Senior Product Manager - Energy & Waste Optimization - Freelance

Daily rate: 650

Context

Within Veolia, the team manages a portfolio of strategic digital products that support the operational performance of the Group's Business Units. In this context, we are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead a strategic mission focused on optimizing waste incineration and energy recovery.

Missions

• Build a coherent and scalable product offering from several existing assets related to incineration and activities, including:
  • Hermod: legacy product for incineration line control and optimization
  • AI for ERF: a set of AI modules/APIs dedicated to Energy Recovery Facility optimization
  • TTMP for ERF: GenAI agents and use cases applied to incineration operations and decision support
• Build the target vision for a Hubgrade Incineration Optimization offering
• Clarify the complementarity between Hermod, AI for ERF, and TTMP for ERF
• Identify and prioritize the highest-value use cases
• Validate Business Units' and business sponsors' appetite
• Lay the foundations for a combined offering covering hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, and incineration
• Define a credible go-to-market and adoption strategy
• Prepare a progressive, value-driven rollout
• Document an initial business case and the conditions for scaling

Work streams:

• Strategic Offering Framework

  • Analyze positioning, strengths, limitations, and complementarities of Hermod, AI for ERF, and TTMP for ERF
  • Define multiple scenarios for structuring a combined offering
  • Recommend a clear and scalable product model

• Market, Business Unit, and User Discovery

  • Map actual needs of Business Units and users
  • Conduct interviews with key stakeholders: site managers, process experts, CIOs, BU management, business sponsors
  • Identify pain points, expectations, adoption criteria, and priority use cases
  • Qualify target markets, segments, and priority geographic areas

• Value Validation

  • Assess BUs' interest in a combined Hermod + AI for ERF + TTMP for ERF offering
  • Test clarity of the value proposition
  • Identify potential sponsors, champions, and early adopters
  • Formalize main adoption barriers and enablers

• Product Foundations

  • Define product vision for the future offering
  • Formalize the value proposition
  • Define scope of the initial offering
  • Structure high-level functional specifications
  • Define product, business, and adoption KPIs

• Business Case and Deployment Model

  • Build an initial business case for the offering
  • Define assumptions for value, costs, economic model, and investment
  • Recommend a progressive deployment strategy by BU, region, or site typology

• Go-to-Market and Adoption

  • Develop a go-to-market strategy for the combined offering
  • Define key messages and value arguments
  • Prepare Business Unit activation mechanisms
  • Adopt a highly conquest-oriented mindset ("hunter mindset") to drive adoption and remove barriers

• Governance and Documentation

  • Facilitate collaboration with product, business, data, tech, and architecture teams
  • Prepare decision-making materials for sponsors
  • Ensure rigorous and actionable documentation at the end of the mission

Tools & Environment

• Product management frameworks and methodologies
• AI modules/APIs related to Energy Recovery Facility optimization
• GenAI agents and use cases for incineration operations
• Cross-functional collaboration with product, business, data, tech, and architecture teams

Working Conditions

• Senior Product Manager role within Veolia
• Strategic mission focused on waste incineration and energy recovery optimization
• Engagement involves multiple Business Units and stakeholders across regions