Terms of Reference

Position: Project Head / Coordinator at SRGO

Duration: 9 months (January – September 2026)
Reporting to: FAM Project Manager; with strategic guidance from MDED and UMAEF
Institutional Counterpart: Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MDED)

1. Objective of the Position

The Project Head will lead and represent the Smart Regulation and Growth Office (SRGO) delivery team and act as the single point of accountability for delivery quality, timelines, and results across the SRGO project. The role is responsible for establishing SRGO’s operating model (setup, coordination, delivery), running cross-government coordination routines with MDED and partner institutions, and steering priority Growth Dashboard actions toward measurable, verified implementation progress.

2. Key Responsibilities

The Project Head will:

• Lead the day-to-day management of SRGO delivery, ensuring clear work planning, sequencing, role allocation, and adherence to a disciplined delivery cadence (e.g., weekly/biweekly routines, issue logs, escalation).
• Establish, operationalize, and continuously improve SRGO’s operating model and internal governance, including decision rights, quality assurance, and stakeholder interfaces.
• Serve as the primary interface with MDED leadership, the State Chancellery and other relevant institutions, and coordinate the SRGO contribution to governance formats (e.g., Economic Council to the Prime Minister and related working groups).
• Approve and supervise integrated workplans and results reporting (quarterly progress reports, evidence of completed deliverables, KPI updates, and extension documentation), ensuring coherence across objectives and Growth Dashboard priorities.
• Lead Objective 3.1 (anchor investor attraction): steer investor targeting, coordinate missions and high-level engagements, and ensure conversion of leads into an investable pipeline (including MoUs/LoIs and negotiations launched).
• Lead Objective 3.6 (medical tourism): coordinate roadmap development, stakeholder alignment, and the enabling reform agenda (including options for regulatory sandboxing and simplification of foreign qualification recognition, where relevant).
• Oversee cross-cutting partner and donor coordination to ensure alignment, avoid duplication, and mobilize technical inputs needed to unblock implementation.
• Integrate communications into delivery: ensure that public-facing updates and partner messaging are linked to verified results and KPI reporting, and are synchronized with the delivery cadence.
• Identify delivery risks and constraints early, maintain an active issue log, and apply an escalation protocol to unblock implementation when constraints exceed the authority of implementing institutions.

3. Expected Outputs

• SRGO operating model functioning in practice (setup, coordination, delivery) with documented workflows, routines, and escalation protocol.
• Integrated operational plan and prioritized work program coordinated with MDED and aligned with the Growth Dashboard.
• Quarterly performance reports to FAM/UMAEF (validated by MDED), including delivery discipline KPIs and evidence of progress on priority actions.
• Anchor investor outreach pipeline established (target list, engagement status, decision log), with negotiations and agreements advanced toward MoUs/LoIs where feasible within the project period.
• Medical tourism coordination format operational; strategic roadmap and enabling policy/reform actions advanced (including draft concept notes and proposed regulatory steps, as applicable).
• Partner coordination notes and decision-ready materials prepared for high-level formats (Economic Council, inter-institutional working groups, donor coordination).

4. Required Expertise and Profile

• Relevant senior-level experience in program delivery, economic development, investment promotion, public administration reform, or related areas; a relevant university degree is an advantage but is not mandatory if experience is demonstrated.
• Minimum 5-7 years of assignment-specific experience leading or coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder reform or investment-delivery programs (government, donor-supported, or comparable settings).
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a delivery lead: translating policy intent into executable workplans, managing dependencies, tracking milestones, and unblocking implementation through escalation and negotiation.
• Solid understanding of the business environment agenda (competitiveness, administrative simplification, investment readiness) and familiarity with EU-aligned policy and regulatory approaches.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including proven capacity to engage senior public officials, development partners, and private-sector counterparts.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills (policy briefs, decision notes, reports); working proficiency in Romanian and English is expected (Russian is an asset).

Applications must be received no later than 17:00 local time on January 26, by email at anastasia.rusu@fam.md