Svitlana Stefanchuk
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Dedicated and results-driven Senior Agile Delivery Lead/Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, and Certified Scrum Master with a proven track record of delivering high-value multidisciplinary projects. With 7 years of project management expertise and 12 years in software development, I excel in implementing Scrum methodologies. I have actively contributed to organizational transformations from Waterfall to Agile models, from desktop to SaaS organization. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams through agile delivery processes, ensuring high-quality solutions aligned with business goals, seeking to leverage strong stakeholder management skills and extensive Agile experience to drive continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Delivery Manager
Xenial/Global Payments
06.2021 - 01.2024
- Company Overview: www.xenial.com
- Led Back Office project/portfolio, which consisted of such projects: cloud based, web and desktop projects to deliver product
- Led multiple implementing project cross-functional teams with a total of 30+ team members: Solution Architect, DevOps, business analyst, software engineers, manual and automation quality analyst, UX/UI designers through full SDLC model of agile processes
- Establish and execute agile delivery processes in Scrum, SAFe and Kanban, facilitated the agile ceremonies: Product Increment Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospectives supported with such tools Miro, Jira, Confluence, Asana
- Used AWS services for running the product: AWS CloudFormation, AWS ElasticCache, AWS Lambda, AWS Cloud Watch, ASW DynamoDB
- Managed Risk and dependencies, ensured that high-quality developing solutions are aligned with business goals
- Advised on a strategy for building, packaging, and releasing software artefacts in an automated way to all environments including production
- Drove continuous improvements via retrospective and feedback
- Established and managed trustful stakeholder relationships with transparency on all levels
- Report quarterly team results to main stakeholders (CEO, CTO, VP) at Quarterly Business Report events and Steering committee meetings
- Tightly cooperated with Product and Business Owner on prioritisation of Backlog items and estimations
- Owned the budget of the portfolio/project
- Set it accurate based on historical data and forecasted trends to keep operations financially sound
- Took part in Pre-sale initiatives such as: presenting our projects and possible future services to clients, estimating initial scope
- Www.xenial.com
Development Manager (SAFe framework)
SimCorp
09.2018 - 05.2021
- Company Overview: the world's leading provider of integrated investment management solutions, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Managed multiple cross-functional teams, ranging 40+ members in the vibrant Fintech landscape and developed roadmaps for product delivery
- Orchestrated execution of SAFe ceremonies and collaborated with Release Train Engineers, System Architects, Product Managers and Agile Coaches to drive continuous improvement
- Developed strategic roadmaps for product delivery and expertly built teams and hired key positions such as Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Software Engineers, and Quality Analyst specialists
- Led Scrum Masters of the teams
- Monitored deliverables, execution, and supported/coached them resolving impediments and obstacles
- Implemented OKR methods to align team goals with corporate objectives and conducted training to enhance efficiency using Agile methodologies
- Contributed to the company's Agile transformation by promoting Agile practices and facilitating organizational changes
- Reported initiative status to stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and alignment with business goals
- Coached the Scrum teams’ Agile mindset, self-organisation, empowerment, ownership, T-shaping
- Developed effective scrum teams' communication culture internal and external
- Actively contributed, as a team member to Managers' CoP and Strategy Forum
- Directed in Strategy Forum and Development Managers Community of Practice to drive the company's Agile transformation: improve pipeline, CI/CD, enhance test-driven development and mobbing, improve lead and cycle time of features, promote and implement 'Flow' system approach
- The world's leading provider of integrated investment management solutions, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark
Senior Scrum Master
SimCorp
09.2016 - 09.2018
- Actively participated in the transformation process of the organisation from Waterfall to Agile methodologies
- Facilitated Scrum framework implementation
