Milena Senechal

Senior Healthtech Product Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Grenoble, France

Mobility: Lyon, Paris, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProduct ManagementCustomer CareConfluenceJiraProcurement

Languages

English (Native)French (Native)

About me

Intro

Healthtech Product Manager with 10+ years specializing in EMR/HIS systems across B2B and B2C markets. Successfully led localization of French hospital systems for North American deployment, managing 10+ development squads and delivering critical features for major healthcare networks. Expert in healthcare regulatory compliance, product strategy, and cross-continental team coordination.

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Work experience

Product Manager

Petal Health

Apr 2024 - Present

2 years 7 months

Remote

I manage products that make it easier for clinics and healthcare pros to connect people with the care they need - web & mobile, B2B and B2C. Led product strategy (roadmap & backlog), resource planning, and KPI monitoring. Delivered new digital solutions through agile sprints with a squad of 16 developers. Ran discovery efforts and prioritized user needs using RICE and MoSCoW, custom score cards methods. Collaborated with design, engineering, sales, marketing, customer success teams and strategic clients. Synced with 10 other PMs to ensure alignment across cross-functional projects. Defined GTM strategy in collaboration with marketing. 🎯 Achievements: • Launched a care resource management solution for nurses, opening a new $2M pipeline in 1st year of release. • Integrated an AI-powered triage engine to improve patient routing based on clinical context. • Led the GTM for a revamp care orchestrator solution.

Senior Product Owner

Petal

Jan 2022 - May 2024

2 years 5 months

Montreal, QC, Canada

Product Manager

Purkinje

May 2019 - Jan 2022

2 years 9 months

Montreal, QC, Canada

Localized a French Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for the Canadian market. Led the roadmap and managed the backlog for clinical localization, coordinating across 10 agile squads. Worked closely with deployment and engineering teams across Europe and North America to keep everything in sync. Teamed up with a user club of clinicians and nurses to co-design a brand-new nursing care module that actually fits their daily routines. 🎯 Achievement: Delivered all the key developments needed to launch our Hospital Information System (HIS), making our first hospital network deployment in North America possible.

Subject Matter Expert - Electronic medical records

SOFTWAY MEDICAL

Apr 2016 - May 2019

3 years 2 months

Montreal, QC, Canada

Explored market fit and led the MVP rollout for Canadian healthcare institutions. Backed the sales team on RFPs, ran tailored product demos, and helped shape our go-to-market strategy. 🎯 Achievement: Helped secure our first hospital contract in North America thanks to targeted client workshops and demos built around their real needs.

Project manager - Electronic medical records implementation

Purkinje

Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

2 years 3 months

Montreal, Canada Area

Led the implementation of EMR solutions across clinics and healthcare facilities in Quebec and Ontario. Responsible for needs assessment, deployment strategy, stakeholder coordination, and change management—including training, go-live support, and post-launch follow-up. Served as a key liaison between healthcare providers, product, development, and support teams. Contributed to software QA, process improvements, and the design of scalable eLearning and onboarding programs. Supported business development through product demos, RFP responses, and participation in industry events (eHealth, AQESSS). Key achievements: Delivered a shared EMR system across a regional network of 50+ healthcare organizations Contributed to the early development of a surgical instrument traceability system at CHUM Designed a scalable training infrastructure improving onboarding and user adoption

Electronic medical records implementation specialist / Cross-Market Product Liaison

SOFTWAY MEDICAL

Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

5 months

Montreal, Canada Area.

Kicked off Softway Medical’s expansion into Canada by laying the foundation for a strong local presence. • Worked hand-in-hand with our partner Purkinje to align our Hospital Information System (HIS) with the needs of the Canadian market - both clinically and regulatorily. • Trained their teams on the platform to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and product fluency. • Dove deep into the Canadian healthcare system to guide localization and market positioning, including early translation and regulatory adaptation for Québec. • Also pitched in on prospecting and repped the company at tradeshows, helping build early relationships with key healthcare players.

Healthcare Functional Consultant

Softway Medical

Apr 2013 - Oct 2013

7 months

Montreal, Canada Area.

Led the implementation of HospitalManager (HIS) across several healthcare institutions. • Handled everything from change management and clinical process mapping to initial setup, training, and go-live support. • Worked closely with clinical teams through workshops and testing, making sure the solution fit their real workflows. • Also trained IT teams for long-term handover and represented the product in project and steering committees to keep things aligned and moving forward.

Internship - C++ Developer and automation research engineer.

Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG

Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

7 months

Région de Grenoble , France

The TIMC-IMAG laboratory gathers scientists and clinicians towards the use of computer science and applied mathematics for understanding and controlling normal and pathological processes in biology and healthcare. This multi-disciplinary activity both contributes to the basic knowledge of those domains and to the development of systems for computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy. In that context i was responsible for the development and improvement of a medical device for mesuring soft tissue's elasticity in-vivo.


Education

Grenoble IAE

Master's degree - Management and Corporate Management

2012 - 2013

2 years

Polytech Grenoble

Health Information Technologies Engineer

2010 - 2013

4 years

Université Grenoble Alpes

Bachelor's degree

2008 - 2010

3 years

Université Grenoble Alpes

Premier cycle école de médecine

2006 - 2007

2 years

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