
Claire JOYEZ EBRAN
Interim CPO⎥CMO⎥CXO • Senior Advisor • OP
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Are your digital initiatives or business transformations stuck between vision and traction—or missing schedule and scope goals like 60-88% of them do ? I help companies avoid that fate. Research shows the causes of execution stalls: difficult communication between business and tech teams, and organizational silos, unclear ownership and conflicting priorities across product, marketing, and customer service My core skills help solve solve for this > Let's discuss !
Work experience
Interim CPO⎥CMO⎥CXO • Senior Advisor • Operating Partner
Freelance ⎥ Self-employed
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Paris, France
My core skills help solve for typical issues faced during business transformations and digital initiatives : օ Strategic Vision: Market inflection anticipation, systems thinking, data-driven decision-making, business model innovation օ Business-Technology Bridge: Technical literacy, translating business challenges into elegant technical solutions, platform scaling օ Product x Marketing x Care Integration: End-to-end user journeys fueling adoption and revenue acceleration, omnichannel experience օ Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrating globally distributed teams (10 to 150+; 30+ countries), transforming fragmented organizations into aligned execution machines My Sweet Spot: Large scale, complex B2B/B2C/B2B2C environments (SAAS, multi-sided/marketplace platforms, tech-enabled businesses, integration within/with third-party systems) 🚀 Here's the measurable impact I can deliver: → Quadrupled organic revenue growth (4% > 18%) while boosting EBITDA by 3.6pp → Turned around failing digital re-platforming (e-commerce & loyalty program) to deliver 30% revenue growth and +14 pp in repurchase rate → Pioneered industry-first SaaS pivot 6 years ahead of competitors, growing digital revenue to 70% in 12 months → Deployed 30 market websites in 4 months with minimal central resources (x7 industry benchmark) → Cut total cost of ownership by 20% while accelerating releases 8x across 31 countries → Reduced requirements-to-release time by 50% using SAFe/LPM implementation → Generated €1.6B new business volume through strategic product-marketing alignment → Built AI-powered solution handling 2M+ customer requests while maintaining satisfaction Ready to turn your vision into measurable results? Let's discuss ! >> joyezclaire [at] gmail [dot] com _______________________________________________________________________________ Interim CPO CXO CMO • Strategic Advisor • Digital Transformation • Product Strategy • Omnichannel Strategy • Go-to-Market • Revenue Operations • User Experience • Platform Modernization • Agile Transformation • Cross-functional Leadership • Matrix Organizations • P&L Management • Global Scale • MarTech Stack Optimization • Change Management
Pluxee
Feb 2019 - Dec 2024
5 years 11 months
Paris, France
Global Vice-President, Product (Transverse, Growth), Product Design (All Products) and Digital Marketing
Nov 2020 - Dec 2024
4 years 2 months
Paris, France
CONTEXT օ Fintech - Employee Benefits & Engagement | €24B Business Volume | 36M consumers, 500K B2B clients, 1,7M merchants | 31 countries օ Digital transformation requiring significant tech investments օ Performance gap vs. main global competitor օ Rise of digital-native entrants օ Legacy governance limiting scalability of efforts օ Low digital maturity (sales-led growth model) օ Spin-off preparation and IPO օ Started as Interim and was turned to permanent staff after 20 months KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Led critical digital transformation for global fintech, managing team of 110 across 30 countries: → Product Strategy & Vision: Conceptualized component-based product ecosystem addressing scalability challenges across 31 markets. Crafted framework prioritizing platformization, monetization, and self-service initiatives based on analysis of user experience gaps. Secured executive buy-in through compelling ROI models balancing short-term gains with long-term value → Product Portfolio & Organization Transformation: Pioneered globally-designed component suite with configurable parameters and adaptive frameworks serving B2B, B2C, and merchant experiences, transforming fragmented local development into cohesive global function and cutting total cost of ownership by 20%. Implemented SAFe / Lean Portfolio Management practices achieving unprecedented adoption across all countries, reducing requirements-to-release time by 