Summary
Jennifer Stephan is a product-focused digital services leader with seven years of experience building and scaling state-backed startups and platforms within French public institutions. Currently heading the Ministère de l'Agriculture’s incubator La Ruche, she previously coached national product teams on projects like ma-cantine, POP (patrimoine open data) and Ellesfontlaculture, shepherding initiatives from discovery to long-term operation. She blends hands-on technical background (Le Wagon) with strategy training from ESCP and a Techno-MBA from KAIST, enabling effective recruitment, fundraising and cross-ministerial coordination. Jennifer has a track record of operationalizing digital tools for social impact—streamlining victim support pathways for anti-trafficking efforts and improving public procurement and procedures for gov tech startups. Colleagues know her as a pragmatic coach who secures autonomy for intrapreneurs while embedding product vision and methodological rigor. Based in Paris, she pairs civic-minded curiosity with the executional chops to move complex public programs into sustainable services.
7 years of coding experience
Classe préparatoire aux concours des Grandes écoles de commerce (ECS), Classe préparatoire aux concours des Grandes écoles de commerce (ECS) at Lycée Carnot, Paris
Techno-MBA, Techno-MBA, GPA : 3.98, Techno-MBA, Techno-MBA, GPA : 3.98 at 한국과학기술원(KAIST)
Baccalauréat série S, spécialité Mathématiques, Mention Très bien, Baccalauréat série S, spécialité Mathématiques, Mention Très bien at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Le Wagon
Master in Management, Master in Management at ESCP Europe
French, English, Spanish