Mihaela Maciuca

Skillfully assumed the roles of Scrum master and project manager, coordinating the release of innovative features in accordance with the product roadmap, ultimately earning a promotion to delivery manager. Implemented strategic objectives and key results (OKRs) for the engineering team, ensuring alignment with overall business goals while introducing vital performance indicators for velocity, quality, product impact, and autonomy. Successfully launched new features into production, leveraging Agile principles and demonstrating exceptional team performance that contributed to the client company's acquisition by an investment firm.

As a delivery manager, I expertly navigated client management responsibilities, including offering development, communication, contract negotiation, staffing, invoicing, and performance management.

Conducted insightful stakeholder interviews to extract essential project requirements, laying a solid foundation for the project. Crafted the investor documentation that facilitated vendor selection for website development and expertly managed the development team throughout the MVP creation process. Additionally, devised operational workflows to streamline business, finance, logistics, campaign production, warehouse management, recruitment, and training functions and skillfully led a 12-member campaign production team comprising content editors, photo editors, models, and photographers, ensuring seamless coordination and execution.

The outstanding performance of the development teams ultimately contributed to the client company's acquisition by a renowned global investment fund.

Managed three geographically distributed teams across multiple countries, working on Android and core back-end development for an enterprise-level, cloud-based POS solution. Coordinated with 15+ outsourced team members from various vendors, including one from a competitor outsourcing company. Audited and refined the initial Agile software development practices, resulting in a strategic improvement plan approved by the client. Achieved notable enhancements in output quality and doubled team velocity within three months, elevating team morale through optimized processes and improved client communication. Demonstrated exceptional development team results, retaining team members through two rounds of client cost reduction efforts and earning a promotion to delivery manager.

Finally, as a delivery manager, I adeptly managed client-side responsibilities, including communication, contract negotiation, staffing, invoicing, and performance management, ultimately contributing to the client company's acquisition by an investment fund.