Imad (Samir) Saouthi

Product Owner

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Rueil-Malmaison, France

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
5 years
Rueil-Malmaison, France

Product Owner

Arval BNP Paribas

  • Management of key solutions: Alfresco (Document Management System), Contract Express (Legal Automation), DocuSign (Electronic Signature), Kofax Capture (Document Scanning)
  • Management and coordination of 3 multidisciplinary teams in France, UK, and India to ensure smooth product delivery
  • Supporting business teams across 30 countries using my products in preparing their requests to ensure the highest quality standards
  • Development, management, and oversight of product roadmaps
  • Prioritization of the Product Backlog to maximize product value
  • Collecting feedback from stakeholders at the end of each Sprint
  • Monitoring progress and adapting priorities as needed
  • Budget management and tracking for products
  • Managing products budget and resources in line with the company’s strategic objectives
May 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 8 months
Paris, France

Product Owner/Product Manager

AXA

  • Responsible for several web and mobile products (JIRA, Confluence, Time Tracking, Transport Survey, KPIs Factory)
  • Supervision and management of the Product Owners for the web and mobile product line to ensure product compliance with business needs and expectations
  • Implementation of the Agile methodology in the Factory
  • Creation and management of product roadmaps to ensure the achievement of objectives
  • Presentation of Sprint demos to stakeholders
  • Integration of business feedback to improve product effectiveness
  • Writing and prioritising user stories, creating acceptance criteria and driving testing and delivery
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders to gather business needs and discuss the product vision
  • Supporting teams composed of Data Privacy Specialists, Business Continuity Managers, Security Officers, Procurement Officers in preparing RFPs and MSAs to ensure compliance and efficiency
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
4 months
Paris, France

Product Owner

BCM Lead Services

  • Leading a Scrum/Agile team for the Habitatpresto.com and Bienchezmoi.fr websites
  • Defining, prioritising and discussing the product vision of the Habitatpresto.com and Bienchezmoi.fr websites
  • Building and managing the product backlogs of the Habitatpresto.com and Bienchezmoi.fr websites
  • Building and managing the product backlog of Engie
  • Writing concise, effective user stories and defining precise, accurate user story acceptance criteria
  • Identifying needs and requirements to align them with objectives
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
2 years
Montreal, Canada

Speaker

McGill University

  • Delivered presentations on business analysis and the role of a Product Owner in Agile to postgraduate students (Internet Business Analysis and Optimization)
Nov 2011 - Sep 2018
6 years 11 months
Montreal, Canada

Product Owner/Business Analyst

Desjardins Group

  • Leading several Scrum/Agile teams across 4 locations for the Desjardins online banking website
  • Leading a Scrum/Agile team for the Desjardins.com website
  • Defining, prioritising and discussing the product vision of the Desjardins.com and online banking websites
  • Building and managing the product backlogs of the Desjardins.com and online banking websites
  • Conducting backlog grooming sessions, daily stand-ups, sprint demos and retrospectives with the Scrum/Agile teams
  • Writing concise, effective user stories and defining precise, accurate user story acceptance criteria with examples for developers and quality analysts
  • Working closely with cross-functional teams of developers, quality analysts, UX designers, writers, translators throughout the product life cycle
  • Executing on product roadmap deliverables and launching over 100 products successfully
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders to gather feedback and discuss the product plan
  • Tracking and communicating both long-term strategies and short-term objectives
  • Identifying needs and requirements to align them with objectives
  • Analysing and documenting requirements
  • Translating business requirements into technical requirements
Jun 2011 - Sep 2011
4 months
Montreal, Canada

Web Developer/Business Analyst

Mintpixel

  • Identifying needs and requirements for e-commerce websites
  • Analysing and documenting requirements
  • Collaborating with the team to develop high-end websites using PHP, JavaScript, (X) HTML, CSS and MySQL
  • Updating and maintaining existing websites and using content management systems (mainly Magento) for e-commerce websites
  • Identifying problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback and correcting them
  • Evaluating code to ensure that it is valid and complies with W3C specifications
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
3 months
Oxford, United Kingdom

Research – HTML 5

Oxford Brookes University

  • Carried out research on the functionality of HTML 5 compared to earlier versions of the standard with emphasis on audio and video features and the relationship to SMIL and SVG
  • Created a set of demonstrations to illustrate the new functionality in selected implementations
Jan 2010 - Apr 2010
4 months
Oxford, United Kingdom

Project – Ornithological Record System

Oxford Brookes University

  • Developed an ornithological record system using client and server side programming
  • Developed the web service in Java using a Java implementation of XQuery to answer queries
  • Developed the web browser interface using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to access the web service and display the results using the Google Maps API
  • Developed the mobile widget interface using BONDI API specifications and LG SDK for mobile widgets
Sep 2009 - Aug 2010
1 year
Oxford, United Kingdom

Dissertation – Web Globalisation

Oxford Brookes University

  • Studied different approaches related to web globalisation
  • Designed and implemented a globalized website for the Mediterranean Laboratory of Toxicology

Skills

  • Agile Methodology (Scrum And Kanban)
  • Document Analysis
  • Jira And Confluence
  • Survey
  • Swot Analysis
  • Focus Groups
  • Brainstorming
  • Business Process Modelling (Bpmn)
  • Mind-mapping
  • Planning And Monitoring
  • Waterfall Methodology
  • Visio, Microsoft Office

Languages

Arabic
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Sep 2009 - Sep 2010

Oxford Brookes University

Master’s Degree · Computer Science · Oxford, United Kingdom

Oct 2005 - Jun 2007

School of Management Techniques (EFTG) and European Institute of Training and Cooperation (IFEC)

Bachelor’s Degree · Computer Science · Dunkirk, France

Oct 2001 - Jun 2005

National Specialized Vocational Training Institute (INSFP)

Qualified Technician in Computer Science · Algeria

Certifications & licenses

Certified SAFe 5 Agilist

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I)

Scrum.org

Positive Political Skills In The Workplace: Be A Strategic Player

HEC Montreal

Management Skills: Perfect Your Leadership Talent

HEC Montreal

Developing Emotional Intelligence

Technologia

Improving Your Skills In Business Relationships

Technologia

Business Analysis Certification

McGill University

Cisco Certified Network Associate Certification

National Specialized Vocational Training Institute (INSFP)

Linux Administration System Certification

Open Xnet

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