies and optimized cross-functional collaboration by structuring a strategic alignment framework for a unified product approach
  • Developed commercial expertise by training 15+ sales and account managers across the entire product portfolio through cross-team workshops, improving consultative approach and reducing sales cycles by 30%
  • Repositioned the brand through comprehensive marketing strategy development and complete digital redesign, strengthening Hitachi Cyber's differentiation in the competitive cybersecurity market
Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 7 months
France

Lead Product & Strategy Consultant

Wine and Spirit Multinational Company

  • Defined global SaaS strategy with C-levels to centralize product traceability across 14 European brands, structuring product vision and driving Product-Market Fit research
  • Structured product organization by training 3 cross-functional teams in agile methodologies (Scrum/Design Thinking), accelerating validation cycles by 40% on a complex multi-brand platform
  • Architected and led the development of a core generative AI pipeline to process and structure unstructured, multilingual user inputs, involving advanced prompt engineering and leveraging a core LLM, resulting in a 99% data accuracy rate and enabling real-time platform analytics
  • Managed 20+ GenAI use cases for supply chain automation, evaluating feasibility and business impact before implementation across 14 European brands
Dec 2019 - May 2022
2 years 6 months
Canada

Technical Product Manager

Unity Technologies

  • Developed Unity Cloud Content Delivery, a cloud distribution solution to address scalability needs of global game development studios
  • Led end-to-end product development from concept to public launch, creating and managing a pilot program with 50+ premium studios for market validation and product–market fit
  • Managed a 15-person cross-functional team across four time zones, implementing agile methodologies and structured sprints, reducing development cycles by 30%
  • Architected a strategic product roadmap with deployment phases and continuous user feedback integration processes for iterative product improvement
  • Orchestrated go-to-market strategy as liaison between legal, marketing, and sales teams, ensuring optimal launch alignment with Unity's business objectives
  • Achieved a 65% adoption rate among target studios and onboarded 1,000+ game studios in the first year post-launch
May 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year 8 months
Canada

Product Manager / Product Owner

Exo - Chrono app

  • Modernized and expanded the ecosystem of Montreal's public transportation app to address growing urban mobility needs
  • Drove a 10× increase in Daily Active Users (from 36 k to 400 k) by leading an end-to-end product overhaul focused on user engagement loops, feature simplification, and core experience optimization
  • Implemented organizational agility in the development team with complete product backlog management, user story writing, and Scrum methodologies
  • Created an innovation ecosystem by launching a 2,500+ beta tester community with systematic A/B testing, increasing session duration by 40% through continuous improvement
  • Developed strategic partnerships by orchestrating relationships with five Montreal transit agencies and negotiating mobility service integrations (Bixi, Communauto), generating 30%+ user acquisition

Co-Founder, Product Manager & Product Designer

WineLife

  • Co-founded an AI-powered wine recommendation web app matching user preferences with the best wine selections corresponding to their criteria (budget, taste, food pairing) available in Quebec liquor stores
  • Developed a bilingual platform (French/English) with a collaborative wine knowledge database

Summary

Lead AI Product Manager with 8+ years of experience scaling consumer platforms and integrating cutting-edge generative AI solutions.

Proven expertise in the full product lifecycle—from strategic vision and OKR implementation to data-driven delivery—to build highly engaging and immersive user experiences.

I bridge the gap between complex AI technology and intuitive, high-impact consumer features.

My current focus is on applying this dual expertise to build the next generation of conversational AI platforms, creating highly retentive products that define the future of digital entertainment.

Languages

French
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Advanced

Education

Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

Bordeaux KEDGE Business School / Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Master of Science · Strategic Communication · Spain

Oct 2009 - Jun 2013

University of Hull

Bachelor of Arts · International Business · Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

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