Julien Amar

– Helping freelancers and small businesses automate complex workflows and eliminate repetitive manual work – delivered through a proprietary AI automation stack (Personal AI Brain: multi-agent system using Claude Desktop + Antigravity + MCP + n8n + Airtable + Notion).

– Led an end-to-end Product Operating Model (POM) and Agile Ways of Working (WoW) transformation for a large engineering department across 3 territories (UK, Germany & Italy) within Sky's Content Technology and Innovation (CT&I) division. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Product Strategy & Operating Model: Developed and rolled out a new Value Stream-based Product Model. Defined the overarching Vision, Mission, Key Pillars, and Strategic Goals to transition legacy engineering mindsets into a high-functioning, product-led culture. – Product Ops & Delivery Flow: Designed and implemented the complete Aha! work-intake and E2E delivery lifecycle. Transformed "invisible work" into a highly visible, prioritized flow from ideation to production, ensuring all squad roadmaps aligned directly with C-suite business value. – Operating Model Transformation: Designed and introduced a new Value Stream-based Product Operating Model. Shifted Core Engineering Teams away from engineering mindsets toward a unified, product-led culture. – Cross-Functional Agile Maturity: Strengthened agile Ways of Working (WoW) across multiple squads. Coached teams to optimize delivery flow and maximize business value. Successfully integrated siloed Design and Architecture teams into the core delivery and release processes, fostering improved collaboration, continuous learning, and sustainable delivery velocity. – Complex Programme Discovery (Next-Gen MCR): Spearheaded the initial Product Discovery and RFI (Request for Information) strategy for the Next-Gen Master Control Room programme, driving vendor alignment and technical broadcast and AI/Automation strategy. – Tooling: Aha!, Confluence/JIRA, Ms 365, Copilot, Miro, Figma

– Mission: Served a dual mandate as a Program Director for Tier-1 Media Tech clients (Sky, WBD) while simultaneously leading a high-performing technical team within Merapar's UK Delivery Cell. – Team Leadership & Line Management: Directed and mentored a cross-functional team of 10+ senior technologists, including Cloud Architects, Scrum Masters, and Software Engineers. Drove performance management, coaching, and OKR alignment to build a resilient delivery unit. – Portfolio Governance & Pre-Sales: Provided senior governance across a complex portfolio. Partnered with cell leadership (Managing Directors) to drive pre-sales activities, architect technical solutions, and pitch high-value Cloud/ Agile transformation services to prospective media clients. – Contributed to Merapar's internal knowledge-sharing initiatives, including helping build the Merapar Academy (blogs and articles) and organising knowledge-sharing sessions on a range of topics. Led delivery of an internal PoC to ingest video and associated metadata, then use AI to extract key insights.

– Mission: Co-founded and serve as Director for a successful independent bilingual pre-prep school in West London, demonstrating entrepreneurial leadership, business governance, and operational management alongside my corporate tech career. – Key Achievements: – Business Creation & Governance: Co-founded the institution, overseeing strategic direction, business operations, and compliance to establish a premier bilingual education facility. – Operational Leadership: Co-Directed the integration of the French National and UK Early Years curriculums, championing an immersive bilingual environment focused on child well-being and environmental awareness.

– Mission: Orchestrated critical technical delivery streams for the high-profile integration of BT Sport into the Discovery+ ecosystem, managing complex multi-platform rollouts across cloud infrastructure. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Strategic Technical Integration: Steered the complex integration of the BT Sport video player and content library into the Discovery+ UK application, delivering a seamless user experience during a major corporate joint venture. – Multi-Platform Cloud Delivery: Directed end-to-end frontend (JavaScript/ Canvas) and QA efforts to deploy containerized applications via AWS Kubernetes. Successfully shipped to highly constrained, high-visibility partner platforms including Sky set-top boxes and BT YouView. – Agile Delivery Orchestration: Led and scaled delivery across multiple engineering squads. Optimized Scrum/Kanban workflows to increase development velocity, unblock technical dependencies, and ensure strict alignment with high-stakes go-to-market deadlines.

– Mission: Engaged as a Senior Delivery Lead within Equal Experts' associate network, deployed to Disney Streaming Services to orchestrate mission-critical engineering delivery for the global launch of the Disney+ ad-supported subscription tier. Full detail in the Disney Streaming entry below.