50%, enabling 8x more annual releases. → Global Scale Execution: Directed development and multi-market implementation of transverse components, achieving 7x faster deployment compared to industry benchmarks. Rolled out 30 market-specific websites in 4 months with minimal central resources, establishing scalable approach for subsequent rollouts (merchant finder and simulation engine, 11 & 19 markets respectively). → Product Design Leadership: Instituted enterprise-wide product design practice for all products (15+ professionals) with research-driven methodology leveraging industry tools (A/B tasty, Glean.ly, Contentsquare, Hotjar, Amplitude). Created comprehensive design system (Figma, Storybook), halving UI development time and enabling global rebranding of 120 digital assets within 7 months for spin-off and IPO → Integrated Product x Marketing x Care: Envisioned and engineered strategic components driving business growth: o Website builder & simulator for improved acquisition strategies, yielding 30% YoY lead generation and €1.6B new business volume o Merchant finder and preference center for BtoC monetization, influencing consumer spending patterns hence driving up overall merchant commission rates by 0.3 percentage points o AI-powered contextual help box for increased self-care, reducing costly in-person support interactions volume (target -25%) → Value Creation & Overall Business Impact: Quadrupled organic revenue growth (4% to 18%) while increasing EBITDA by 3.6pp to 35.6%, achieved through powerful flywheel effect of enhanced product capabilities unlocking marketing & care performance
Global Chapter Lead, Digital Marketing and Product Design (All Products)
Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
1 year 10 months
Paris, France
Global Director, Digital Products (eCommerce, CRM, Loyalty Program) & Relationship Marketing
Groupe ClarinsFreelance
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
2 years 1 month
Paris, France
CONTEXT օ Luxury Perfume, Beauty Care & Fashion | €400M revenue | 15 markets օ Heavy reliance on distributors for product visibility and sales, particularly for new and ancillary products օ Declining performance of Mugler’s in-house loyalty program, while distributor-led programs gained strength օ 6+ month delay in replatforming loyalty and e-commerce projects, requiring heavy maintenance of outdated, unstable platforms օ Executive interim assignment for project recovery and sick leave replacement KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Spearheaded digital initiative aimed at strategically building direct relationships with 30% customers. Stepped in amid critical challenges: 6-month delay, 20% Business Requirement Documents completion, and exhausted budget for initial scoping phase. → Product Roadmap Recalibration & Strategic Realignment: Completed delivery of 80% remaining BRDs within 2.5 months which allowed to unveil major disconnect between executive expectations and providers’ plans. Subsequently, secured ExCom approval on agile approach and revised roadmap derived from analysis of technical, organizational and business challenges - addressing legacy systems critical flaws while developing next-gen platforms, adopting phased MVPs, and decoupling e-commerce from unstable loyalty platform → Global Scale Execution & Cross-Functional Orchestration: Delivered first unified customer data and new ecommerce platforms with related automated personalized email workflows, ensuring adoption across 15 countries. Coordinated complex matrix teams across product, IT, marketing, regions & countries and external partners. Introduced governance framework with shared KPIs ensuring alignment across previously siloed functions → Product Innovation: Addressed strategic priority of direct customer relationship through multiple category-defining digital experiences. Reimagined loyalty adding engagement-powered earn system to typical purchase-only system; created industry-first bespoke set creation module; developed immersive perfume recommendation system; unlocked scalability for existing local box subscription concept → Overall Value Creation & Business Impact: Unlocked 30% revenue growth through optimized e-commerce platform, generated 14pp increase in repurchase rates via segmentation framework, and recovered declining loyalty program (from -10% to +30% declared purchases)
Director, Product (Care & Companion), Customer Care and Business Performance Management
SNCF Connect & TechFreelance
Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year
Paris, France
