Damien Debierre
Executive Director in Higher Education
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Cergy, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
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About me
Intro
I help higher education institutions turn strategy into execution — delivering tangible results through operational excellence, structured transformation, and disciplined performance management. As an Executive Director, I specialize in operations and transformation, ensuring that institutions not only define ambitious strategies but are able to implement them effectively, at scale, and with consistency. My core focus is on making organizations work — aligning teams, processes, and resources
Work experience
Higher education interim operations & transformation director
D2R managementFreelance
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Île-de-France, France · Hybrid
Transformation & operational management assignments in any situation related to your profit center: crisis management, interim management, process industrialization, post-M&A integration, carve-out, etc. Strong experience in managing teams of 80-100 people and overseeing single or multi-site centers with a turnover of approximately €20M. Key Achievements: Client: Healthcademia Assignment: 5-month interim management as Campus Director of Institut Supérieur d'Optique (ISO) in Lille. Campus with 350 students (€3M in turnover). Direct management of 40 employees + indirect management of 10 contractors. Client: Griffine Enduction Assignment: 3-month interim management as project director in charge with change training (ERP migration). Client: GLG Assignment: delivery of a market study related to the opportunity to introduce a new comer into the French private higher education sector, for an investment fund.
Executive director of IT schools network (B2B higher education services)
Emineo Éducation
Apr 2022 - May 2024
2 years 2 months
69340 Francheville, France
Executive committee board member of Emineo education group. Director of Sup de Vinci institute : 4 active campus (Paris La Défense, Rennes, Bordeaux, Nantes) 1400 students (bachelor & master degrees) Managing 70 people. Business unit turn over = 13M€ (109% of the objective // break even year !)
Operations director of engineering schools network (B2C higher education services)
OMNES Education
Feb 2020 - Mar 2022
2 years 2 months
69340 Francheville, France
In charge with budget (14M€) for ECE campus (engineering schools) Managing 14 people (HR, IT, quality & general facilities) over 3 campus.
Group transformation director (B2B2C financial services)
iQera
Sep 2014 - Oct 2019
5 years 2 months
France & Mauritius
Skills: Amélioration continue des processus · Stratégie d’entreprise · Anglais · Indicateurs clés de performance · Sens de l’organisation · Leadership · Management · Leadership d’équipe transverse · Compétences analytiques
Interim marketing director (B2B aeronautic services)
FlightSafety InternationalFreelance
Mar 2013 - Mar 2014
1 year 1 month
69340 Francheville, France
Skills: Stratégie d’entreprise · Indicateurs clés de performance · Leadership · Management
SFR Business
Jun 2000 - Mar 2013
12 years 10 months
69340 Francheville, France
Head of lean management office (B2B telco services)
Nov 2007 - Mar 2013
5 years 5 months
69340 Francheville, France
Skills: Amélioration continue des processus · Indicateurs clés de performance · Leadership · Management · Leadership d’équipe transverse
Project management trainer (B2B telco services)
Feb 2004 - Dec 2007
3 years 11 months
69340 Francheville, France
Service delivery manager (B2B telco services)
Jun 2000 - Mar 2004
3 years 10 months
69340 Francheville, France
Education
Mannheim Business School
Executive MBA
2013 - 2015
2 years 1 month
ESSEC Business School
Executive MBA
2013 - 2015
2 years 1 month
université de Franche-Comté
Master's Degree
1999 - 2000
1 year 1 month
SUPMICROTECH-ENSMM
Engineer's Degree
1997 - 2000
3 years 1 month