
Cécile Abescat
Fractional Product Marketing Manager | B2B Tech
Salaire / Taux journalier
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Freelance
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Introduction
B2B marketing expert with 12+ years in tech, serving as fractional CMO and product marketing manager for leading companies like Qlik, Cosmian, and Hivenet. Proven track record in go-to-market strategy, content marketing, and sales enablement for SaaS, DeepTech, and Open Finance platforms. Ready to accelerate your brand awareness and market share growth.
Expérience de travail
Part-Time Field Marketing Manager
QlikFreelance
sept. 2024 - Présent
2 ans 2 mois
92150 Suresnes, France
Qlik converts complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, the company's portfolio provides advanced, enterprise-grade AI/ML, data integration, and analytics. Qlik's AI/ML tools, both practical and scalable, lead to better decisions, faster. It excel in data integration and governance, offering comprehensive solutions that work with diverse data sources. Intuitive analytics from Qlik uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities. My responsabilities: ➙ Field marketing for France ➙ Content Marketing ➙ Sales Enablement ➙ Global Account Marketing for Strategic Accounts ➙ Events Coodination
Part-Time CMO - Fractional Product Marketing Manager - Part-Time Field Marketing Manager
Cecile Abescat - From Tech to MarketFreelance
févr. 2024 - Présent
2 ans 9 mois
Paris, France
As an expert in B2B marketing for IT and Tech companies (ESN, software publishers, SaaS, Open Banking Platform...), I support CEOs in their quest for brand awareness and market share. I work with SMEs, Startups, Scale-ups, and ETIs who don't have the need or the resources to take on a full-time employee, and for whom this practice is a real opportunity to be more agile and make their companies succeed. If you're looking for advice, want to launch a product on the market, or strengthen your teams, I can help you connect marketing, product, and sales to identify your growth opportunities. My areas of expertise : 12 years of B2B marketing expertise in tech environments. ➙ Branding ➙ Product Marketing and Go-to-Market Strategy ➙ Content Strategy ➙ Lead Generation: Inbound, Outbound, CRM and Marketing Automation ➙ Organic and Paid Acquisition Strategy ➙ Team Management: definition of needs, structuring, recruitment, restructuring, agile methodology, transition management ➙ Press and Media Relations ➙ Partner Marketing ➙ Events Coordination Outsource your marketing, I provide: ✅ Time-share marketing and communications management ✅ Interim marketing and communications management ✅ Strategic marketing consulting ✅ Operational product marketing assignments ✅ Operational assignments to support in-house marketing teams. My references: - Cosmian: www.cosmian.com - Qlik: www.qlik.com - Hivenet: www.hivenet,com
Part-Time Head of Product Marketing
HivenetFreelance
mai 2025 - juil. 2025
3 mois
Hivenet is a distributed cloud platform that replaces traditional data centers with crowdsourced infrastructure. People use Hivenet to back up files, run computing tasks, and send large files—powered entirely by idle devices across the globe. It’s fast, fair, and radically more sustainable than the status quo. No extraction. No vendor lock-in. Just cloud services that actually live up to the name. My responsabilities: ➙ Product Positioning & Value Added ➙ Product Collaterals Creation ➙ Sales Enablement ➙ Go-to-Market Strategy
Part-Time CMO
CosmianFreelance
avr. 2024 - mai 2025
1 an 2 mois
French DeepTech, Cosmian is at the forefront of innovation in cryptography and data security. The company offers a comprehensive data protection solutions suite powered by modern cryptography. These solutions empower organizations to unlock the full potential of encrypted data while maintaining the utmost standards of privacy and confidentiality. From encryption/decryption keys on the fly to confidential virtual machines in the cloud, from confidential computing to searchable encryption, Cosmian’s technologies safeguard sensitive data, work sharing, and electronic communications against both external and internal threats across on-premises and cloud environments. Moreover, Cosmian’s solution ensure seamless performance and enable collaboration with third parties, leveraging the agile advantages of cloud computing. How much data leakage are you prepared to accept? My responsabilities: ➙ Product Positioning & Value Added ➙ Product Collaterals Creation ➙ Sales Enablement ➙ Go-to-Market Strategy ➙ Editorial and Content Strategy
Head Of Marketing & Communications
Powens
janv. 2022 - mars 2024
2 ans 3 mois
Paris, France
Powens is an Open Finance Platform that empowers over 260 leading financial services companies such as banking and insurance groups, tech companies, and software vendors, to: - automate processes - improve risk management - shorten time to decisions - enrich customer insight Responsible for all company marketing and communications initiatives. Building and managing a team of 3 people. Marketing Strategy: - Development and implementation of strategy aligned with company objectives; - Definition of action plans, priorities, and deadlines. Analysis and Performance: - Implementation of performance measurement tools (KPIs); - Analysis of data to optimize marketing campaigns. Branding and Communications: - Brand identity (renaming, rebranding, visual identity); - Value proposition, positioning, and messaging; - Press relations and partnerships. Digital marketing: - SEO and SEA; - e-Mail marketing; - Social media; - Content marketing. Sales enablement: - Automated lead generation; - Creation of sales materials and training; -Trade shows - Webinars. Management: - Supervision of marketing teams; - Close collaboration with other departments (product, sales, CSM); - Objectives and OKR; - Scrum methodology; - Budget management.
