AI Product & Program Leadership · Complex organizations

I lead complex AI programs where technology alone is not enough.

I go deep into the domain, build the first credible answer, then bring together the teams that can make it operational.

Recent work · major French public investment bank

I set the guardrails for a rollout that enabled business users to create 2,000+ agents within months. I then aligned IT and control functions around one shared rules framework that assesses the portfolio in about ten minutes and feeds its AI Act registry.

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Outcomes

Different domains. The same commitment to the outcome.

Public investment bank

2,000+

agents created within months, then assessed against shared rules

Charter, platform guardrails, training, then one shared rules framework: 96–97% of the portfolio now follows the green path and experts handle the exceptions.

operational

TV5MONDE

12 months

from strategy to the launch of the international VOD service

Market strategy, distribution models and content discoverability: TV5MONDE’s teams and country partners aligned around a 12-month launch.

in production

Coface

5 markets

initial rollout of the redesigned credit-insurance journey

After diagnosing the problem and co-designing the Figma prototype, Coface brought me back to take ownership of delivery. I met the fixed deadline and completed the initial rollout to five markets before further expansion.

in production

Groupe CCF

12

treasury applications under redesign and maintenance

Payments and transfer formats, asset-liability management and securitization: portfolio leadership, dependencies and a partial move to SaaS.

in production

How this practice took shape

AI extended the way I lead products and programs.

I first learned to deliver products and programs in complex domains. I then spent two years understanding AI by building with it directly. At a major French public investment bank, those two paths converged.

01

The foundation · 2016–2023

Product & program

Learn fast, align the work, deliver.

Media, credit insurance and banking: from strategy through launch, alongside domain experts and engineering teams.

02

Hands-on AI · 2023–2025

25+ AI builds

Learn by building.

Applications, agents, evaluation systems, reusable skills and MCP connectors, including Qonto and Pennylane, designed and coded directly.

03

At scale · since 2025

2,000+ agents

Bring adoption, rules and organization together.

AI charter, internal platform, training, versioned rules framework, AI Act registry and automated portfolio assessment.

Today I can learn the domain, discuss the architecture, build the first working version and lead teams through deployment without reducing the problem to its technical layer.

Engagement 2025–2026 · Major French public investment bank

Move from business adoption to governance by exception.

I first created the AI charter, set the contractual and operating guardrails for the bank’s first agent-building platform, then helped train business users and produce the learning content. More than 2,000 agents were created within months, creating the need for a governance model that could absorb adoption without slowing it down.

To meet EU AI Act obligations, I produced the first complete diagrams, dimensions and rule sets, then aligned the cross-functional team around that work. The experts tested, changed and extended it into one versioned, AI-usable framework. AIR is the internal service built to apply it across the portfolio and measure its impact.

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Venture · Logitopia

Paul uses AI and the real PowerPoint design system to generate editable decks.

It does not merely reuse colors and fonts. It reads the template’s layouts, hierarchy and native objects — including content zones, tables and shapes — then selects and composes them around the brief. With my co-founder, I took the answer through launch: product, initial architecture, development, editing experience and go-to-market.

  • Public SaaS live since May 2026.
  • Native, fully editable PowerPoint export.

Logitopia extends this building capability when software is the right vehicle.

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From brief to presentation, then into slide-level editing.

Method

Understand, build, align, deliver.

I start by producing whatever makes the problem tractable: a domain map, decision model, operating framework, team setup or prototype. Experts can then correct, decide and commit around real work.

01

Reconstruct the domain

Understand the operating chain, rules, tools and dependencies: from linear television at TV5MONDE to treasury applications at Groupe CCF.

02

Build what the work is missing

Depending on the blockage: Coface’s Figma prototype, a bank-wide doctrine, or a contract-analysis agent grounded in the internal clause library.

03

Lead through the work

Draw experts around a concrete point of reference that reflects their domain, then align their decisions without losing the outcome.

04

Own the delivery

Take responsibility for teams, partners, procurement, contracts and trade-offs through the date and outcome promised.

About

I often become the pivot because I start by doing.

I go deep enough into a domain to understand its operating chain, rules and real points of friction. I build the first credible answer, use it to align experts around decisions, and often become the bridge between functions that previously held only part of the picture.

I choose the right form for the need: a decision framework, operating model, team setup, prototype or product. My AI practice extends that range to agent workflows, evaluation systems, reusable skills and context systems designed around the business need.

I am based in Paris, work internationally and am open to relocating for the right role.

Work together

Does a product or program require several domains to move?

I can reconstruct the operating chain with your experts, build what is missing and lead the program through delivery.