Fabrice des Mazery

Chief Product Officer

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProduct MarketingProduct ManagementGrowthHRProduct OwnershipGame DesignDesign ThinkingAmplitudeConsulting ITGo-to-marketScrumJiraFigmaStrategy & ConsultingA/B TestingCanvaFinanceMarketing StrategyUser ResearchCoaching

Languages

English (Native)French (Native)Spanish

About me

Intro

I help companies get more revenue from the products they build, market and sell. Product and business leader since 2002, I founded two exited companies, worked at companies like Deezer and TripAdvisor, and managed revenue up to $2B and people up to 300+.

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Work experience

Coach to founders and CXOs

productROIFreelance

Feb 2018 - Present

8 years 9 months

Paris et périphérie

I help startups founders and scale-ups execs grow their Product ROI. For some, it's about reconnecting the product & eng org to the business and go-to-market reality. For others, it implies revamping the company strategy.

Chief Product Officer

Tripadvisor

Jun 2022 - Mar 2024

1 year 10 months

CPO of TheFork, SaaS-enabled marketplace dedicated to restaurants and diners. - Strategy: Led the shift from a marketing & sales-led e-commerce platform to a personalized PLG product for both B2C and B2B SaaS customers. - Org: Reorganized 26 Product teams in 4 countries & 12 nationalities. Managing 60+ Product Managers, Designers, Researchers, Marketers, Content & SEO. 2023 Results: 20M+ users, 55K+ restaurants in 11 countries. $1.4B GMV & $154M revenue (+27%) while cutting down marketing costs, reacihng profitability. + Best mobile apps on the market for both B2C (4.9/5 on Android, 4.7 on iOS) and B2B (4.5/5).

Chief Product Officer

Thiga

May 2018 - Jul 2022

4 years 3 months

CPO of the #1 Product consulting company in France & Spain. - Strategy: Shifted from a PO/PM agency to a full-stack Product company, helping companies become product-led - Org: Grew from 36 to 101 Product Managers, Designers and Product Marketers. Results: 30% avg yearly growth (€5.7M to €12.5M) while keeping EBIT > 12 %.

Head of Product & Growth

Deezer

Aug 2016 - May 2018

1 year 10 months

Responsible for building & driving the Growth of the "French Spotify". - Strategy: Built AI-personalized journeys for 20M+ subscribers & freemium users in 186 countries, across all platforms, from acquisition to churn. - Org: Created 6 product teams focused on engagement & growth (acquisition, activation, conversion, stickiness, freemium, growth). Results: + 49% ARR ($304M), +47% DAU, + 44% MAU. $173M raised in 2018, becoming a unicorn. Deezer has since IPOed.

Senior Product Manager

Sidetrade

Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

2 years 7 months

Senior PM responsible for Sidetrade's Fintech SaaS. - Redesigned & upgraded the whole B2B web application : UI and UX, new enriched Search, Business intelligence capabilities and predictive AI for payment delays and cash. .- Developed a B2B2B transactional web app and a reporting mobile app dedicated to CFOs. - Org: 3 POs + 1 UX. Results: Growth +11% in 2014 (€ 14,1M), +14% in 2015 (€ 16M).

Co-Founder

InnerCode (Exited)

Feb 2010 - Jan 2014

4 years

London, UK

Product founder of a Neurotech company. - Co-developed a wearable sensor for HRV (partnership). - Built a signal processing platform with pattern-matching capabilities. - Designed an application for assessing critical decision-making capability in critical conditions. First target audience: Pilots, special forces, astronauts. Result: Successful exit.

Product Marketing Manager

IBM

Oct 2007 - Jan 2010

2 years 4 months

Product Marketing Manager for Southwest Europe (hardware + software). - Rebuilt EMEA offers by recentering on customer pains, killing 60 % of existing offers, and initiating cross-selling between Hardware & software. - Managed the Go-to-Market and sales enablement of the new offers in 9 countries. Results: TO 2009 over €2B, overperforming the market.

Co-Founder

DigitalLaunch (Exited)

Aug 2004 - Oct 2007

3 years 3 months

- Built a marcom product for the fashion, luxury and beauty markets to manage the launch of their products digitally (web + flagship stores). - Developed the business: Dior, Marionnaud, Lexus... - Recruited and managed teams, including Product/project, UX / UI & engineering (up to 12 p.). Sold the company to EuroRSCG - Havas International mid 2007 to strengthen their digital offer.

Co-Founder

EyeLight (crashed)

Aug 2002 - Jul 2004

2 years

Founded a legaltech company and developed a Practice management system with digitized legal documents. Results: Found problem / solution fit but failed at finding Product / Market fit. We crashed.


Education

INSEAD

Product Leadership

2021 - 2021

2 months

NEOMA Business School

Master's degree

2007 - 2010

2 years 4 months

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Bachelor's degree

2006 - 2007

10 months

CY Cergy Paris Université

Bachelor's degree

2000 - 2002

1 year 10 months


Licenses & certifications

UX analytics

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Contentsquare

Retention + Engagement

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Reforge

Product analytics

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Pendo.io

AI for Product management

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Pendo.io

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