Akeneo Product Cloud is a composable solution for orchestrating, activating, and optimizing product experiences across all owned and unowned channels. With its open platform, leading PIM, add-ons, connectors, and marketplace, the Akeneo Product Cloud improves product data quality and accuracy, simplifies catalog management, and accelerates the sharing of product information across all channels and locales.

At Akeneo, our teammates are the driving force behind who we are and where we want to go as a company. We work every day to shape a first-class work environment and culture, which is rooted in our core values of Humble Hunger, Diligent Benevolence, Responsible Pioneers and Inclusive Community! Our Purple Fire isn’t just a set of values; it’s our unique way of igniting passion and driving excellence. Bold and fun, with a hint of the unexpected - it is the essence of who we are. We want our people to help us grow and to grow with us, and that’s why we do whatever it takes to equip our employees with everything they may need to make a tangible impact on themselves, the business and the company. Let our intrepid three-headed mascot #ZiggyTheHydra welcome you into her world and join us at Akeneo! Learn more about who we are as an employer and about our Culture and Values via our Career page.

Job description

Act as a strategic partner to the CEO, ensuring effective management of cross-functional initiatives, corporate development, and executive team coordination, thereby facilitating Akeneo's growth and operational excellence. As the right-hand to the CEO, this role is designed to assist in:

Strategic Partnership: Act as an extension of the CEO, understanding their vision and priorities, and translating them into actionable strategies.  

Operational Excellence: Streamline processes, ensuring that the company's operations run seamlessly. This includes identifying bottlenecks, proposing solutions, and implementing improvements to enhance productivity and effectiveness across the board.

 Executive Liaison: Foster open communication between the CEO and key stakeholders, including department heads, board members, and external partners.

 Decision Support: Aid in the decision-making process by providing the CEO with relevant data, insights, and analysis, ensuring that decisions are well-informed and aligned with the company’s long-term vision. 

Organizational Advocate: Champion the company’s culture and values, ensuring they are consistently upheld and integrated into all initiatives, projects, and decisions.

Key responsibilities include:

Corporate Development:

- Oversee and identify opportunities for M&A activities. 

- Evaluate potential business partnerships and investments to support Akeneo’s expansion. 

- Coordinate due diligence processes and liaise with external advisors and consultants. 

- Ensure a smooth transition and integration process for new acquisitions. 

Cross-functional Strategic Project:

- Spearhead the establishment of a Project Management Office (PMO). 

- Prioritize, allocate resources, and ensure execution of strategic projects. 

- Collaborate with department heads to track project milestones and deliverables. 

- Monitor and report on the progress of strategic initiatives to stakeholders. 

Executive Team Coordination:

- Develop and maintain an internal operational calendar, coordinating key meetings, events, and communication. 

- Facilitate decision-making processes by providing relevant data and insights. 

- Mentor and support the CEO’s direct reports, ensuring clarity in roles and responsibilities.

 - Implement frameworks for tracking and measuring departmental KPIs.

Qualifications

- 5+ years of relevant work experience in a similar role, ideally in a B2B SaaS environment

 - Proven track record in corporate strategy, M&A, and operational excellence.

 - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

 - Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.

 - Proficiency in data analysis and performance metrics.

 - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

 - Aptitude for fostering collaboration and building relationships at all organizational levels.

 - High level of discretion and integrity.

 - Proactive approach with a focus on problem-solving and innovation.

 - Fluency in English; knowledge of French is an advantage. 

Life at Akeneo

🌎 Diverse, cross-cultural team.

🎉 Annual All Staff gathering week, office parties, team offsites

👋 Top-notch 8-week onboarding programme for new teammates, including live presentations, online courses you can take at your own pace, and an exhaustive checklist with all the resources, calls-to-action and support contacts for a smooth integration into the company.

🏰 The position is open in the lovely city of Nantes: Enjoy a 19th-century historical building, tour our private garden and stop by the pond while doing your team catch-up. We also do great barbecues when the sun is out.

General

💰 Competitive package and complementary health insurance

Time off

⏰ Flexible working hours, hybrid home/office policy

👶 33 days paid leave if you are the second parent (instead of 28 days)

Health & Wellness

🧘Individual and confidential coaching sessions with a mental health practitioner of your choice

💆 Massage sessions offered regularly and at a reduced price

Equipment

🔊 Best-in-class communication and collaboration tools: Slack, Notion, Google Suite, Jira, GitHub...

💻 Choose between MacOS or Linux

💸 Personal remote allowance to maximize your home office environment

Professional Development

🎫 Participation in in-house events welcoming external guests (ie. Meetups) or industry events

🧑‍🏫 Group and individual training opportunities

Perks & Discounts

😋 Get your Swile lunch card funded at 50% by the company

🚇 Receive a 50% discount on the transportation pass of your choice

📽️ Comité Social et Economique: advantages and deductions on cultural activities, entertainment etc.

👶 Take advantage of our company crèche whether you need a nursery spot (subject to availability), emergency childcare, or care for Wednesdays and school vacations.

Corporate Responsibility

🤲 Employee Volunteering program: give back to the community with two days per year dedicated to supporting the charities of your choice.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Diversity & Inclusion: Akeneo provides and ensures a safe work environment for everyone, regardless of seniority, gender identity, and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other characteristics. Akeneo is deeply anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-sexist, anti-ableist, and inclusive. We create the right conditions for you to feel safe and be yourself!

 Interview process

• Say hi! If your application has caught our attention, you will receive an invitation to a 30-minute conversation with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists, where you’ll learn more about the role and about Akeneo.
• Meet your future manager! This 45-60 minute interview will allow you to go in more depth into what the role entails and discuss your experience and skills.
• Meet the team! Project yourself into the reality of the position and confirm our company culture fits you with one or two additional interviews with your future colleagues or stakeholders.
• Sign your offer!

At all stages of your recruitment process, our Talent Acquisition team is committed to giving you an update in a one-week time frame.

So? Is this job description all about you? Then what are you waiting for - click that Apply button so that we can meet you without further delay!
Feeling hesitant because you think you’re not checking 100% of the requirements for the job, but still feel confident and motivated to grow into the position? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway, or reach out to us for questions or clarifications!