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London / Paris · Available for permanent and contract opportunities

Christophe Lys-Septier

Programme Manager | Technology Transformation | M&A Integration | AI & Data | PMO & Governance

Turning complex strategic initiatives into operational reality.

Programme Manager and transformation leader with 12+ years' experience delivering complex technology, M&A, data, infrastructure and enterprise programmes across international environments.

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12+Years' experience
£25m+Programme scale
15+Parallel workstreams
GlobalUK · Europe · LATAM

Selected programmes

Complex change, made executable.

Examples of programmes where governance, technology and operational readiness had to move together.

AI · Data · Infrastructure

Enterprise AI Platform

Led the programme to establish enterprise capability for LLM training and serving, bringing together Data, Platform Engineering, ML Engineering, Infrastructure and Customer Operations.

Targeting ~9,000 hours/month of manual work reduction
  • Enterprise model serving and training capability
  • Model-agnostic API abstraction
  • Security, observability and 24/7 operational readiness

M&A · Infrastructure · International Expansion

Cross-Border Acquisition & Data Centre

Directed a ~£25m acquisition and operational establishment programme in Colombia spanning property, data centre infrastructure, office fit-out, legal entity creation, recruitment and transition to operations.

100+ seat operational hub established
  • Property acquisition and due diligence
  • Data centre power, cooling, network and server infrastructure
  • Regulatory, legal and commercial coordination

M&A · Technology · Integration

Gaming Platform Acquisition & Integration

Built programme governance for a nine-figure acquisition involving a core online gaming platform and multiple brands, coordinating integration readiness across business and technology workstreams.

15+ coordinated workstreams
  • Integration governance and readiness gates
  • Cross-functional dependency management
  • Executive reporting and decision control

Cloud · Data · Platform

Cloud & Data Transformation

Delivered cloud and data initiatives including migration of a data platform to GCP and later platform, SRE, database, security and observability programmes.

Multi-team technology transformation
  • GCP migration
  • Platform and SRE delivery
  • Data, observability and security coordination

Career

Experience across transformation, technology and operations.

2022 — 2026London · International

Programme Manager

Quartz Enterprises / The Workshop

Led complex technology, M&A, AI, infrastructure and enterprise transformation programmes for C-level sponsors across multiple geographies.

M&A and post-merger integration governanceEnterprise AI infrastructure programmeInternational acquisition and data centre programmePlatform migration and DevOps portfolio delivery
2019 — 2022London

Project / Programme Management

FDJ Gaming Solutions / Sporting Solutions

Managed technology transformation initiatives spanning cloud migration, data platforms and enterprise systems integration.

Sporting Solutions data platform migration to GCPRingCentral integrationServiceNow integrationMulti-million-pound programme environments
Earlier careerFrance / Europe

Project Management

DPD Group / Pickup Services

Delivered logistics and last-mile initiatives across digital notifications, home delivery and parcel network expansion.

Notification platformBike courier home deliveryParcel locker rolloutRetail and network partnerships
2011France

Navigator · School of Maistrance

French Navy

Early leadership and operational training in a structured, high-accountability environment.

Expertise

Where I operate best.

Senior programme leadership at the point where strategy meets cross-functional execution.

01Programme Leadership
02Technology Transformation
03M&A Integration
04AI & Data
05Infrastructure & Cloud
06PMO & Governance
07International Expansion
08Executive Stakeholder Management

Contact

Need someone to turn a complex programme into an executable delivery system?

I’m available for senior programme management, transformation, M&A integration and PMO leadership opportunities.

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