Timezone overlap
9h overlap with US East · Paraguay
English level
Advanced
Self-assessed via CEFR ladder
(es)Skills & tools
Skills
Tools
About
As an Office Administrator at Tieto, Rodrigo manages a wide scope of operations, ensuring smooth daily function and a positive work environment. His responsibilities include end-to-end office coordination, comprehensive Human Resources support—from onboarding and documentation to navigating legal procedures with local Paraguayan entities like IPS and MTESS—and driving employee well-being initiatives. He is also a trusted point of contact for employee relations, conflict resolution, and organizing engaging internal culture events that strengthen community. Prior to his current role, he spent five years as an Agile Coach at Tieto and served as a Scrum Master at eLumen, Inc. In these capacities, he successfully managed and streamlined interactions with multinational teams on software development projects, demonstrating his ability to foster collaboration across diverse groups. His career journey also includes an earlier role at INERAM, providing him with a broad foundation of experience. He holds a Licenciatura in Psicología social para la comunidad from Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. He approaches his work with a focus on human relationships, aiming to bring purpose and guidance to teams. He believes in fostering skill development and growth within fair and clear environments, ensuring that every individual finds purpose and opportunities.
Highlights
- Managed and streamlined interactions with multinational teams in software development projects
- Manage end-to-end office administration and coordination, ensuring smooth daily operations.
- Support Human Resources with onboarding, documentation, and internal processes, including legal procedures with local paraguayan entities such as IPS and MTESS.
- Handle employee relations and conflict resolution, serving as a trusted point of contact for interpersonal and workplace disputes.
- Drive employee skill development and well-being initiatives as part of people management.
- Organize internal culture events (Labor Day, year-end celebrations, Pride Month, Halloween, among others), strengthening employee engagement and sense of belonging.
- Oversee office purchasing and budget management in partnership with the Finance team, including budget execution.
- Led organizational Change Management initiatives as part of an Operations team.
- Led the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) across cross-functional teams, including Java Developers and Data Scientists.
- Fostered collaboration across communities of practice (Java, Data Science, Quality Assurance, Business Analysis, and Project Management), promoting cross-domain knowledge sharing.
- Served as Agile Coach on international projects such as eLumen Inc., guiding teams through Agile methodology implementation.
- Coordinated the local initiative Siembra Digital in Paraguay, contributing to national digital talent development, internally, and the development of a tool for digital learning during Covid.
- Acted as a facilitator and liaison between technical teams and stakeholders (QA Engineers, Business Analysts, Project Managers), ensuring alignment between deliverables and business objectives.
Work preferences
- Job type
- Consulting, Freelance / Independent, Full-time, Part-time
- Company size / type
- Growth-stage startup (21-200), Large/multinational (200+)
- Culture
- Early-stage startup (0-20), Growth-stage startup (21-200), Independent, Large Company
- Industries
- Health & Telemedicine, Human Resources & Recruitment, Information Technology, Media & Entertainment, Online Education & Training
- Hours
- EST business hours
- Remote experience
- Based in Asunción, Paraguay, and I worked for Minnesota, USA
Salary context
Benchmarks for SMB non-tech role · Senior (7+ yrs).
US figures from BLS OEWS 2024 + Glassdoor; India figures from US SMB offshore vendor pricing. Adjusted for the candidate's seniority.
Work experience
- Office Administrator · TietoOct 2024 — Present
- Scrum Master · eLumen, Inc.Feb 2019 — Mar 2020PYUS company · remote
- Agile Coach · TietoJan 2019 — Oct 2024PYUS company · remote
- Asistente de Archivo y Estadística · INERAMOct 2013 — Dec 2018
Education
- Licenciatura · Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción2012—2019PY· Psicología (Énfasis comunitario)