Senior Product Owner / Product Manager

I lead high-stakes digital products.

From strategic vision to delivery. Enterprise platforms, API ecosystems, e-commerce, IT transformation and applied product AI.

Nassim Zaouadi
Latest engagement

€700M in annual transaction volume on the B2B e-commerce platform for automotive distribution.B2B platform · €700M annual volume

Senior Product Owner since 2021: I lead the product end to end, from vision to delivery, with business teams, IT and European partners. Volume doubled over the period, with no service interruption.

AvailabilityImmediate
MobilityParis · Europe · GCC · Remote
Experience~10 years
LanguagesFrench / English
01The context

Does this sound familiar?

Legacy · Run & Build

Evolve without ever stopping.

Legacy platform, non-negotiable service continuity, business and tech teams to align. You need someone who makes run and transformation coexist. No need to land the plane to change the engine.

API · Systems integration

Open your systems to partners.

APIs to expose, interface contracts to structure, key-account partners to onboard. You need someone who speaks both tech and business, and makes the flows reliable end to end.

Transformation · Delivery

Steer an IT transformation.

Product vision, scoping, tech coordination, change management, national rollout. Not a PM who manages a backlog, but someone who shapes the whole roadmap and owns it over time.

02Value proposition

What you can count on

Structure, align and deliver in demanding technical and business contexts.

1

Scope before building

Get the scope right from day one: functional definition, value versus complexity trade-offs, stakeholder alignment.

2

Hold a roadmap on a critical product

Prioritise what matters, make the call between business and tech, and set milestones that hold.

3

Orchestrate systems & API integrations

Coordinate multi-system interfaces and partners: scoping, contracts, testing, delivery.

4

Modernise without disruption

Rebuild journeys and back-office without stopping operations. Security, IAM, cloud migration.

5

Operate in international contexts

Workshops in English, offshore coordination, agile practices adapted to context (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

6

Bridge business and tech

Facilitate cross-functional workshops, manage dependencies across systems, communicate clearly at every level.

IA

Put AI in the right place

Where AI creates value in a product, where it doesn't, and how to move from an opportunity to a feature that holds up.

How I integrate AI
03Flagship project

Autossimo, Autodistribution's B2B e-commerce platform.

Client: Autodistribution · Product: Autossimo · Senior Product Owner · since January 2021

Autossimo is Autodistribution's B2B e-commerce platform, at the core of the group's information system: a national platform, 20,000+ automotive professionals, 2 million SKUs, several interconnected ERPs (including SAP) and an API ecosystem open to European partners. English-speaking context, run and build in parallel.

Lead the product end to end: vision and roadmap, scoping, value-based prioritisation, agile delivery, and coordination across business, IT, engineering and partners. Four workstreams run in parallel, on a single overall roadmap.

IAI automated product processes and internal flows (monitoring, reporting, alerting) with AI.

Multi-ERP · SAPEnglish-speaking contextRUN + BUILD in parallelAgile squads
€700M
in annual transaction volume on the platform
×2
the platform's volume doubled over the period
0
major service interruption

Four workstreams · run in parallel

RUNAutossimo V3€700M+/yr maintained, zero major outage · 2M+ SKUs served without degradation.

The production core: B2B e-commerce for 20,000+ garages, a 2M+ SKU catalogue, €50-60M/month in transactions, on a legacy PHP/Symfony stack across several interconnected systems.

Multi-consumer APIsPostmanOAS contractsJiraProd monitoringE-commerce journey & returns
  • Drive the roadmap (epics → user stories) and prioritise by value.
  • Lead the e-commerce returns management project: customer journey (order, return, refund) and integration with logistics platforms.
  • Write functional specs and user stories.
  • Run refinement, planning, reviews and retrospectives.
  • Coordinate QA, support, business, IT and vendors.
  • Track post-release KPIs and keep production stable.

Result - €700M+/yr maintained, zero major outage · 2M+ SKUs served without degradation.

BUILDBack-office redesignMore reliable, Faster, more reliable configuration means fewer lost sales, and the foundation for V4.

The national back-office for configuring products, offers and content. A legacy tool to modernise without disruption, and every configuration error turns into lost sales.

PHP/Symfony → React/NodeAPI-firstData modelling (conceptual & logical)Design system (Figma)AmplitudeOkta
  • Define the vision, scope, backlog and roadmap.
  • Design the data model: database choice, data schema, conceptual and logical models (CDM / LDM).
  • Rethink business journeys and workflows.
  • Co-build the design system with the designers.
  • Drive agile delivery (3-week sprints).
  • Testing, releases, national rollout and change management.

Result - More reliable, Faster, more reliable configuration means fewer lost sales, and the foundation for V4.

BUILDAutossimo V4 (target)Target architecture scoped on GCP · V3/V4 driven in parallel, end to end.