Nexway
sept. 2014 - janv. 2022
7 ans 5 mois
Paris, France
Marketing Director
janv. 2021 - janv. 2022
1 an 1 mois
Paris, France
Responsible for managing all company’s marketing initiatives. Nexway’s complete eCommerce solution provides services, such as global payment acceptance, flexible subscription modelling, automated tax management, and merchant of record services. Marketing Team Management: - One to one & annual review - Sprint planning & tasks prioritization - Budget management Brand Development & Content Strategy: - Global marketing & communications planning - Content marketing - Relationships with press agency: IR & PR distribution - Tradeshows & conferences organization. Sales Enablement & Smarketing: - Lead generation automation (B2B) - Sales collaterals creation - Nurturing strategies Product Marketing & Market Analysis: - Competitive landscape benchmark & analysis - Value proposition, positioning and messaging - Product realeases & documentation
Marketing Team Manager
déc. 2018 - janv. 2021
2 ans 2 mois
Région de Paris, France
• Responsible for managing the company's marketing initiatives. • Manage all marketing for the company and activities within the marketing department. • Develop a marketing strategy for the company in line with company objectives. • Coordinate marketing campaigns with sales activities. • Oversee the company's marketing budget. Product Marketing Key Responsibilities: • Pain points, Value proposition, Positioning & Messaging. • iMarket Ideation, Benchmark, Competitive analysis. • Deliver differentiated value stories and product competitive intelligence to accelerate sales success. • Anticipate the needs and address the different sales channels, partners, and geographies. • Development of the notoriety of existing products (external and internal events, product data sheets, sales pitch, video...) • Define the marketing publication calendar and communication strategy for the products (press release, creation of media, communication or promotion campaigns). • Promote products and generate new leads. • Communicate regularly on product developments internally and with customers (press releases, newsletters) • Management of corporate website content • Recommend promotional and commercial actions in conjunction with the sales department • Recommend new features in conjunction with the product team • Sales team enablement • Development of pre-sales tools and collaterals for customers (PPT, PDF, Brochures, Landing Page...)
Lead Product Marketing Manager
juin 2018 - déc. 2018
7 mois
Région de Paris, France
Team Leader Key Responsibilities: • Coordination between different departments and teams • Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture • Set clear team goals • Manage the budget dedicated to marketing • Delegate tasks and set deadlines • Oversee day-to-day operation • Monitor team performance and report on metrics • Motivate team members • Discover training needs and provide coaching • Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts Product Marketing Key Responsibilities: • Develop go-to-market strategies for products: Pain points, Value proposition, Positioning & Messaging. • Competitive intelligence and identification of opportunities: Market Ideation, Benchmark, Competitive analysis. • Deliver differentiated value stories and product competitive intelligence to accelerate sales success. • Leverage segmentation to efficiently target high-value markets with compelling solution stories. • Anticipate the needs and address the different sales channels, partners, and geographies. • Development of the notoriety of existing products (external and internal events, product data sheets, sales pitch, video...) • Define the marketing publication calendar and communication strategy for the products (press release, creation of media, communication or promotion campaigns). • Promote products and generate new leads. • Communicate regularly on product developments internally and with customers (press releases, newsletters) • Web project management related to Product Marketing: (Specs, User Stories, functionalities definition, Wireframes, UX/UI sensitivity, Wording and SEM recommendation). • Management of corporate website content • Recommend promotional and commercial actions in conjunction with the sales department • Recommend new features in conjunction with the product team • Training and advising the sales team. • Development of pre-sales tools and collaterals for customers (PPT, PDF, Brochures, Landing Page...)
