Olivier Vidal

About

Product leader with a focus on HR Tech and workforce management. I have experience bridging the gap between business builders and colleagues in data science, design, and engineering. Extensive experience in AI readiness and talent management solutions, particularly in professional services and HR technology sectors.

Experience

• Product Consultant · Lavasource2026-01-01 –

  Guiding the build of a talent marketplace, and associated HR Technology and services.

• Founder · Sightline Ai2026-01-01 –

  Building Sightline AI to help professional services firms get ready for the AI era. We assess workforce readiness, find data gaps, and map the path forward.

• Interim, Head of Product · Chapter 22025-03-01 – 2025-12-01

  Led the design transformation of a freelancer management platform into a focused marketplace. Developed and executed a product strategy turnaround. Hands-on technical product management, organizational redesign and re-hiring.

• Product Advisor · Institute for the Future of Work2024-10-01 – 2025-01-01

  Tenders and consulting for a specialist AI and labour market think tank.

• Product & Solution Lead, Workforce AI · Satalia2022-10-01 – 2024-09-01

  Hybrid product and consulting role. Applying generative AI, decision, and data science capabilities to workforce management, employee experience and productivity challenges in professional services. Satalia is a WPP agency.

• Co-Founder · EBike Cornwall2021-02-01 – 2023-11-01

  Founded a side project with friends during the pandemic. A classic neighbourhood bike shop, also renting bikes in partnership with luxury hotels. I took responsibility for everything that wasn't physical, although I did build the shop! Inventory, pricing, routes, partnerships, marketing, websites, administration etc.

• Senior AI Product Manager · The Adecco Group2021-03-01 – 2022-09-01

  Product portfolio role, in global digital & data team. Steering the build of three api-first data products for recruitment automation and skills-based matching (in parsing; skill ontologies & talent matching). Worked with clients, data scientists, c-suite leaders, cloud architects engineers, and UX designer to agree shared needs, backlogs and timelines for launches and integrations within a complex enterprise IT landscape.

• Digital Product Manager · The Adecco Group2019-11-01 – 2021-02-01

  Product strategy role, designing an ideal end-to-end digital experience for Adecco’s global contingent workforce of contractors and gig-workers, to enable ‘careers, not gigs’ by integrating job, training, and assessment recommendations into their employee journey.

• Enterprise Account Director · General Assembly2018-01-01 – 2019-10-01

  Solution sales and partnerships for a leader in enterprise upskilling, learning, and development. Led the sale of data science and software upskilling programs to multinationals undergoing strategic workforce transformations. General Assembly joined Adecco Group in 2018.

• Founder & Product Manager · Fair Hiring Project2016-08-01 – 2017-12-01

  Founded and developed the Fair Hiring Project, a social-good, online learning platform. Led the development of content to enhance user engagement and learning outcomes. Navigated the challenges of bringing a startup idea to market.

Education

• General AssemblyProduct Management, Digital Product Management
• University of ExeterBA, Politics
• Pates Grammar SchoolA Levels, Economics, Politics, History

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