
Irene Cattaneo
Head of Operations
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Head of Operations with proven expertise in scaling teams, optimizing workflows, and driving operational excellence. Recovered over €1.4M in overdue payments within 90 days while implementing company-wide automation strategies across HubSpot, Jira, and sales enablement tools. Specialized in revenue operations, process optimization, and cross-functional alignment to fuel growth and efficiency.
Work experience
Founder / Operations Consultant
Axenta Consulting
Jan 2026 - Present
10 months
Paris, France
Consultant FinsOps
BumpFreelance
Apr 2026 - Jun 2026
3 months
Paris, France
Echo Analytics
Jun 2023 - Dec 2025
2 years 7 months
Paris, France
Head of Operations
Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
2 years
Paris, France
– Recruited, trained, and led the Operations team to improve efficiency, support company growth, and deploy a company-wide operational excellence strategy, focused on: – Team alignment: Defined objectives, implemented KPI dashboards, and enhanced coordination across Sales, Product, Finance, and Customer Success. – Workflow optimization: Identified bottlenecks, redesigned key processes, and fostered a culture of continuous improvement (Lean methods, retrospectives, structured rituals). – Tooling & automation: Selected, negotiated, and integrated tools (HubSpot, Jira, Make, Gong, Coefficient, Clay, Smartlead, HeyReach), ensuring adoption and long-term value through hands-on enablement. – Revenue & cash management: Rebuilt the AR process, automated collections, improved reporting, and recovered over €1.4M in overdue payments in under one quarter.
Sales Operations Manager
Jun 2023 - Jan 2024
8 months
Paris, France
– Optimized the sales process through the implementation of HubSpot and ongoing team training. – Defined key KPIs and set up dashboards to monitor performance. – Automated interactions between the Sales and Product teams as part of the delivery process.
SINGULART
Apr 2020 - May 2023
3 years 2 months
Paris, France
Senior Project Manager / Monetization Services
Jan 2023 - May 2023
5 months
Paris, France
– Collaborated with cross-functional teams to prototype, launch, and test new monetization initiatives for artists, notably the promotion of profiles and events through a targeted social media strategy.
Team Leader / Artist Care Team
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
1 year 6 months
Paris, France
– Defining mission, common language and priorities for the support team in line with company strategies and needs by developing a team roadmap, deducting people and tech resources needs and reporting on status of deliverables. – Defining the standards of an outstanding artist's experience by identifying new tools, platforms, and techniques. – Recruiting, training and developing a team of 4 resources to over-delivering memorable and engaging experiences to our artists and art lovers. – Scaling and automating the processes to handle fast growth through the smart use of tools, knowledge and resources.
Project Manager / Process Automation & HubSpot CRM Specialist
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
1 year
Paris, France
– Develop repeatable and scalable processes that are backed by data to meet departmental goals – Act as liaison between multiple departments (especially Product and IT) to ensure overall business alignment and streamlining of communication – Create and manage automation to improve account management processes – Collaborate with team leads on individual teams' needs to build reports or implement tools in order to increase productivity – Train and provide ongoing support for Hubspot usage
Artist Liaison / Business Developer & Account Manager
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
6 months
Paris, France
– Artists selection: prospecting, qualifying, and recruiting artists. – Account management: managing artists' onboarding and maintaining relationships.
Artist Liaison / Business Developer
SINGULART
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
7 months
Paris, France
– Artists selection: prospecting, qualifying and recruiting artists. – Account management: managing artists'onboarding and maintaining relationships. – Art advisory on the Italian market. – Translations (English/French-Italian). – Data analysis projects.
Customer Service Representative
Meero
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
4 months
Paris, France
– Send and receive calls. – Coordinate photoshoots between clients and photographers. – Follow-up of client files.
Education
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Master's degree, Methods and Topics in Art Management
2017 - 2020
3 years 1 month
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Erasmus Exchange Program, MSc Arts Management
2018 - 2018
1 month
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Laurea triennale, Economia e Gestione dei Beni Culturali e dello Spettacolo
2013 - 2016
3 years 1 month
Liceo Classico "Giulio Casiraghi"
High School leaving qualification, classical studies
2009 - 2013
4 years 1 month