CONTEXT օ e-commerce/OTA - Traveltech | 10M active customers | €4B Business Volume օ Increasing competitive pressure from digital-native players (Trainline, PE-backed), deregulation of bus transport, and new mobility options (e.g. BlaBlaCar) օ Cost optimization challenges while maintaining high service standards օ Experience gaps due to limited omnichannel integration between physical and digital ticketing օ External disruptions: terrorist attacks, repeated strikes, floods օ Executive Interim Assignment (Maternity & Parental Leave Cover) KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Navigated market disruption while leading 150+ cross-functional team members: → Product Portfolio Management: Pioneered lean portfolio management principles (before codification in SAFe framework). Formulated unified prioritization methodology across all functions, initiatives and business units, coupled with regular review cadence to reallocate resources based on highest-value initiatives while maintaining existing team-level agile practices. → Customer-Led Product Discovery: Leveraged AI-powered semantic analysis to process 55k+ annual feedback points from 360° Voice of Customer system (satisfaction survey, client co-construction sessions, app reviews, post-care interaction feedback) and generate automatically actionable insights for product requirements. Achieved 30% reduction in feature development misalignment → Product Innovation & Experience improvement: o Replaced disjointed online/offline journeys with seamless integrated paths for top 5 customer irritants, solving critical friction points o Engineered help box featuring an AI-powered bot handling 2M+ requests annually and optimizing customer care channel mix while maintaining customer satisfaction o Steered development and launch of a door-to-door travel companion MVP, strategically extending product positioning beyond transactional ticket selling tool to comprehensive travel partner → Value Creation & Business Impact: Kept high-cost in-person interactions below 2% of transaction volume, securing profitabiitly level. Increased ticket sales volume +4.4% through improved conversion rates.
Rosetta Stone
Apr 2010 - Jul 2015
5 years 4 months
Paris, Phoenix
Executive Advisor, Post-Merger Integration (PMI)
Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
1 year 7 months
Paris, Phoenix
CONTEXT & CHALLENGES օ Two distinct corporate cultures: listed company (Rosetta Stone) vs. founder-owned & led (TELL ME MORE) օ Differing operational models: Investment-backed expansion vs. bootstrapped approach օ Strong cost pressures due to the decline of Rosetta Stone’s core Consumer business օ Divergent primary markets (B2B / "serious learner" vs. B2C / "casual learner”) օ Different product & learning methodologies: SaasS AI-driven personalized learning (TELL ME MORE) vs. immersive DVD-ROM-based approach (Rosetta Stone) KEY ACHIEVEMENTS → Integrated TELL ME MORE products within 3 months into Rosetta Stone’s Consumer offering as an advanced learner option, expanding the product range. → Secured a smooth transition for teams, preserving key expertise while optimizing operations. Aligned strategies, fostered collaboration, and streamlined structures to support long-term business objectives.
Global Vice-President, BtoC Business Unit
Apr 2010 - Jul 2015
5 years 4 months
Paris, Phoenix
CONTEXT օ Language learning SaaS | Edtech | 35 countries | Global Revenue: c.25 M€ | Staff: 120 օ Declining Tell Me More B2C (DVD-ROM & retail-based model) օ Bootstrapped, founder-led business, with presence in 35+ countries օ Structural shifts: Reduced in-store exposure with retailers shrinking software aisles and reducing inventories; PCs transitioning to laptops & tablets without DVD-ROM drives. օ Highly fragmented market with no dominant player, spanning traditional DVD-Rom software, emerging digital offers, and legacy offline providers. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Formed separate B2C unit to pioneer category-defining business model transformation amid market disruption: → Market Redefinition: Pioneered industry-first pivot to SaaS subscription model in 2010, years ahead of category leaders (who followed as of 2016. Reframed founder's competitive perspective from narrow software market share to broader language learning ecosystem, catalyzing strategic repositioning that proved prescient as market boundaries dissolved. → Product Transformation: Led fundamental shift from DVD-ROM distribution to direct-to-consumer SaaS with first gen AI-powered speech recognition. Executed transformation that competitors took years to replicate, growing digital to 70% of