Louise Girard

Overview

Building Saffron Ops in Paris - developer tooling. Signed 232 paying customers, 19 of them enterprises. Before that: Meta and Booking.com. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Aug 2025 - Present
   Saffron Ops · 1 yr 2 mo · Contract · Paris, France
   • Took Saffron Ops from zero to $6 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 117 people across 4 countries.
   • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
2. Group Product Manager

   Feb 2023 - Apr 2025
   Meta · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
3. Group Product Manager

   Aug 2019 - Feb 2023
   Booking.com · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
4. Associate Product Manager

   May 2018 - Aug 2019
   ASML · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
   • Grew creator revenue from $6 million to $31 million ARR.
   • Launched the creator product in 8 markets.
5. Principal Product Manager

   Jun 2016 - May 2018
   Novartis · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Paris, France
   • Sit on 5 boards.
   • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.

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Education

1. University of Amsterdam

   BSc, Business Administration
   1997 - 2000