Oussama Darkaoui

Managing Director | AI Advocate

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Mobility: Paris

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Project Management (PMO)Sales Strategy

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Managing Director & AI Advocate with 20+ years leading digital transformation and enterprise software implementations. Successfully managed multi-million dollar projects across EMEA, delivered HR transformations for Fortune 500 companies, and built competency centers. Specialized in AI strategy, Workday, ERP implementations, and C-level stakeholder management to drive measurable business outcomes.

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Work experience

Managing Director

IA GENESIS

Aug 2023 - Present

3 years 3 months

Customer Success Service Engagement Director for South EMEA

Anaplan

Mar 2022 - Aug 2023

1 year 6 months

Paris, France

Workday Continuum Practice Lead

IBM interactive

Apr 2019 - Mar 2022

3 years

69340 Francheville, France

EMEA Workday Project Director

Appirio

Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

1 year 6 months

Paris Area, France

In charge of Managing Appirio’s project in Continental Europe . • Supporting the presales activities withing EMEA (RFP, prospect, Bid) . • In charge of a portofolio of workday projects (Multiplex UK, Ingredion US, Priceline US, Delaware US, ASPCA US). • Participating in the hiring activities and coaching new ressources for the certification process. • In charge of establishing the new EU nearshore WD Competency center. Workday HCM certified Workday Engagement Manager certified

Senior Business Relationship Manager, Head of Corporate Service

Chalhoub Group

Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

1 year 8 months

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

In charge of leading the HR Transformation Program and other Digital Projects •Worked directly with C-Level to define the HR strategy and road map . •Documented the Business case and the project Budget (CAPEX, OPEX) . •Identified areas for process enhancement and cost saving •Documented the RFP, met with different consulting companies •Led the SAP and Oracle contract negotiation along with the legal Team •Led the negotiation for the consulting company partner for the implementation of the project •Established a Scorecard selection methodology for the selection of the consulting companies •Documented the Project Charter and Project Management Plan •Recruited internal resources for the project •Managed the consulting company resources (16 Resources on-Site) and Off-shore team. •Implemented a quality program to comply with the company requirement policies. •Monitored the project progress through efficient governance (Weekly meeting, Program Board, Steering committee) •Led the steering committee to C-Levels •Ensured regular auditing by involving Oracle and SAP •Managed the expectation of the stakeholders •Managed other Projects - Retail Property development (2017 Best initiative Award) - Entreprise Content Management - Retail Store Operation System - Intranet through Mobile App

Information Technology Business Relationship Manager

Ball

Jun 2013 - Dec 2015

2 years 7 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Program Manager

Ball Corporation

Apr 2011 - Jul 2013

2 years 4 months

Greater Denver Area

Project Director

CSC

Sep 2001 - Mar 2011

9 years 7 months

Paris Area, France

For CSC I have played several roles and had different responsibilities as follow : 02/2010 – 02/2011: Project Manager for Eiffage in France 11/2008 – 02/2010: HRIS Project Delivery Manager for Bureau Veritas 06/2007 – 10/2008 : HRIS Project Manager for ED in France 10/2005 – 05/2007 : HRIS Project Manager for Carrefour , in Europe and Asia 09/2003 – 09/2005 : Team Leader for CETIM in France 09/2001 – 09/2003 : HRIS Functional Consultant for COFINOGA in France

Java Developer

SCOR

Mar 2000 - Aug 2001

1 year 6 months

New York, NY, USA

I worked as a Java Developer • Installed the flood insurance, the wind and the fire model web’s site to let the brokers quote their risk on line and get the policies also on line after the approval • Used (Java, html, Java script, jdbc, J2EE, AS400) Project Achievement: • Quoting the insurance policy was initially done in excel, every broker had its own version. This situation create confusion in terms of controlling and estimating the risks. • Building a single web based application was a real asset for SOREMA, the brokers can quote and sell the insurance policy online. • I prepared the proof of concept to demonstrate its feasibility and its added value to the company.

Hardware & Software Engineer

FaceGenesis

Jul 1998 - Jan 1999

7 months

Tijuana Area, Mexico

I worked as a Software and Hardware Engineer •Developed applications using Delphi. •Designed circuit’s board. •Created interfaces to control the machines with PLC from the computer.


Education

CentraleSupélec

Master's degree

1999 - 2000

2 years

INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Ingénieur Génie Electrique

1993 - 1998

6 years

collége Ghandi

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