Vincent Van

AI Training & Executive Education: Designed and delivered comprehensive AI literacy programs for enterprise teams: 100+ PMs across 5 intensive cohorts, 75%+ sustained adoption of AI tools for daily workflows. Curriculum: prompt engineering, code-assisted workflows, technical documentation automation, user research synthesis. IP governance and GDPR-compliant frameworks built-in. Speaking & Thought Leadership: Keynote speaker on AI in project management (Accor Hotels), AI applications in HR strategy (HEC Alumni network). Conference contributor on digital transformation and AI execution in regulated industries. Advisory & Consulting: Strategic guidance for financial services and retail clients on digital transformation roadmaps, AI implementation strategy, and data-driven product development.

Series A Fundraising Enablement: Designed and deployed proprietary client reporting platform and custom CRM from zero, enabling Series A technical due diligence; delivered investor-ready prototypes in 4-week sprint cycles using modern AI-assisted development tools. Data Architecture & Governance: Built end-to-end data infrastructure from scratch ensuring KYC/AML, GDPR, and data sovereignty compliance; established governance frameworks, quality validation processes, and zero-incident operational standards for €2B+ AUM private asset management entity. AI-Powered Automation & Efficiency: Launched portfolio analysis and intelligent document processing capabilities, reducing manual executive reporting from 4 hours to 30 minutes per client and enabling 30% increase in commercial team capacity through workflow automation. Executive Leadership: Member of Executive Committee; made strategic decisions on technology investments, build-vs-buy analysis, and digital roadmap prioritization aligned with company growth and fundraising objectives.

Regulatory Compliance & Product Delivery: Led PSD2/SCA MangoPay integration and Verification of Payee (IPR) API migration under critical deadline; reduced VOP backlog by 82% through strategic Pareto prioritization, saving 3-4 weeks of development time. Product Optimization & Growth: Diagnosed and addressed KYC/KYB onboarding friction (35% rejection rate), optimized client touchpoints targeting €390k annual savings, and launched Mosaïque investment opportunities platform with advanced filtering capabilities. Squad Leadership: Directed cross-functional product squad aligning fintech compliance requirements with product delivery in fast-paced scale-up context; managed direct reports on product roadmap and engineering coordination.

AI-Powered Recommendation Engine: Led the end-to-end development of an AI-driven recommendation engine, delivering the project within a tight deadline and securing a €120k ARR contract. Cross-Functional Team Coordination: Directed 3 squads (R&D, Integration, BAU), ensuring seamless collaboration across Product, Data Science, Engineering and Marketing / Sales teams. Operational Transformation: Reduced campaign lead time by 33% through workflow optimization and process automation, enabling scaling operations without proportional headcount increase. Strategic Product Innovation: Identified and implemented scalable product innovations, opening upselling opportunities and enhancing recommendations for retail clients. Product Leadership: Directed product strategy, team coordination, and stakeholder alignment in high-growth retail tech scale-up.

Global Data Transformation Strategy: Led development and execution of data transformation strategy across Paris, London, and Milan, improving operational efficiency by 30% through cloud migration and process modernization. Legacy-to-Cloud Migration: Migrated legacy data systems (on-premise + AWS) to Google Cloud, reducing data processing times by 40%, achieving 25% infrastructure cost reduction, and improving system availability from ~85% to 98% in pilot phase. Multi-Country Program Leadership: Managed 5 Data Product Managers across 3 countries (hierarchical structure), coordinated cross-functional teams (Product, Data Engineers, Analysts), and aligned regional C-level executives on unified transformation roadmap. Retail Digital Enablement: Supported omnichannel initiatives including POS integration and clienteling CRM tools across 50+ luxury boutiques; trained 100+ store staff via train-the-trainer approach; ensured zero critical incidents over 9-month program.

Program Delivery at Scale: Managed 50+ cross-functional team (Product, Data Science, Engineering) across 12 countries to deliver AI-powered real estate valuation products during Series B international expansion. Delivery Excellence: Reduced project delays from 66% to 25%, increased delivery velocity by 30%, improved on-time delivery rates by 35% through bottleneck identification and Agile practices implementation. Strategic Roadmap Development: Defined and implemented product roadmap aligned with company OKRs, boosting customer satisfaction by 20% during rapid growth phase.

Bancassurance Golden Record: Architected cross-entity customer data reconciliation for joint-venture (1M ING clients + 500k AXA clients); implemented matching rules: 80% deterministic (NIR/DoB), 15% probabilistic ML (name/address), 5% manual arbitration; achieved 95% matching confidence with <1% business-reported errors. ML Pipeline Optimization: Led optimization of machine learning pipelines for customer segmentation and risk modeling, reducing data processing times by 60%, improving model deployment efficiency by 40%, reducing downtime by 25%, and supporting 3x data volume increase. Cross-Entity Collaboration: Coordinated data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders across two corporate cultures (banking + insurance) to align technical solutions with joint-venture business objectives and regulatory compliance (GDPR, ECB).

Regulatory Reporting Excellence: Optimized data workflows for Banque de France and ECB reporting, reducing processing time by 60% and reporting errors by 40%; developed standardized data models and templates ensuring consistency across business units. Cross-Department Alignment: Coordinated Finance, Compliance, and IT teams to align reporting processes with BCE/ECB regulatory requirements while maintaining data quality and auditability.

Development of the South of France Business Unit (IT/IS & Engineering market):  - Deep understanding of technical & organizational issues of prospects  - Needs detection  - New consultants recruitment  Team Management  - Coaching  - Management of the relationship with the back-office team  Financial & Administrative Management  - Profit & Loss Management  - New employment Contracts & Commercial Management  Management & follow-up of the commercial relations  Trade negotiation  Bid management