Head of Project Delivery Management Cluj-Napoca

Head of Project Delivery Management
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania

Job Description

The Local Head of Project Delivery Management is a senior member of both the Local Leadership as well as the Country PDM Leadership structures 

Job Description

As local Head of Project Delivery Management, you’ll be responsible for growing the discipline in the location ensuring alignment at country level. You will also be strategically involved in expanding the skills of our people in line with the technology trends and considering the local market. You'll team up with the Country Head of PDM and the Location Manager to support change initiatives, drive technical excellence and create an environment of challenge and support.

• Evolve the skills and capabilities required in the PDM discipline, according to the direction agreed at country discipline level, and in line with Endava’s vision.
• Grow the PDM discipline by recruiting, being involved in organizing various L&D programs, strategic planning, and allocating people to accounts and projects according to their seniority, skills, and career development objectives.
• Provide support to client visits in the Cluj Napoca offices; offer an excellent experience and showcase our capabilities and strengths, for the PDM discipline overall as well as for the location.
• Provide support to stakeholders in the wider Endava context to successfully deliver projects from Romania.
• Work with the other Heads of PDM and Discipline Leads in Romania, as well as with the Cluj Napoca Leadership Team, and provide meaningful contributions to the country discipline and location objectives as agreed within the team.
• Run performance reviews and perform local evaluations. The local Head of PDM is ultimately accountable for ensuring fair and equitable promotion and compensation for discipline staff by consistently applying the recommended policies and procedures from the Endava Group.
• Work with other disciplines, locations and their leadership teams on Endava group objectives.
• Represent Endava at local events, conferences and meetups, and built relationships with universities and technical communities.
• Play an active role in commercial engagements,  acting as Senior Project / Program / Delivery Manager after the initial onboarding 
• Last but not least: guide decisions, act, and communicate in the spirit of the Endava values, thereby promoting their adoption in the community.

When acting at local level the local Head of PDM will report towards the Location Manager and when acting at country level they will usually report into the Country Head of PDM. The local Head of PDM also has a dotted reporting line into the regional discipline structure, namely the Regional Head of Ways of Working (Wo
W).  

This role will provide guidance and coaching for the senior members of the Discipline as well setting up internal communities and career coaching structure and processes within the discipline.  

When acting at local level the Head of PDM will sync and implement a location strategy that is in line with the overall country level strategy. They will coordinate with the Country Head of PDM and other local heads of PDM to ensure consistency and synergy between locations to implement a cohesive strategy within the country.  

The local Head of PDM will work closely with Account and Industry representatives to support the projects with appropriate capabilities. Additional responsibilities such as point of escalation for accounts,
- sales and active project activities beyond the Discipline, like taking on Delivery Manager responsibilities, are also part of the local Head of PDM role.  

Qualifications

• Min.  10 years of experience in IT project management roles: Project Manager, Delivery Manager or similar.
• The candidate is expected to work easily with people: listen, engage, negotiate, influence, inspire, motivate, and lead others. Interaction skills are key to being able to act successfully in the role.
• Leadership abilities: strategic thinking, “lead by example”,
  - solving mindset, teamwork, delegation, time management, and creative thinking.
• Commercial and
  - facing skills: build long term relationshipsshaping new projects, coordination of delivery activities, stakeholder management.
• Broad understanding of technology with knowledge and extensive experience of delivering complex projects / programs / initiatives from presales to go live and ongoing support.
• Good understanding of team management and all related activities:
  •  Workforce planning
  • Learning & Development
  • Cross - Discipline cooperation
  • Good networking with Commercial discipline 

Additional information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses,
  - based recognition awards, referral bonus;   
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities,
  - linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions,
  -
  - on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.