Product Marketing Manager
juil. 2015 - mai 2018
2 ans 11 mois
Région de Paris, France
My responsibilities include: • Define key buyers and influencers and develop compelling messaging appropriate for each • Excellent story teller with the ability to translate sophisticated and complex technical features into clear, compelling stories of end customer value by audience type • Develop go-to-market product and launch strategy, and work with cross-functional marketing/product management/corporate marketing teams to execute high-impact fully-integrated programs that drive pipeline growth, market leadership and awareness • Create content including product datasheets, presentations, white papers, demos, blogs, webcasts, Web content and needle-moving sales/partner enablement tools. • Develop and deliver persuasive presentations including executive briefings, analyst briefings, press briefings, industry events, webcasts, and trade shows. Presentation OEM / PUBLISHER / PRELOAD / RETAILER / TELCO / NICHE (Kids, Gamer, etc…) • Anticipate and address needs of various sales and partner channels and geographies. • Trade SHOW organization : presentation, video, materials (brochure, datasheet, leaflet…) • Product : Developer portal, Niche featured appstore, Preload project, Subscription, Incentive, Advertizing... • Documentation updates, in relation with new release of products, new territories, new strategies • Coordination between several department and team to release new mobile services : product marketing, mobile product marketing, corporate marketing, digital agency. • Newsletters (publisher/ clients/ prospects) • Animate weekly Mobile marketing meeting / updates on owned mobile projects • Wireframe, design, UX/UI, features, content (wording, assets), SEO recommendation • Presales support on FSD, LOI, Agreement, project/ product roadmap follow-up and so on… • Partner Marketing ops schedule and support • Mobile sales reportings / KPI’s
Digital Marketing Analyst
sept. 2014 - juil. 2015
11 mois
Business/Sales Marketing - Creation of special marketing operations (trade, inbound, outbound) for Appstore partners - Monitoring and analysis of KPI's accounts and Recommendations - Support and Coordination in preparation for meeting customers / prospects and events - Creation of analytical reporting Corporate Marketing - Creation of marketing materials & Sales kit (PPT, Brochure, datasheet, demo video etc…) - Corporate website (various marketing updates) - Press Release / Social media - Infography / Imagery
Communication Manager and Project Coordination
INFLUENSCENES
oct. 2006 - oct. 2014
8 ans 1 mois
Communication Manager for all activities of the structure : - Internal and external communication - Design & graphic identity - Webmaster - Public Relations - Sponsorship - Avignon Festival 2007/2008/2009/2010 + Management "La Parenthèse" Theatre in Avignon - National and International tour - Coordination of "Mardis Midi' Theatre du Rond- Point from October 2006 to June 2013 - Coordination of the Reading Committee of Fontenay -sous -Bois Administrative assistance: Convention - Contract - Généreration of payroll - Billing - Ticketing - File grant Communication Manager for two other partners : "Les Migrants Hilares" - Current Music "Coïncidences vocales" - Lyric Music
Project Manager
RATP
juin 2005 - déc. 2005
7 mois
Exhibitions and cultural events coordination Cultural programming of line 14 and several metro's stations Feasibility studies - Project management - Develop partnerships and private sponsorships
Communication Assistant
MAC VAL
févr. 2003 - mai 2003
4 mois
Holding and launching of the futur Museum Public relashions - Events implementation - Presse conference
Formation
Growth Tribe
Immersion Growth Marketing | 6 Semaines
2021 - 2022
2 mois
L'École Multimédia
Digital project manager
2014 - 2014
1 an
Université Paris Nanterre
Master's degree Cultural Consultant : Project management and Social environment
2004 - 2005
2 ans
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Post master Cultural project conception and implementation
2000 - 2004
5 ans