Jean Bernard Piot

Head of Product Discipline at Thales | Skilled Agile cross-functional team lead | Passionate about product strategy, customer experience and innovation

Singapore, Singapore

About

Experienced Product Manager with a tech background in Embedded Systems and AI, I seamlessly pivoted from engineering into product management drawing from strategy and R&D experiences to cultivate a comprehensive impact on both business and technology. Proficient in steering end-to-end product roadmaps and implementing strategic go-to-market plans, I thrive in creative and innovative settings. Adept at leading high-performing, cross-cultural, and cross-functional teams, I possess a genuine passion for enhancing customer experiences to craft top-notch digital products. My expertise spans diverse industries, including globalization, MarTech, LBS services, and mobile technologies. Eager to continually learn and apply new skills in innovative ways, I am dedicated to driving continuous improvement across processes.

Experience

  • Head of Product discipline at Thales
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    - Define vision and strategy, value proposition and continuous organization improvement - Product leader for 6 teams (Singapore and Indonesia): coaching product managers on best practices and execution from end to end, training teams on agile methodology (designers, scrum masters and engineering)

  • Adobe (Paris Area, France)
    • Senior International Product Manager / Globalization Evangelist
      May 2017 - May 2024 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      - Promote and specify Globalization standards, tools and best practices across all Adobe Digital Experience products - Define and lead the implementation of new features for improving International Customer Experience (GTM, UX, roadmap) - Support all solutions in globalizing their features or in designing features which include globalization aspects and connect them with globalization experts - Drive continuous improvement of Globalization tools and workflows to deliver better quality and customer experience

    • Product Manager
      Mar 2014 - Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      On Adobe Campaign, owner of platform extension capabilities, data management, APIs and administration - Gather requirements & formalize specifications - Act as Scrum Product Owner for an engineering team - Be a reference on the product, support the consulting teams in the product implementation - Ensure product adoption by the entire company & manage communication to all relevant departments

  • Product Owner (Wakanda) at 4D
    Jan 2013 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

    - Owner of the product strategy & vision in the project team - Features/UX specification, roadmap planning - Backlog management & definition of priorities - Interfacing with the user community - Project Management - Development industrialization & best practices enforcement

  • Mappy (Paris Area, France)
    • Mobile Applications Technical Manager
      Sep 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Management of the mobile expertise center of the Pages Jaunes Group - Creation of the team, recruiting - Implementation of the new internal project methodology - Industrialization of development for the mobile projects of all the subsidiaries of the Pages Jaunes Group (iPhone & Android) - Planning: had overall responsibility for creating and maintaining project plans for my team - Budget Control: managed the project budget and responsible for presenting the budget to senior management

    • Innovation Manager
      Jan 2008 - Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      - Creation and management of a team of 9 : including 2 experts plus additional resources depending on the projects and offshore teams - Responsible for the innovation management policy and the related processes - In charge of the market and competitor intelligence - Creation of new products and specification of prototypes (3D/immersive representations, augmented reality, mobile applications, architecture optimization, geoservices evolution, NOSQL databases, community...) - Reporting to the board of directors - Influential member of the strategy definition group with holding company Pages Jaunes (French Yellow Pages)

    • Web Applications Manager (desktop & mobile)
      Jul 2006 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

      - Team Management: managed a team of 12 persons (developers and project managers), supervised all deliverables and deadlines. Hired staff to expand the team. Transformed a group of individualities into a solid team - Budget Control: managed the project budget and responsible for presenting the budget to senior management - Planning: had overall responsibility for creating and maintaining project plans for my team - Actively participated as a core member to the strategic projects of Mappy - Sales Participation: involved as the technical specialist during the sales process for key clients (major companies, mobile operators...)

  • Cellfish Media (Paris Area, France)
    • Architect + Orange QA relationship manager
      Jan 2006 - Jul 2006 · 7 mos

      Conception of the international publication platform (3 persons) : - Wrote the technical specifications - Defined the new architecture - Development control and oversight - Audited the previously existing systems and identified their weaknesses

    • Technical Manager
      Oct 2003 - Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Identified as key person when Cellfish Media bought Waptoo. - Technical team lead (7 persons) - Responsible for the projects planning - Participated in the RFP/RFQ responses (costs evaluation, technical architecture definition, presentations to the clients) - Provided technical support for clients or sales department