Product Lead -Proxy Product Owner – EPC Connect - F/H

We are currently seeking a Product Lead, reporting directly to Senior Manager - Procurement Product Lead to join our EPC Digital Continuity team based in Nanterre, Paris, France.

About us:

Technip Energies is a global technology and engineering powerhouse. With leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management, we are contributing to the development of critical markets such as energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our complementary business segments, Technology, Products and Services (TPS) and Project Delivery, turn innovation into scalable and industrial reality.

Through collaboration and excellence in execution, our 17,000+ employees across 34 countries are fully committed to bridging prosperity with sustainability for a world designed to last.

About the Role

Technip Energies is seeking an experienced Product Lead (Proxy Product Owner) to drive the vision, strategy, delivery, and continuous evolution of EPC Connect, our global Procurement Digital Platform based on Ivalua SaaS. The Product Lead will be accountable for maximizing business value, driving product adoption, and ensuring alignment with enterprise technology, data governance, and business objectives.

Product Leadership & Operational Ownership

The Product Lead is accountable for the long-term success, adoption, evolution, and operational performance of EPC Connect. The role requires balancing business priorities, user needs, platform capabilities, operational stability, and value realization while ensuring alignment with Procurement and Digital Transformation objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and communicating the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Managing and prioritizing the product backlog to maximize business value.
• Driving adoption, user satisfaction, and measurable business outcomes.
• Leading release planning, enhancement prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Ensuring product KPIs, operational metrics, and value realization targets are achieved.
• Acting as the primary point of accountability for product governance, business alignment, and stakeholder engagement.
• Managing demand intake, product investments, and enhancement portfolios.
• Ensuring service quality, operational stability, support effectiveness, and platform performance.
• Collaborating with Procurement, Digital, Data, Architecture, and Vendor teams to continuously evolve the platform.
• Driving innovation opportunities through new technologies, automation, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Managing strategic relationships with Ivalua and other technology partners.
• Supporting governance forums, executive reporting, risk management, and decision-making processes.

Skills Required Product Management & Operation Ownership

• Product Ownership / Product Management
• Product Strategy and Roadmap Management
• Backlog Prioritization and Demand Management
• Agile and SAFe Delivery Methodologies
• Business Value Realization
• Stakeholder Management
• Incident management, Risk and Issue Management
• Change Management and Adoption
• Operational Budget Management

Procurement Domain Expertise

• Source-to-Pay Processes (Ivalua preferred)
• Supplier Lifecycle Management
• Contract Management
• Vendor Performance Management
• Supplier Risk Management
• Procurement Analytics and Reporting

Technical Knowledge

Working knowledge of the following technologies and concepts is desirable. The successful candidate is not expected to be a hands-on technical specialist but should understand how these capabilities enable business value, interact with enterprise platforms, and influence product strategy, platform evolution, operational governance, and architectural decision-making.

Enterprise Architecture & Integration

• Enterprise Architecture principles and Solution Architecture concepts
• APIs and Integration Patterns and Middleware Platforms
• System Integration and Data Flows
• Identity and Access Management and Cybersecurity and Security-by-Design principles

Data & Analytics

• Data Governance and Master Data Management
• Enterprise Data Platforms
• Microsoft Fabric, Data Mesh concepts, Data Warehousing and Analytics

Cloud & Platform Operations

• SaaS Platform Governance and Azure Cloud Fundamentals and DevOps concepts
• Release and Environment Management
• Platform Lifecycle Management
• Operational Monitoring and Service Management

AI & Digital Innovation

• Generative AI, AI Copilots and AI Agents and Agentic Workflows
• RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
• MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• AI Governance and Responsible AI

Ideal Candidate Profile

The successful candidate has an IT or Computer Science Degree and is business-focused Product Leader capable of owning the product strategy, roadmap, operational performance, and value realization of EPC Connect. While not expected to be a technical expert, the candidate should possess sufficient technology, data, and AI awareness to engage effectively with specialists, challenge architectural decisions, evaluate innovation opportunities, and ensure that technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes.

The positioning: 60-70% Product Leadership and Operational Ownership, 20-30% Procurement Expertise, and only 10-20% Technology/Data/AI awareness

We require 5-7 years of experience for this position

What’s next?

At Technip Energies, we prioritize internal applications and provide timely feedback to internal applicants. Our Recruiting Team screens and matches your skills, experience, and potential team fit against the role requirements. We ask for your patience as the team completes the volume of applications with a reasonable timeframe. You can check your application progress directly in PeopleConnect Recruiting.

Together, let’s be part of the solution!