Mélodie Gestede

Senior Project Manager | Product Owner

Salary / Daily rate

AD200 Encamp, Andorra

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Product OwnershipProject Management (PMO)

Languages

GermanEnglishFrench

About me

Intro

PMP-certified Product Owner & Project Manager with 6+ years leading Agile teams across fintech, HR tech, and esports. Co-founder of JAM Management, specializing in cross-functional operations and process optimization. Expert in Scrum methodology, backlog prioritization, and driving product development from concept to launch.

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Work experience

COO

JAM Management

Aug 2023 - May 2025

1 year 10 months

AD700 Les Escaldes, Andorra

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 Co-founder of a management agency for professional esport players. 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 ● Manage players' careers by finding teams, negotiating contracts and being the bridge between players and their organization ● Led cross-functional operations including project management, player support, HR, and overall agency structure ● Managed career development for top-tier players and daily team operations ● Oversaw concierge services implemented internal processes to support talent growth ● Implementing internal processes to support talent growth and company's efficiency and development 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 Discord /Trello/ Airtable/ Miro/ Figma

Director

Jackz Gaming SLU

Aug 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 8 months

AD200 Encamp, Andorra

Management of the company's administration: ● Preparation of invoices ● Management of payments ● Partners Management

Product owner / Pilotage

MovinmotionFreelance

Dec 2022 - Aug 2023

9 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 Led an Agile project with a team of 5 developers to build HR and recruitment software. 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ● Collect customer requirements via internal teams and create functional specifications ● Budget & planning management for a ad-hoc project consisting of customizing the platform for a dedicated customer ● Leading agile ceremonies ● Backlog management and prioritisation ● Regular reports with internal teams to keep them informed of the progress of developments requested by customers ● Documentation and training on new functionalities 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Figma /Zoho/ Jira/ Google analytics

Consultant Product Owner

Amaris Consulting

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 4 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 Mission within the Adecco group to participate in the development of group IT solutions to be implemented internationally in order to reduce development and maintenance costs. 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ● Managed Agile (scrum) ceremonies ● Backlog prioritization & documentation ● Managed and synchronized a team with people in India and the United States ● Gathering requirements from the various countries included in the deployment of the tools and creating user stories ● Creating the user path thanks to decision tree 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Confluence/ Jira/ Miro

Consultant Product owner / Project Manager

Cat-Amania

Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

11 months

Aix-en-Provence, France

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 Head of the project team managing the continuous development of a web platform and mobile application for fleet management in the B2B sector (Optimum Automotive) 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ● Implement scrum methodology in the team and lead the ceremonies ● Gathering requirements from the product manager to create the functional specifications ● Testing the new functionalities ● Regular reports to the product manager and creation of documentation for internal teams ● Management and prioritisation of the backlog, taking into account the planning of the 2 other teams also working on the platform 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Azure Devops/ Teams/ React Native

Consultant Product owner / Project Manager

Maltem Consulting Group

Mar 2019 - Oct 2020

1 year 8 months

Luxembourg · On-site

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 Within the regulatory IT teams, working mainly on the creation of internal tools dedicated to regulatory reporting (MIDIIF II, EMIR, AML) for the investment bank. Initially Business analyst as VIE, then consultant as product owner/project manager. 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ● Agile ceremonies management (scrum then agile at scale) ● Functional specification & backlog prioritisation ● Managing production launches, preparing documents and carrying out all preliminary and post-production checks ● Perform functional tests on completed developments ● Preparation of management committee reports 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Jira/ Sql/ Teams/ Postman/ ServiceNow/ Microsoft Office

Business analyst / Project manager

Société Générale Bank and Trust

Mar 2018 - Oct 2020

2 years 8 months

Luxembourg

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 Within the regulatory IT teams, working mainly on the creation of internal tools dedicated to regulatory reporting (MIDIIF II, EMIR, AML) for the investment bank. Initially Business analyst as VIE, then consultant as product owner/project manager. 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ● Agile ceremonies management (scrum then agile at scale) ● Functional specification & backlog prioritisation ● Managing production launches, preparing documents and carrying out all preliminary and post-production checks ● Perform functional tests on completed developments 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Jira/ Sql/ Teams/ Postman/ ServiceNow/ Microsoft Office

Risk analyst

GEFA BANK

Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

6 months

42 Wuppertal, Germany

ALM Credit request analyses Risk ratios analyses for daily and monthly report Backtesting SQL training (basic level) SAP (Basic) Liquidity risk reporting

Client back office clearing and settlement services

Société Générale

Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

4 months

Luxembourg

Swift management Link between client and back office in France Swift instruction Swift issue management

Intern

AXA

Mar 2015 - Oct 2015

8 months

Greater Metz Area

Insurance Presentation of investment funds to client Meeting with clients in order to present new fund and manage their investment portfolio (in autonomy) Arbitrage

Cashier

SA Schaller

Dec 2013 - Jan 2014

2 months

Student job during 5 winter holidays

Commerciale

PR Distribution

May 2013 - Aug 2013

4 months

Luxembourg

Communication Marketing Sales analysis Negotiation


Education

Samuel & Co Trading

Forex

2017 - 2017

1 month

London School of Business and Finance LSBF

MA finance and investment

2015 - 2017

2 years 1 month

Institut Supérieur Européen de Gestion

Bac +4

2014 - 2015

1 year 1 month

ICN

Bachelor's degree

2011 - 2014

3 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

PMP

Issued: Oct 2024

Certified by PMI

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