
Minh-Tho DAO
Senior Product Lead | Innovation-to-Scale
Salaire / Taux journalier
Paris, France
Freelance, ouvert au CDI
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Introduction
As an AI-augmented Senior Product Lead, I turn emerging technology, market insight and underused opportunities into differentiated products people adopt and businesses scale. For 15+ years, I’ve applied the same discipline to create or restore a market edge and take products from 0→1 or refound them for adoption and scale. Proof: Givaudan GenAI (23–33% selected downstream), WOJO (400+ locations, 100k+ MAU), onefinestay (10,000+ homes), social gaming (10M+ players). Hands-on and AI-native.
Expérience de travail
Senior Product Lead & Product Builder - AI Visibility Platform | MarTech
Confidential early-stage AI visibility agencyFreelance
janv. 2026 - Présent
10 mois
Paris, France
I lead the redesign of an agentic platform for CMOs to measure and improve their visibility in AI-generated answers (AEO/GEO), from product diagnosis to a functional prototype. - Led an evidence-based audit of the existing product and market, combining live-platform analysis and competitive benchmarking to clarify the value proposition, what could be credibly measured and claimed, and the innovation priorities. - Modelled the agency/client operating model, three personas, end-to-end journeys, business objects, responsibilities and human decision/validation points. - Designed the target information architecture and role-aware UX, then built a functional prototype spanning measurement, analysis, recommendations, governed action and controlled re-measurement. - Built and applied a supervised AI Product Building setup combining Codex, Claude Code, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Figma, React/TypeScript, Python and MCP/API tooling, with reusable Skills, context graphs, human approval gates and traceable QA. The broader practice now spans about 60 Product Management workflows.
Senior Product Lead - GenAI & Co-creation Products | Fragrance & Beauty
Givaudan Digital InnovationFreelance
août 2023 - déc. 2025
2 ans 5 mois
Paris, France
Within Digital Innovation, led the productization and scaling of the first two GenAI and co-creation products, Carto and Seeds, for Givaudan's world-class fragrance creators (perfumers) across its global organization. - Pushed further and productized Givaudan's in-house GenAI model by making generated fragrance formulas searchable, comparable and usable as inspirational starting points for perfumers' creative work. - 23–33% of formulas returned in perfumer searches were selected for downstream creation workflows. - Scaled Carto, a co-creation product combining immersive multi-touch formula editing with instant robotic sampling, to 11 physical rooms worldwide. During the restart phase, formulas created increased by 160% and users by 100%. - Carto-supported winning creation workflows were linked to a seven-figure revenue contribution. - Aligned product, data science, UX, engineering and business to turn complex formulation processes and AI capabilities into usable products embedded in expert workflows. - Presented both products in senior demonstrations for board members, investors and external visitors.
Independent Web3 Product Discovery & Personal Practice
Independent
avr. 2022 - août 2023
1 an 5 mois
Paris, France
- Self-studied blockchain ecosystems, primitives, protocols, UXs, and current use cases to extend Product Management scope into Web3 DApps. - Practiced hands-on across blockchain gaming, Play-to-Earn, metaverse and mobile gaming, NFTs, and DeFi activities including trading, liquidity pools, yield farming, lending, and staking. - Deep-dived into the technical stacks and functioning of Ethereum and BSC DApps.
Head of Product - B2B/B2C Workspace Marketplace | PropTech
WOJOFreelance
sept. 2019 - avr. 2022
2 ans 8 mois
Paris, France
Initially performed within Accor New Businesses while employed by Accor, then continued as a direct freelance mission after the Accor exit, leading the product strategy and scale-up of an innovative workspace marketplace for companies, mobile workers and operators, combining on-demand booking, subscriptions and operator workflows. - Built discovery, taxonomy, geolocation, SEO and conversion journeys across 400+ innovative European locations (hotel room offices, coworking...), growing the product from 0 to 100k+ MAU in under a year. - Created booking and subscription flows across B2C, B2B, partner revenue recognition and operator operations, with Stripe at the transaction layer. - Led roadmap and delivery across 3 tribes / 4 squads (25 people), spanning web, mobile, back-office, payment, data and support. - Aligned ExCom, Accor/Bouygues investors, finance, legal and operator constraints within a joint-venture governance model. - Drove migration and unification across customer, operator, identity, payment and reporting systems.
Senior Product Advisor & Operating Partner - Corporate Innovation & M&A | Hospitality
Accor New Businesses
juin 2017 - nov. 2020
3 ans 6 mois
Paris, France
Audited digital ventures and acquisition targets for Accor New Businesses, then supported selected portfolio companies through product diagnostics, KPI visibility and post-acquisition scale-up. - Supported product strategy, roadmap and governance across five portfolio businesses and adjacent business lines. - Translated product and organizational audits into investment decisions, scale priorities and monthly performance reviews. - Structured internal deal-flow tracking, start-up scouting, service definition and product-maturity assessment for the innovation team. - Extended this work into operating roles at onefinestay and WOJO.
Senior Product Lead - Luxury C2C Marketplace | Vacation Homes Rental / TravelTech
onefinestayFreelance
sept. 2018 - juil. 2019
11 mois
Paris, France
Mission performed within Accor New Businesses while employed by Accor, leading the refoundation of discovery and booking for premium travelers and stay-operations teams across a 10k+ home marketplace serving 150k+ MAU. - Improved search, ranking, maps, property pages, availability, pricing, inquiry, account and post-booking journeys. - Clarified the premium marketplace promise across managed homes, partner inventory, urban and leisure offers, services and brand experience. - Built funnel visibility across analytics, CRM, SEO, attribution and market-level conversion reporting. - Aligned engineering, UX, data, CRM, content, guest sales, supply and finance around roadmap and releases. - Rationalized the product experience across onefinestay, Travel Keys and Squarebreak while steering toward a more scalable common architecture.