revenue in 12 months while traditional competitors remained tied to declining physical media → Strategic Revenue Optimization: While driving SaaS transformation, strategically maintained targeted DVD-ROM offer for specific high-value segments (US Homeschooling market) maximizing margins while managing inventory obsolescence risk during multi-year transition → Product-Led Growth: Deployed data-driven acquisition framework optimizing CAC/LTV metrics and building sustainable growth engine for direct e-commerce business model across geographies, creating first-mover competitive advantage → Acquisition Strategy & Value Creation: maximized business value to support founder's earn-out plan (Jan 2014). Provided critical product strategy and market insights during due diligence phase that informed acquisition valuation. Post-acquisition, bridged operational divides between listed acquirer and founder-led cultures while orchestrating strategic alignment across segments and geographies. Delivered first cross-platform integration within 4 months
France Director, Product (Cleantech & Cleaning Solutions), Marketing, and Customer Care & Operations
Diversey
Apr 2007 - Nov 2009
2 years 8 months
Paris, France
CONTEXT օ Hygientech & Cleantech | JDI $3.1 B - JD France 130 M€ (Group $7.5 B) | JDI 12 000 employees - JD France 450 (Group c.25 000) | Formed in 2002 by the consolidation of Unilever and Johnson's BtoB activities օ 5-year negative growth trajectory in France which had conducted to a restructuring in 2006 and led to high pressure on profitability. օ Highly competitive, mature B2B sales-driven business (low organic growth & pressure from private labels and numerous regional cost-driven competitors). օ Complex business with extra large product portfolio (7+K SKUs), generating important compliance efforts efforts (REACH, CLP), mixing distribution models (15+K direct customers, 80 distributors, 3K Facility Management companies). KEY ACHIEVEMENTS → Delivered a business turnaround, achieving +1.5% revenue growth and improving EBITDA by +2.3 pp in 2008 after five years of decline. → Optimized assets and maximized cash flow by reducing inventory through sell-out operations on near-obsoletes and slow movers and implementation of advanced forecasting. Successfully cut overdue receivables by 59% within 3 months (from 830K€ to 340K€). → Drove market differentiation, tailored go-to-market strategies and adapted structures to support turnaround: օ Pivoted positioning to hygientech and cleantech, shifting from volume-driven sales to solution-selling (chemicals + services + tech) օ Launched of 15 innovations in 18 months (vs 4 in 2006), driving +29% revenue from new products օ Deployed a loyalty program for distributors օ Revamped of the sales admin department, into a high-impact inside sales function
Director for South Europe, Digital Product (Growth, CRM, Fleet Servicing), Marketing and Procurement
Euromaster
Mar 2005 - Mar 2007
2 years 1 month
Grenoble, France
Bouygues Telecom
Sep 1999 - Mar 2005
5 years 7 months
Paris Area, France
Head of Brand Strategy and Alignment
Feb 2002 - Mar 2005
3 years 2 months
Paris Area, France
Head of Product and Marketing| Digital Products & Services Line
Apr 2001 - Feb 2002
11 months
Paris Area, France
Strategic High Stakes Project : Contributed as business owner in recommending alternative roadmap with i-mode mobile solution, which led to successful 3G license fee renegotiation in 2002 (€4.9B to €610M).
Head of BtoC Strategy, Product and Marketing | 3G Product (Pre-license Attribution)
Jan 2000 - Apr 2001
1 year 4 months
Paris Area, France
Strategic High Stakes Project : Developed critical analysis that informed €9.8B strategic decision to withdraw from 3G license attribution process in January 2001.
Head of Product and Marketing | NOMAD® Prepaid Product Line
Sep 1999 - Jan 2000
5 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
Nestlé
Nov 1991 - Aug 1999
7 years 10 months
Paris, France
Product and Marketing Manager | Breaded & Raw Fish Product Line | FRANCE GLACES FINDUS
Jul 1997 - Aug 1999
2 years 2 months
Paris, France
Media Strategy and Account Director | Breakfast Cereals | SPEDIC (in-house Media Agency)
Jul 1995 - Jul 1997
2 years 1 month
Paris Area, France
Head of Print Media Planning, Procurment Strategy and Ops | SPEDIC (in-house Media Agency)
Sep 1993 - Jul 1997
3 years 11 months
Paris Area, France
Mediaplaneur and Media Buyer | SPEDIC (in-house Media Agency)
Nov 1991 - Sep 1993
1 year 11 months
Paris Area, France
Education
ESCP Business School
Master in General Management - Grande Ecole
1987 - 1991
4 years 2 months