Senior Project & People Manager

You will be a vital part of a dedicated and professional team of managers and other highly skilled people. As Project & People Manager, you will lead cross-functional teams to drive innovation, scalability, and operational excellence in military healthcare technology—helping shape the future of defence medical support.

The job

As part of the development management, you will be responsible for people management of employees located in Romania who are part of the development department, as well as project management for distributed Scrum teams in the development department, with teams consisting of members in both Romania and Denmark and working towards delivering on budget, quality, and time. You will lead cross-organizational improvements and deliveries to and from key stakeholders from other business units, coordinate and manage cross-team initiatives at the program level to advance our organization and product and assist in bid processes by providing technical feasibility assessments, effort estimates, and development planning input to support proposal development.

In short, you can look forward to:  

• Supporting and participate in planning activities on program and team level
• Following up on plans and the completion of short and long-term goals
• Measuring performance and status of plans, ensuring efficient feedback loops and improvements
• Risk management, status reporting and governance
• Following up and handling impediments
• Executing the Systematic gate model from planning, executing and delivering our product
• Coordinating and communication between teams and stakeholders
• People management of highly skilled colleagues, ensuring their continuous development and happiness.

Joining the team

Our new product Battlefield Health, part of the Healthcare Business Unit, combines proven healthcare and C4ISR solutions into a unified defence medical information system. Drawing on over 30 years of defence and healthcare expertise, Battlefield Health provides critical decision support for military healthcare professionals, enhancing Continuum of Care, Patient Tracking, and Flow Management.

The SitaWare Battlefield Health platform offers a comprehensive multinational setup to manage patient tracking and flow from incident to repatriation, delivering a common operational picture and meeting defence healthcare requirements. Building on this foundation, the Battlefield Health – Deployed Hospital project aims to deliver resilient, modular, and rapidly deployable field hospitals equipped with advanced digital solutions for emergency and surgical care in extreme environments. The initiative focuses on offline-capable, interoperable software supporting real-time patient tracking, triage, diagnostics, and logistics, ensuring seamless operations even with limited infrastructure. Designed for multinational contexts, the solution features intuitive interfaces and integration with diverse medical and logistical systems.

Three distributed Scrum teams with members from Aarhus and Bucharest work together, each team consisting of 7–10 people and multiple roles: Developers, Testers, a Domain Advisor/Product Owner, and Scrum Master. You will have a broad interface with many roles primarily within the program—working closely with your project management peers, domain advisors, solution architects, customer project managers, quality assurance, implementation, and sales.

Your qualifications:

• A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree and experience from the IT industry
• Qualifications comparable to PMI/PMP, PRINCE2 or similar
• Proven experience (5+ years) in Project Management within complex software development companies
• Excellent leadership skills with a hands-on approach and lead-by-example work style
• Experience from within software development companies leading people and projects
• Demonstrates strong project management skills, including experience with KPIs, management briefings, business committee meetings, and agile methods such as Scrum and SAFe.
• Proficient in Office and Jira; fluent in English.
• Analytical, structured, and able to remain calm under pressure; result-oriented with a winning mentality and excellent cooperation skills.
• Motivates and develops teams through an involving leadership style, thrives in collaborative environments, manages multiple projects with a commercial mindset, and embraces continuous learning and improvement.

Please note that you must be able to present a clean criminal record and have lived in a NATO and/or an EU country for the past seven years as we work with security-classified projects. Read more here.

Never stop developing 

Systematic is uniquely people-centric, truly international and proudly rooted in Denmark with more than 1100 employees. Together, we write intelligent and innovative code to drive progress and improve lives. We develop IT solutions that make a real difference where it matters most. This is why we never stop developing. Here, there is room to be professional and personal. It is not just a place to work but a place to belong. 

Start your development here

We will be assessing applications on an ongoing basis as we wish to welcome our new colleague as soon as possible, so click Apply Now and send us your CV today. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact the recruiter: flor@systematic.com

Welcome to Systematic Bucharest

Systematic Romania, the second-largest office with over 150 employees, is conveniently located near Piata Romana. You can start your day with a delicious breakfast in the canteen and choose the option to order fresh meals for lunch. Find daily fruits and beverages and step out onto the terrace for a breath of fresh air. The recreation room offers board games, foosball, and table tennis for some friendly competition, and we even provide office massage sessions to help you relax. Thanks to our Employees' Club, you can join exciting social events like karting, treasure hunts, and themed parties. Plus, getting here is easy with an indoor parking lot and public transport just around the corner. 

What we offer:

At Systematic, we focus on both personal and professional growth within a stable and innovative work environment that prioritizes employee well-being.

• Hybrid setup: office and remote work.
• Travel might be expected to our Headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark (10-15 day/year)
• Up to 25 vacation days, 23 days standard to which 2 more days can be added if you have more than 10 years of work experience.
• 24h extra per year for personal time off for all employees.
• Additional days off: 24th and 31st of December.
• A flexible benefit program - you can mix your benefits choosing from different kind of Services on a very dynamic platform – Benefit Online, such as:
• Lunch in our canteen
• Private medical subscription - you can choose from 3 providers
• Private pension
• Meal or vacation vouchers
• Gym subscription

Get in touch

Iulia Carmen Florea

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant