About Toufik
Hi! I am Toufik
With 14 years of international experience in software, data, and team leadership, I help companies, from startups to large enterprises, build and ship digital products that provide value.
Working in agile environment (Scrum, Kanban and SAFe) adapted to complex, multi-team and multi-vendor environments, I’ve led
engineering and product teams, launched MVPs, implemented scalable processes, and built tooling that drives clarity and results.
Entrepreneurial by nature, I thrive in fast-paced environments where shipping, learning, and adapting matter most.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Deh onlineLíder de Proyecto Técnico & Delivery ManagerTECHOctober 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)Madrid, SpainWorking alongside the CTO/CIO.
- Govern the full delivery lifecycle of a distributed 18-person team (Spain & LATAM) under a customised Agile/SAFe framework, running cross-team coordination, incident management and continuous delivery across multiple business units and products.
- Designed, implemented and customized a comprehensive working framework inspired from Agile and SAFE
- Translate CIO and board directives into prioritised, incremental (MVP-oriented) work-streams, managing dependencies proactively across internal teams and external providers.
- Built a PMO governance & KPI system (integrating the Jira API, AWS Glue, Athena and QuickSight) for providing board-level decision support.
- Manage the definition, development, QA and integrations of internal and external services to the company custom middleware
- Own hiring, onboarding and performance management of remote engineers across multiple time zones.
- FreelanceFractional CTOTECHFebruary 2021 - October 2023 (2 years and 8 months)Montreal, CanadaMVP product studio: fractional CTO services, rapid MVP delivery and architecture advisory for startups and SMEs.
- Built an MVP launch studio from the ground up for a startup incubator: defined, hired and managed a full cross-functional team (developers, DevOps, UX, PM) with clear roles, delivery cycles and reporting structures.
- Defined and enforced the work methodology following Kanban and Agile principales for fast iteration and delivery
- Set up the operating foundation end-to-end (AWS infrastructure, Atlassian Jira Suite and GitLab) working with AWS specialists on cloud-native practices.
- Drove delivery of multiple API-driven MVPs (Python, FastAPI, Vue.js, MongoDB), aligning tech choices with speed, scalability and budget.
- Provided technical advisory on architecture, vendor selection and technical due diligence for founders and incubators.
- NexthinkProduct ManagerSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJanuary 2021 - January 2023 (2 years)Madrid, SpainCore SaaS product enabling automated, script-based remediation of employeedevice issues at scale.
- Owned the product roadmap and vision in a highly agile environment, working across engineering, UX and Product to translate user pain points into a prioritised, cross-platform (macOS & Windows) backlog delivered incrementally.
- Ran the full agile cadence end-to-end (backlog refinement, user-story definition and acceptance criteria, sprint planning and reviews, and Definition of Ready /Definition of Done) keeping engineering, UX and customer success aligned each sprint.
- Defined and automated the migration of Remote Actions scripts from on-premises to AWS S3 — a core integration/migration initiative aligned with Nexthink's on-premise to SaaS shift.
- Established structured discovery and feedback flows, continuously refining the roadmap from usage data and market signals.
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Education
- Ingénieur en technologie de l'information et de la communicationISEP2010Ingénierie Réseau, télécom, software, traitement du signal et gestion des entreprises
- Master IKSEMIAE de Paris - La Sorbonne2011Requirements Engineering, Web Services, Business Intelligence, IT Goverance, Project Management