CAt Energisme, people are at the heart of our solutions. To better understand what drives those who shape our products daily, we interviewed Cécile, our new Head of Product. With nearly 20 years of experience in digital and a passion for the energy transition, she shares her journey, her vision of the role, and her ambitions to build ever more useful, agile, and sustainable products at Energisme.
Can you tell us about your background and what motivates you as Head of Product?
I’ve been working on creating and evolving digital products for almost 20 years. I’ve had the opportunity to explore various sectors: media, social networks, digital analytics… But it’s clearly in the energy sector—and more broadly in ecological transition—that I’ve found meaning in my daily work. Working to have a positive impact changes a lot of things.
In the title “Head of Product,” there are two very important dimensions for me
The word “Head” means I bear the responsibility of a team. It involves managing people, valuing individualities, supporting each person’s development. It’s very fulfilling to achieve that.Energisme
The word “Product” is the core of my job, which I practiced for a long time as a Product Owner. Being in product means engaging with all departments, fostering collective intelligence, building a vision, and being its guardian. It’s also about making choices every day, with the obsession of delivering value. This job has an end goal, not just means. That’s what drives me the most.
What motivated you to join Energisme?
As you’ve understood, the energy sector resonates with me a lot. But there’s also the power of the solution that attracted me. N’Gage is an impressive product, especially when you’re familiar with the market and have seen other solutions in action.Energisme
It’s extremely motivating to join teams that already capitalize on so much industry knowledge and to continue developing an ecosystem of solutions that makes sense for our clients. It represents both a stimulating challenge and a strong opportunity to contribute to a suite that lives up to the existing one
What stood out to you in Energisme’s product approach and the solutions we develop?
What immediately caught my attention is the openness to numerous connectors and sensors. This choice is strategic: it brings flexibility and data centralization that create a lot of value for our clients. It clearly positions Energisme in its market: we handle data, and we do it well, regardless of the type of input data.Energisme
This has allowed teams to focus on leveraging this data and offering a highly configurable and powerful solution to all our users.
What are the initial projects you wish to launch?
I’ve just joined the teams with a promise of even more agility. My goal is to increase our ability to respond quickly to market changes, to maintain that edge that is our strength, while taking on new challenges.
As for the other projects, they’re classified as top secret—sorry, Audrey!
How do you build a roadmap that creates value for all users: operators, managers, decision-makers?
I don’t build a classic roadmap. I prefer to share a vision, define constraints and clear objectives, encourage exchanges with our clients, and let the team propose the best solutions.
This makes their work much more motivating and engaging because they—the experts who work daily with our users—are best positioned to find the right ideas. I trust them to co-create this value, working hand in hand with other departments.
What role do AI, intelligent energy management, and flexibility play in your product approach?
Today, it’s impossible to talk about energy without mentioning these topics. They are at the heart of everyone’s attention, including mine. Their place in our product approach must meet our clients’ expectations while aligning with a sustainable vision.
These are themes to be addressed intelligently to get the best out of them, through our solutions but also through the design and development of our products.
A word for our clients, partners, and investors?
If you’re already satisfied with our solutions, then I hope you’ll be delighted tomorrow. In any case, that’s my goal!