Mission Director / Chief of Staff

Project overview

Context

As part of strengthening its governance, the company is seeking a senior consultant to support the Head of the Automation, Industrial IT, and New Plants Division (A2I).

This division, organized around three departments and several cross-functional teams, operates in a complex, multi-site, and international industrial environment.

The increase in industrial projects, operational demands, and performance objectives necessitates enhanced transverse management, team coordination, and commitment tracking.

The consultant will act as the Division Head's true right-hand person, in a mission director role, providing strategic coordination and decision support, without direct hierarchical authority over the teams.

Missions

Deliverables

Expected commitments: weekly reporting, regular action tracking, immediate alerts in case of blockages requiring arbitration, and adherence to deadlines.

Deliverables must be modifiable and compatible with Microsoft 365; final documentation also compatible with Office 2016 and PDF.

Working Conditions

• Structure and strengthen the operational and strategic management of the Division.
• Act as a Front Office for the Division Head by qualifying, prioritizing, and directing requests.
• Consolidate the roadmaps, priorities, commitments, and risks of the various departments.
• Facilitate coordination between department heads, cross-functional teams, and industrial sites.
• Prepare strategic decisions and arbitrations for management.
• Accelerate the execution and follow-up of decisions made.
• Identify risks, interdependencies, overlaps, and organizational blocking points.
• Foster synergies and propose governance and organizational evolutions.
• Sustainably improve collective performance and management processes.
• Enable the Division Head to focus on management, strategy, and arbitration issues.
• Coordinate the three departments and cross-functional teams without hierarchical authority.
• Structure governance processes and decision-making circuits.
• Prepare and lead steering meetings.
• Produce executive summaries and arbitration recommendations.
• Monitor the implementation of decisions and propose corrective actions.
• Support organizational changes and the transfer of methods to internal teams.
• Scoping note and stakeholder mapping.
• Governance proposal and six-month work plan.
• Definition of Front Office operations.
• Responsibility mapping and RACI matrix.
• Consolidated roadmap for the three departments.
• Dashboards for priorities, risks, and commitments.
• Registers for requests, decisions, and action plans.
• Interdependency analyses and arbitration recommendations.
• Minutes and weekly reporting.
• Mission review, recommendations, and continuity plan.
• Location: Corbeil-Essonnes (91).
• Start Date: 01/12/2026.
• Estimated End Date: 01/07/2027.
• On-site presence: minimum 4 days per week on site.
• Remote work: maximum 1 day possible, to be confirmed.
• Travel: occasional in France and internationally.
• Equipment: PC provided by the service provider, authorized and mastered according to company standards.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: 91100 Corbeil-Essonnes, France, FR
• Languages: French