– Mission: Orchestrated mission-critical engineering delivery within the Identity, Preferences, Security & Experience (IPSE) domain to enable the high-stakes, global launch of the first Disney+ Ad-Supported subscription tier. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Strategic Global Launch: Directed cross-functional technical delivery for the Disney+ Ad-tier rollout. Partnered with global EPMs and Product Managers to align complex dependencies, mitigate delivery risks, and hit aggressive go-to-market timelines for a major corporate revenue initiative. – High-Scale Cloud Engineering: Spearheaded the delivery and deployment of robust backend microservices (Scala, REST/GraphQL APIs). Managed complex, high-availability rollouts across multi-region AWS ECS Fargate environments to support massive global user traffic. – Domain Leadership (IPSE): Led delivery orchestration across multiple Agile engineering squads (Scrum/Kanban) within the core Identity and Security domain. Ensured seamless, secure user experiences at scale while maintaining rigorous tier-1 streaming quality standards.

– Led the Digital Trust Professional Services organization across Europe, managing a €10M+ portfolio of Cloud, IoT, and Device Management transformation programs for Tier-1 Communication Service Providers like BT and Vodafone. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Commercial & Portfolio Leadership: Directed a €10M+/year delivery P&L, overseeing complex B2B engagements across 20+ countries and 30+ enterprise customers while consistently optimizing gross margins and profitability. – Practice Scaling & Governance: Managed and scaled a cross-functional European practice of 40+ technologists (Solution Architects, TPMs, Cloud Engineers). Driven performance management, capacity planning, and strategic competence development. – Agile & DevSecOps Transformation: Founded and led an Agile & DevOps Community of Excellence (CoE). Standardized solution blueprints and pushed the adoption of modern DevSecOps practices across global customer projects. – Strategic Pre-Sales & Consulting: Partnered directly with global R&D and Product teams to drive enterprise pre-sales. Acted as the senior escalation point, consulting with clients to shape multi-million-euro digital transformation roadmaps.

– Mission: Orchestrated complex software delivery and agile transformation programs for Tier-1 UK Telcos (BT, EE, Vodafone), while building a high-performing European consulting practice. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Complex Programme Delivery: Delivered a strategic Big Data/Analytics platform for BT on time and within budget — generating ~£500K in operational cost savings and enabling ~£300K in new revenue streams within 12 months of go-live, through proactive IoT/home device diagnostics for BT's Customer Care operations. – Global Agile Adoption: Initiated and championed the rollout of Agile and DevOps methodologies across a worldwide portfolio of customer projects, drastically improving delivery efficiency and accelerating time-to-market. – Commercial Growth & Account Management: Managed a high-stakes portfolio of Digital Experience (DX) software programs. Actively contributed to EMEA pre-sales and sales activities, securing and expanding high-value enterprise accounts.

– Mission: Directed a £5M+ annual software delivery program for BT, managing a cross-functional organization to deliver enterprise-grade Customer Experience (CX) and Analytics solutions. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Commercial Impact & ROI: Delivered innovative Device Management use-cases that generated over £1M in annual operational cost savings for BT, significantly boosting customer satisfaction and platform efficiency. – Enterprise Analytics Delivery: Successfully deployed a new predictive Analytics platform, empowering BT Customer Care agents to proactively diagnose and resolve home network issues. – Scaled Agile Leadership: Managed and scaled an Agile Scrum program of 20+ technologists across 3 dedicated delivery squads, ensuring high-velocity execution of complex CX software.

– Mission: Spearheaded technical delivery and early Agile adoption for BT's Home Device Manager, scaling the platform to support over 5 million customers across the UK. – Key Outcomes & Achievements: – Massive Consumer Scale: Conducted the successful rollout and architectural scaling of the Home Device Manager and Service Management Platform, directly supporting over 5 million UK households (routers and set-top boxes). – Agile Transformation Pioneer: Initiated and led the organization's early transition from legacy Waterfall to Agile delivery, structuring and coaching the first cross-functional Scrum teams. – End-to-End Delivery: Led full-lifecycle technical execution, from pre-sales, business analysis, and requirement gathering through to technical architecture and customer deployment.

– Mission: Managed end-to-end delivery of high-traffic Value-Added Services (Mobile TV, VoD, music streaming) for one of France's leading telecoms operators, coordinating internal engineering, marketing, and external content providers to deploy scalable media platforms. – Key Foundation: Contributed Java/J2EE development and technical integration to the flagship SFR Vodafone Live! portal – an early large-scale consumer mobile platform serving millions of users.

– Foundational software engineering role contributing to the Vizzavi Web/WAP portal and the design and implementation of the first Location-Based Service (LBS) within a WAP portal environment.