Project Consultant - Development

Requisition ID: 427406
Work Area: Software-Design and Development
Expected Travel: 0%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Career Level: T2-3
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Original Posting Date: 06/30/25

Job Title: Project Consultant - Development

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Work Model: Hybrid work model

Purpose and Objective:

Ariba, Inc. seeks a Project Consultant - Development at our Palo Alto, CA location responsible for promoting and supporting Agile by helping the teams understand agile theory, practices, and values.

Expectations and Tasks:

Act as a 'servant-leader' for the Product Owner and the Development Team. Removes impediments on team-level and shield the team from interferences. Act as a buffer between the team and any distracting influences. Help teams to evolve to high performing, self-organized agile teams. Help the Product Owner find techniques for effective product backlog management and know how to arrange the product backlog in a way that ensures the needed work is well understood so the team can continually make forward progress and maximize value. Facilitate all Scrum events and ensure the Scrum framework is followed. Teach the Agile Team in agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban). Encourage continuous improvement and be responsible for the visibility of team commitments and progress through use of metrics. Promote collaboration and interactions within the team. Support agile team transformations and have knowledge of Agile Software Engineering Practices.

Education and Occupational Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a related field of study and five (5) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a related field of study and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Qualifications/Skills and Competencies Experience:

Experience must involve two (2) years in the following:

• Agile methodologies;

• SDLC phases; and

• KPI analysis.

Experience must involve one (1) year in the following:

• Cloud budgeting and forecasting;

• DBMS, Linux Systems Administration, and Networking; and

• SCRUM ceremonies and SCRUM Master.

Travel: N/A

This position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program subject to the eligibility criteria outlined in the SAP Internal Employee Referral Policy.

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