Hervé MENARD

Leading accessibility at Zalando SE by defining strategic vision and establishing a culture of inclusive design. I align stakeholders to transform accessibility into a competitive advantage, overseeing the implementation of critical features like screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and dynamic text and dark mode across the full e-commerce experience. - Led digital accessibility strategy, impacting 500+ employees and millions of web and mobile users. - Increased accessibility scores from 56 to 72/100 by prioritizing high-impact features and user needs. - Managed 40+ stakeholders to align project scope, mitigate risks, and ensure product delivery. - Embedded accessibility into core product development processes. - Built a tracking dashboard to provide executive leadership transparency into maturity metrics. - Promoted from consultant (Nov 2023 - Jun 2024) to internal employee, ensuring continuity of mission-critical initiatives.

Managed the all-new Briefings product which delivers top fortune companies and global brands with daily insights on their media coverage. - Shaped the product vision and strategy - Identified key business and product opportunities - Aligned the team and stakeholders on strategic milestones - Defined team's objectives and key results and led regular product meetings - Increased transparency on results by creating product dashboards - Managed internal stakeholders (marketing, sales, operations) as well as external customers - Reported to Senior VP of Product, close collaboration with Chief Portfolio Officer

Owned the entire advertising product portfolio for four years before growing the team and splitting responsibilities. Managed the creation of Adsquare's smart data products. - Owned the entire advertising product portfolio (Targeting, Insights, Out-of-Home) - Owned the Data Marketplace product (Onboarding specifications and features) - Owned the Smart & Big data products (Audiences-in-Motion, Place Visits, Home&Work Locations) - Led and managed product developments through their entire life cycles - Defined product vision, strategy, goals and tactics - Managed UX/UI designer (direct report) + backend and frontend developers (outsourced) - Acted as Agile coach - Improved product development processes and ownership - Increased goal visibility & alignment by implementing OKRs company-wide - Reported to COO then VP product, worked closely with leadership and stakeholders

Responsible for delivering the latest location analytics and data visualisation products as well as improving product quality and team ways of working. - Managed entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities - Defined product specification and prioritization according to market needs and competitive analysis - Scheduled and managed product releases - Successfully launched products by working with sales, marketing, R&D and product teams - Promoted products by leading public webinars, demos and pre-sales activities - Developed agility within the development team (Scrum Master, Product Owner)

Release manager of the Nokia Location Platform, providing mapping services to strategic partners such as Yahoo! Maps, Bing Maps or Microsoft OS - Managed map platform release & capacity engineers - Defined release cycle and scope in a very challenging environment - Orchestrated monthly release of the Location Platform - Coordinated platform releases across vertical units, customers and partners - Developed and managed release strategies, processes and schedules - Ensured effective and efficient operation in the preparation, testing, and implementation of the platform updates

- Coordinated software deliveries across simultaneous projects (40 developers in the teams with 6 to 8 simultaneous projects) - Planned development milestones and deliveries with team leads and project managers - Created tool to visualize deviation of project milestones, giving a lot of visibility to the project managers

Product Engineer / Project Management Engineer Multimedia Products (In-car DVD players and TFT screens, Navigation Systems) Project Management - Defined and prioritized tasks to develop, maturate and launch the products - Coordinated product development activities (software, hardware, packaging, logistics, etc.) - Improved maturity of the products with the team in China (supplier) Product engineering - Tested and validated samples, reported issues to supplier - Worked with car manufacturer to adapt product & fulfill customer requirements - Created technical documentation (product specifications and maintenance)