The new full-API, cloud and IAM version, coexisting with V3 and everything it depends on. A cross-functional effort carrying real responsibility.

GCPOktaOAS contracts + PostmanAmplitude
  • V4 product scoping (vision, breakdown, backlog).
  • Drive the V4 Jira board (3-week sprints).
  • Run API design workshops (contracts, endpoints, flows).
  • Measure usage via Amplitude.
  • Define the target of a single back-office V3 → V4.

Result - Target architecture scoped on GCP · V3/V4 driven in parallel, end to end.

APIPartner integrationMillions of euros in annual revenue per connected partner · faster, more reliable integrations.

APIs opened to major European partners, with contractual, security and multi-system interfacing constraints.

REST APIs + OASPostmanMoesifWorkshops in English
  • Act as the main point of contact for API interfacing.
  • Run technical workshops 100% in English.
  • Coordinate European vendors (DE / Eastern Europe).
  • Drive partner onboarding.
  • Settle technical choices and make the flows reliable end to end.

Result - Millions of euros in annual revenue per connected partner · faster, more reliable integrations.

04Track record

Before Autodistribution.

Product Owner and IT Engineer roles in demanding environments.

RenaultRenault Digital · Product OwnerOptimised the APIs that refresh the navigation system of new vehicles leaving the factory, cutting the time needed to update GPS data so maps are current on the day the car is delivered.
SNCFSNCF · Product OwnerModernised data exchange between SNCF and RATP: APIs to expose and share both networks' data over a secure flow, replacing manual file transfers.
EDFEDF · IT EngineerIT transformation projects spanning Agile, Data, Business Intelligence, DevOps and innovation.
The detail of each role is in my CV.Download CV
05How I work

What changes when you work with me.

I speak both languages, tech and business.

I challenge an architecture with the devs in the morning, decide a roadmap with the business in the afternoon. Nothing gets lost in translation.

I focus effort where it counts.

Not everything is a priority. I protect what creates the most value and own the trade-offs, without turning the team into a feature factory.

I make run and transformation coexist.

On a critical product, you don't shut down the service to modernise. I structure RUN and BUILD in parallel.

I deliver, and it lasts.

The rituals I put in place still run after I leave. Migrating 20,000 users with zero interruption doesn't happen by chance.

AI is part of my toolkit.

I use it to automate workflows, speed up discovery and design features, in my process and in the product.

I hold the relationship as much as the product.

A critical project always goes through tension. My job is to keep business, engineering and leadership talking when things get tight, and moving in the same direction.

06Skills & stack

What I bring.

Strategy & Governance

  • Product vision & roadmap
  • value/complexity trade-offs
  • multi-stakeholder governance
  • discovery & prioritisation
  • product scoping & specs
  • IT / business / leadership alignment

Delivery & Execution

  • Scrum / Kanban / SAFe
  • backlog & agile squads
  • Run & Build in parallel
  • testing, releases, incidents
  • change management
  • workflow automation (AI)

Technical environments

  • REST / OAS APIs
  • complex systems integration
  • IAM Okta
  • Cloud GCP / Azure
  • SQL, BI & observability
  • AI / LLM integration in products
Product & delivery
JiraConfluenceProductboardClickUpNotion (AI)Amplitude
API & security
PostmanOpenAPI / OASMoesifOkta
Cloud & data
GCPAzureNew RelicSQLPower BITableau
Build & design
ReactNode.jsFigma
AI Vision

AI isn't a product. It's a lever.

Automation, monitoring, intelligent features: I know where AI belongs in an enterprise product, and where it doesn't.

In the productCapabilities that change the user experience.
Assistants & copilotsSemantic search & knowledgeDocument intelligenceDecision support & recommendationsNatural language & smart forms
In delivery & operationsSpeed and quality gains across the delivery process.
Workflow automationMonitoring & anomaly detectionDocumentation & specsFaster discovery
How I integrate AI
08FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What kind of engagements?

Short scoping, reinforcement, or long-term product leadership. I adapt to the scope, from a few weeks of scoping to engagements spanning several months or years. Open to a permanent role or a contract engagement.

How does pricing work?

Pricing depends on scope and duration. We work it out in a first call.

Remote?

Yes, seasoned in remote (tools, rituals, async), and I come on-site when the context calls for it.

What if scope shifts mid-way?

That's the norm in complex environments. I structure rituals to absorb scope changes without losing direction: continuous prioritisation, transparent trade-offs, regular alignment.

How do we get started?

A 30-minute first call to understand your context. If it is a fit, we get started.

Recommendations

In their words.

Recommendations originally written in French on LinkedIn, translated here.

Let's work together

Have a product challenge? Let's talk.

Available for a senior role or a contract engagement. Paris region, Europe, the Gulf, and fully remote.