Achraf Essafi
Group Product Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Global Product Manager with 17+ years driving digital transformation in automotive and tech industries. Led multi-million revenue portfolios at Stellantis and Renault-Nissan, achieving 5% growth and 10% customer acquisition increase. Expert in connected services, B2B SaaS platforms, and agile team leadership to accelerate your product success.
Work experience
Global Product Manager
Stellantis
Mar 2022 - Present
4 years 8 months
78300 Poissy, France
* Developed and executed go-to-market strategies for connected services, enhancing customer acquisition and optimizing the subscription experience with cross-functional collaboration involving marketing, sales, and finance. * Managed a 120M annual revenue subscription portfolio, achieving a 5% revenue growth through strategic product optimization and targeted engagement initiatives. * Contributed to the design and rollout of My Task, a B2B fleet feature that lets managers assign and track driver jobs in real time from desktop dashboards to in-vehicle screens providing unified task status and route efficiency. * Presented product strategies and performance outcomes to VPs, C-suite executives, fostering strategic alignment with overarching business objectives and securing executive buy-in for critical initiatives. * Collaborated with UX designers based on customer behavior data to redesign subscription steps, streamlining the customer journey across web, mobile, and in-vehicle channels resulting in a 10% increase in customer acquisition. * Led and mentored a team of 4 Product Managers, fostering innovation and driving product growth. * Conducted comprehensive market research and competitive analysis to inform product roadmap decisions. * Oversaw the entire product lifecycle, ensuring consistency with business goals and timelines. * Contributed to the SAFe Agile transformation within the product division, promoting agile best practices and process efficiency.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
Oct 2017 - Mar 2022
4 years 6 months
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Lead Product owner / Manager
Mar 2018 - Mar 2022
4 years 1 month
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
* Defined and executed the multi-brand roadmap for a new global Connectivity & Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Platform, ensuring on-time alignment with industrial program milestones. * Built and scaled a Cloud Connected Services Platform on Microsoft Azure, streaming real-time MQTT data from 2M+ connected vehicles with 24/7 monitoring of uptime and resilience. * Designed a microservices ecosystem of 100+ REST APIs, integrating RabbitMQ for event-driven messaging and enabling secure OTA firmware/software updates for distributed assets. * Delivered a cloud-native Fleet Management SaaS suite with live geospatial monitoring, health diagnostics, fault detection, and remote command capabilities for large fleets. * Defined long-term product vision and data strategy, balancing B2B fleet operators’ needs with consumer services to unlock new revenue streams and ensure product profitability. * Led and coached Agile teams of 40+ experts (including 9 POs) in a SAFe/DevOps setup, accelerating release cadence by 30% while ensuring scalability, quality, and security. * Engaged with senior executives and represented the Alliance digital vision at international forums and industry events.
Product Owner
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
6 months
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Product Owner for Alliance Connected vehicle and mobility services
Atos
Jan 2014 - Oct 2017
3 years 10 months
Nice, France
Project Manager
Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
2 years 7 months
Nice, France
Senior Business Analyst
Nov 2014 - May 2015
7 months
Nice, France
Senior Business Analyst acting for ACOSS (Central Agency for Social Security System)
Business Analyst
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
1 year
Paris, France
Business Analyst acting for Public Welfare System (CNAF)
Product Definition / Product Manager (Atos Consultant)
Amadeus IT Group
Sep 2011 - Dec 2013
2 years 4 months
Nice, France
* Product Manager at Amadeus: Delivered 5 projects for Amadeus, supporting airlines such as Japan Airlines and American Airlines.
Computer Science Engineer
Atos
Oct 2007 - Oct 2011
4 years 1 month
Nice, France
Graduate Engineering Trainee
Hewlett-Packard
Feb 2007 - Jul 2007
6 months
Grenoble Area, France
Education
Ecole Polytechnique (X)
Executive Education, IA for Business
2025 - 2025
8 months
Activities and societies: Artificial intelligence for Business.
Kellogg Executive Education
Product Startegy
2023 - 2023
7 months
Institut d'administration des entreprises Nice
Master's degree
2009 - 2009
1 year
National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
Master's degree
2003 - 2007
5 years
Classe préparatoires Lycée Moulay Youssef, Rabat
Licenses & certifications
Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager
Issued: Jul 2022
Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
Issued: Jul 2021
Machine Learning
Issued: Jan 2020
Portfolio
Project Manager
Group Product Manager - Connected Services Subscriptions
