About Sadek
Technical Program Manager and IT Delivery executive with 12 years across technology, automotive, and life science. Track record of leading complex, Agile program delivery from early product development through large-scale operational transformation — consistently on time, on budget, and at scale.
Skills
Program & Project Management
- Technical Program Management · IT Delivery Management · Agile Delivery · Portfolio Management · PMO · Hybrid Agile/Waterfall · APQP · Risk Management · Design-to-Cost · Scrum · SAFe · Kanban
Strategy & Business
- Corporate Strategy · OKR Frameworks · Operating Model Design · P&L Management · Business Development · Go-to-Market Strategy · Marketing · Business Analysis · Financial Modelling · Budget Management · Stakeholder Management · Commercial & Technology Due Diligence
Technical & Industry
- ADAS · Software-Defined Vehicle · Embedded Systems · Cybersecurity · Digital Transformation · ERP · Life Sciences · Medical Devices · Automotive (Tier 1) · Quality Management Systems (FMEA, SPC, APQP, 8D)
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Angers (up to 50km)
Experience
- OptacubeCo-Founder & CEOSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGOctober 2025 - Today (8 months)Paris, FranceEnterprise SaaS platform connecting strategic intent, project execution, and financial value realisation — built for complex, physical product development organisations
- Founded Optacube to solve a structural gap observed across multiple industries: strategy and capital allocation disconnected from project-level execution and financial outcomes.
- Defined market segmentation and ICP across three industrial verticals (automotive Tier 1, electronics manufacturing, pharma CDMO) — concentrating commercial effort on ~20 enterprise accounts (>$1B revenue) to drive growth.
- Designed the platform around a driver-based financial model natively connecting strategic goals to project unit economics — validated through structured discovery with senior finance and program management leaders across target accounts.
- Delivered v1 of the platform in under 6 months with a founding team of 2, from initial concept to a fully functioning release deployed at a first customer site — validating the core product thesis ahead of seed fundraising.
- Built and executed GTM strategy from zero, generating 20+ qualified enterprise conversations and 4 active deals within the first months of commercial activity.
- DepixusSenior Manager, Strategy & Program ManagementBIOTECHFebruary 2024 - October 2025 (1 year and 8 months)Paris, FranceDepixus is a Series-A deep tech life science startup — pioneering single-molecule analysis instruments for genomics research and drug discovery.
- Appointed as first Senior Manager reporting directly to CEO, with a mandate spanning corporate strategy, product management, and program execution — operating as de facto COO for a 50-person R&D organisation transitioning from research-led to product-led.
- Designed and deployed the Depixus Operating Model from scratch, covering strategy, innovation, product development, operations, and governance — introducing Agile delivery frameworks across R&D teams and shifting the company from research-led to product-led culture.
- Defined and aligned company OKRs with C-staff and senior management, translating strategic objectives into measurable team-level goals.
- Defined the 18-month product roadmap and led MVP validation through market research and focus groups, establishing first product-market fit signals.
- Managed a multidisciplinary team of 50 R&D professionals across software, UI/UX, data science, biology, hardware engineering, and manufacturing — with 4 Product Owners as direct reports — guiding delivery using hybrid Agile/Waterfall methodologies.
- Secured the company's first commercial contract ($500K), growing customer engagement from ~2 interactions/month to 10+ within 6–9 months.
- Expanded the technology's application scope into a new segment targeting $10M+ ARR, securing a competitive public grant covering 35% of development costs.
- Built the program management function from scratch — trained 50+ employees in advanced project management concepts.
- Delivered CE and US market certifications for all company products.
- Implemented pragmatic quality control processes and contributed to the design of a Quality Management System.
- Managed resource utilisation across functional teams in partnership with Heads of Function.
- Led digital transformation aligned to the Target Operating Model.
- AptivProgram ManagerAUTOMOBILEJanuary 2021 - January 2024 (3 years)Paris, FranceGlobal automotive technology company — ADAS, Software-Defined Vehicle, Multimedia systems
- Full P&L accountability for $500M in annual revenue across Stellantis, Renault, and Nissan accounts — reporting to the Executive Senior Program Director.
- Led a team of 4 Project Managers across France and Poland, overseeing a portfolio of 15+ global programs annually with an R&D budget exceeding $50M and 400+ headcount globally.
- Navigated a compounding crisis environment — post-COVID supply disruption, global semiconductor shortage, and post-Ukraine inflationary pressure — while maintaining program delivery and driving a structural cost transformation.
- Drove EBITDA improvement of +800bps within 12 months through pricing recovery and operational efficiency programs.
- Secured $500M in new business awards (50% YoY revenue growth), expanding market share from 20% to 90% within the account perimeter — through productization strategy enabling reuse of platform modules across customers.
- Defined and executed the customer account strategy, including business budget plans, project selection, resource allocation, capital expenditure oversight, and business development targets — owning the full business and delivery lifecycle.
- Engaged with customer technology roadmaps at the management level, and translating customer platform strategies into internal business development priorities.
- Consolidated manufacturing operations from 4 factories to 3 within 12 months, achieving 20% CapEx reduction ($5M saved) through industrial scheme optimisation and cross-site workload rebalancing.
- Established a PMO, implementing standardised methodologies, tracking mechanisms, and structured portfolio reviews with senior leadership .
- Delivered 3–5 product launches annually, each integrated into new vehicle platforms.
- Reduced Net Promoter Score detractor rate from 20% to 15% within 12 months across key accounts through structured customer engagement and issue resolution.
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Education
- Advanced MasterCentraleSupélec Paris2016Advanced Master in Industrial Project Management & Supply Chain
- Engineering DegreeEcole Nationale Polytechnique2015Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineer and Automation
Certifications
- IPMA Level D: Project Management AssociateIPMA2016
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow BeltCentraleSupélec2016