Zakaria Chahbar

GenAI Project Lead / AI Engineer @ Ores

Brussels, Belgium

AI Project Manager with a 10-year career uniquely bridging senior-level management consulting and hands-on GenAI leadership. My foundation in business transformation and project management (PwC) is now combined with 3+ years of technical experience leading Data and RAG, chatbot, and GenAI pilot projects. This hybrid background ensures I not only manage stakeholders, scope, budget, and risk with executive-level clarity, but also maintain deep technical credibility with engineering teams. Expert in applying Agile methodologies to Microsoft Azure projects, ensuring compliance (EU AI Act) and driving user adoption.

Top roles

Data Analyst< 2 years

Consultant (Specialist)2 - 5 years

AI Specialist< 2 years

Cloud

Azure

ETL Datawarehouse

DataStage

Miscellaneous

Project Management

Back-end

Python

Business Intelligence

Power BI

Systems

Microsoft 365 / Office 365

Language

Native French

French

Native

English

Fluent

Dutch

Average

Work experience

Since 2017

GenAI Project Lead / AI Engineer @ Ores

01 January 2024 -

Led a key reference project (GenAI RAG Chatbot) for a client (ORES) to transform complex technical documentation into an intelligent, searchable knowledge base for non-technical users.

Data Analyst & Data Scientist @ Sopra Steria

01 January 2022 - 01 January 2024

Directed high-level stakeholder coordination with 15+ global stakeholders, including the Group Deputy CTO, to define the go-to-market strategy and product roadmap for a group-wide Conversational AI solution.

Senior Consultant / IT Project Manager @ PwC

01 January 2017 - 01 January 2022

Acted as IT Project Manager for a complex data integration project for Amazon, leading the project end-to-end from inception to after-care and managing all stakeholder interactions.

Education experience

Since 2015

AI & Machine Learning @ Le Wagon

01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022

Completed a bootcamp focused on AI and machine learning methodologies.

Business Economics @ Solvay Brussels School

01 January 2015 - 31 December 2017

Master's degree with a focus on Financial Markets and Services.