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Roxana Botez

@roxanabotez

Leadership coach and people lead who builds psychological safety, clarity, and high-performing teams in complex organizations.

Romania

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a people-first organization where I can coach leaders, build psychological safety and team effectiveness, and align multiple stakeholders—using clear structure and process improvement to deliver measurable outcomes in ambiguity.

I build the conditions in which people and teams do their best work. With 15+ years inside complex, high-stakes organizations, I’ve learned organizational performance is almost always a people question in disguise.

I lead without telling people what to do: I create psychological safety, structure, and trust so people can step into their strongest selves. I’ve built a team from the ground up (1 to 25 people at Continental), led distributed organizations up to 40 people across Romania, and repeatedly turned demotivated or at-risk teams into high-performing ones—through emotional intelligence and trust, not control.

I bring a Certified Transformational Coach methodology to 1:1 development—validating, mirroring, and helping people see themselves in their strongest form. I thrive in ambiguity when there’s no clear playbook, many stakeholders, and meaning still has to be aligned, and I pair that with delivery rigor through process redesign and Agile/SAFe/Kanban alignment.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Head of Operations & Solution Lead

EEINS Romania / EEINS Experts SRL

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Led a 40-person distributed organization, responsible for delivery, team health, and operational performance without formal hierarchy. Built psychological safety and trust through wellbeing monitoring, early burnout detection, coaching, and stakeholder alignment.

Team Leadership Organizational Development Psychological Safety Coaching Burnout Detection Process Redesign Delivery Predictability Agile SAFe Kanban Change Management Conflict Resolution Budget Management

Product Owner – Test Team

EEINS Experts SRL

Jul 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Hired and developed an integrator into a fully autonomous Product Owner through coaching and progressive responsibility transfer. Served as a bridge between customers, partners, and QA teams and improved test cycle time via structured process improvement and team alignment.

Product Ownership Coaching Mentoring Stakeholder Management Process Improvement Test Cycle Time Reduction Agile

Project Manager & Delivery Lead

EEINS Experts SRL

Jul 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 5 months)

Coordinated delivery across Romania and Germany using Agile/SAFe ceremonies as trust-building and alignment across organizational boundaries. Unblocked an at-risk project by facilitating stakeholder alignment and drove it to market delivery.

Project Management Delivery leadership Agile SAFe

Team Lead – SW Development & Testing

Continental Automotive SRL

Jan 2015 - Jan 2019 (4 years)

Built and led a multidisciplinary team (1 to 25 people) across SW development, testing, support, and infrastructure while managing multiple concurrent projects. Developed individuals into leadership roles, facilitated conflict resolution and cross-team alignment, and designed internal training on Jira and Git using a train-the-trainer model.

Team Leadership SW Development Support Testing And QA Mentoring Leadership Coaching Progressive Ownership Facilitation Conflict Resolution Team Alignment Jira Git Agile

Software Tester & Integrator

Continental Automotive SRL / Embarcadero

Jan 2006 - Dec 2014 (8 years 11 months)

Built experience in QA, integration testing, and test planning in regulated automotive environments. Provided technical grounding in testing and integration to support engineering teams.

& QA Integration Testing Test Planning Regulated Automotive Testing Test Execution