Senior Product Owner - B2C Home-services Marketplace | Home Improvement Industry
Quotatis
sept. 2015 - mai 2017
1 an 9 mois
92210 Saint-Cloud, France
Refounded project intake, qualification, matching and contractor tooling for a home-services marketplace serving homeowners and professional contractors. - Reworked the homeowner journey from project capture to matched professionals, account management, follow-up and feedback including a cutting-edge chatbot. - Led a 10-person tribe with 2 build squads and 1 run squad on a product serving 150k+ MAU. - Coordinated contractor, CRM, contact-center, partner, SEO/SEM and country-team dependencies. - Helped move the architecture from a legacy stack toward API-led services, microservices and CI/CD foundations.
Co-Founder & CEO - Social Games Startup | Gaming Industry
Koomea Entertainment
avr. 2013 - janv. 2016
2 ans 10 mois
Paris, France
Co-founded a social-gaming studio combining free-to-play, LiveOps and partner production with a differentiated animal-welfare proposition. - Grew flagship products to 500k+ MAU and a 200k+ Facebook community through publishing, go-to-market and LiveOps. - Led product, monetization, partner delivery and adjacent digital-product services. - Built the founding team, business plan, product roadmap and studio partnerships across Facebook and Steam.
IsCool Entertainment
août 2009 - févr. 2012
2 ans 7 mois
Paris, France
Vice-President of Product Management, ExCo member - Social Games | Gaming Industry
juil. 2011 - févr. 2012
8 mois
Paris, France
Led product vision and strategy for cutting-edge multiplayer social games on Facebook and mobile, scaling to 10M+ players and contributing to the company's IPO trajectory. • Scaled Belote Multiplayer to 10M+ players, 1M+ followers, and EUR 300k+ monthly revenue per game. • Defined feature and business strategy across 3 multiplayer social games on Facebook and mobile. • Raised product standards around UX/UI, business models, engagement, social, and monetization metrics. • Coached delivery across 25 people, 2 tribes, and 4 squads from discovery through delivery and LiveOps.
Lead Product & LiveOps Manager, ExCo Member - C2C Gaming Social Network | Gaming Industry
août 2009 - juil. 2011
2 ans
Paris, France
Turned Cafe.com from a downloadable game catalogue (Boonty) into a cutting-edge social-gaming operator built around no-download multiplayer, Facebook distribution, virtual economy and LiveOps. - Scaled Cafe.com to 200k+ MAU and brought Belote Multiplayer to Facebook, reaching 100k DAU and €100k+ monthly revenue. - Created the multiplayer-games business unit and the first internal 20+ person studio, shifting the model from retail games to social LiveOps. - Led product, UX/UI, analytics, virtual economy, monetization and LiveOps across 2 tribes / 4 squads.
Platform Product & Marketing Manager - Cafe.com API/SDK Ecosystem | Gaming Industry
IsCool Entertainment
juin 2007 - juil. 2009
2 ans 2 mois
Paris, France
Built Cafe.com’s APIs and SDKs into a developer platform for the world first browser-based multiplayer game production, onboarding, QA and distribution. - Grew the ecosystem to 20+ external studios worldwide and released 30+ single-player and 10+ multiplayer games in eight months. - Led studio sourcing, onboarding, QA, platform product, marketing and knowledge transfer across France and Singapore. - Used the partner ecosystem and platform foundations to prepare the later internalization of game production.
Director, E-business - Online Ad Campaigns | Advertising Industry
Omnicom Media Group France
oct. 2006 - avr. 2007
7 mois
Paris, France
Led digital media strategy and campaign operations for 70+ brand accounts across display and then-emerging channels including search, affiliation, email, mobile and connected TV. • Managed €30M+ in media budgets and grew the department from 9 to 15 media traders. • Expanded the channel mix as digital advertising moved beyond display into search, performance, mobile and connected TV. • Built strategic relationships with major media and ad-tech partners including Google and Criteo.
MBA Consultant - AR / Media Software | Computer Software Industry
Neovision & SesamTV
janv. 2005 - août 2005
8 mois
Paris, France
Turned early augmented-reality and media-software opportunities into business plans, fundraising material, product recommendations and go-to-market options. - Co-designed a five-year business plan for Neovision, reached the HEC MBA Business Plan Contest final and pitched 20+ investors. - Delivered product-discovery and go-to-market recommendations for SesamTV's media-center software.
Fullstack Developer & Intrapreneur - Web Applications | Telecommunications Industry
Cable & Wireless
nov. 1999 - juin 2004
4 ans 8 mois
Paris, France
Created an internal European web agency that turned business needs into portals, web applications and digital upskilling across 15 countries. - Delivered 20+ web and e-business applications for IT, Sales, Marketing, HR and Finance teams. - Combined hands-on development, UX/UI, hosting, training, internal consulting and client relationship development. - Managed small distributed teams between London and Paris and grew demand for the internal service.
Formation
HEC Paris
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
Telecom SudParis
Master's degree, Design and Management of Networks and Information Systems
EFREI
Master of Science - MSc, Computer Science
Licences et certifications
Certification Contentsquare
Délivré le : janv. 2019
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