- Orchestrate scrum events: sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrum meetings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, fostering a self-organized team culture
- Guided teams through Agile transformation phases, promoting continuous improvement and challenging norms to enhance development practices
- Coordinated with Release Train Engineers, Agile Coaches and other Scrum Masters to resolve dependencies and drive changes in Scrum of Scrum meetings, acting as a change agent within teams
- Conducted daily coaching sessions and provided Agile training to promote adoption of Agile methodologies and improve team cohesion
- Challenged teams during the norming and performance phases to continuously improve development practices and processes
- Helped in facilitating ART's product increment (PI) events: product increment planning event (PIPE), system demo, community of practice (CoP), PI retrospective, innovation sprint
- Changed team mindset from micromanaged team to self-organised team
- Managed vendor relationships and collaborated with external partners to ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with business goals
Quality Analyst
SimCorp
10.2011 - 09.2016
- Verified and validated Middle Office functionality in SimCorp Dimension, specific key ratio for all types of financial instruments
- Analysed business requirements and suggested improvements to the product functionality
- Responsible for end-to-end testing of multiple products feeds
- Led efforts on technical and functional issues with developers to derive a workable solution
- Approved QA test plans, validations, expected results, design and Business requirements Document BRD's
- Upgraded regression test cases from a version of the test software
- Explained and responded to customer issues, discrepancies and deviations
- Led efforts to change business models and technology processes due to regulatory impact
Implementation Analyst
Metro Cash and Carry
01.2011 - 10.2011
- Organised the process of application change and data migration process
- Drove the process of implementing the new Accounting system, as a Team leader
- Implemented and deployed new applications in stores located in other cities
- Planned and managed the work cycle of the application in the testing phase
- Collected requirements from different departments (Accounting Logistics, Customer Service), simplified and delivered them to the developer
- Resolved issues with system performance issues and data migration
- Coached and trained users on new applications
Education
Master of Science - Economic Cybernetic
National University Yuriia Fedkovycha
01.2009
Bachelor of Science - Economic Cybernetic
National University Yuriia Fedkovycha
01.2008
Skills
- Scrum Mastery: 2-3 teams as a Scrum Master
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): 7 years, 2-6 teams
- Kanban, 1 team
- Project Delivery: presale, initiation, full SDLC, product support)
- OKRs: Implementation and execution on company, team and individual level
- Team Development ( Growth mindset, continuous feedback)
- People management ( hiring, onboarding, performance review)
- Technology Proficiency ( AWS, React, Jira, BitBucket)
- Stakeholder Communication ( daily catch-ups, product roadmap negotiation, reports, steering committee meetings
- Facsilitation ( agile ceremonies, Product Increment Planning 40 people, workshops, conferences)
Accomplishments
- Successfully transitioned organizations from Waterfall to SAFe.
- Led and managed projects with 40+ team members.
- Improved team productivity by 25%.
- Resolved spillover issues and enhanced delivery predictability.
- Hired and onboard successfully for Lift phase Cloud Transformation.
Certification
- PMP, 2024
- SAFe 6.0 (Scaled Agile Framework) Leading SAFe, 2024
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM), 2024
- SAFe 3.0 (Scaled Agile Framework) Scrum Master, 2016
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2022
- Delivery Manager, 2021
- Certified Coach, 2021
- Coaching for Managers, 2020
- IT Project Management, 2020
- People Management, 2019
- Effective Manager, 2019
- Leadership Academy, 2018
- Facilitators International, Business Facilitation Certification, 2018
- ISTQB, 2013
- SQL and database administration, 2011
Timeline
Agile Delivery Manager
Xenial/Global Payments
06.2021 - 01.2024
Development Manager (SAFe framework)
SimCorp
09.2018 - 05.2021
Senior Scrum Master
SimCorp
09.2016 - 09.2018
Quality Analyst
SimCorp
10.2011 - 09.2016
Implementation Analyst
Metro Cash and Carry
01.2011 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Science - Economic Cybernetic
National University Yuriia Fedkovycha
Master of Science - Economic Cybernetic
National University Yuriia Fedkovycha
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