Software Development Director, Agile, Cloud (c.1 yr relocation to Ukraine required) Job in London, London Uk

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Development Director with a strong knowledge of Agile development methodologies and a successful track record of managing software teams, along with an appetite for a new adventure that includes an interim relocation.  You will be initially based in one of the Ukraine offices of this extremely fast growth and highly successful cloud business and will be directly responsible for leading their talented software development team of c.30 developers who develop and enhance new and existing virtualization software systems and services. You will also have dotted-line responsibilities for the Support and HR employees based in the region.

 

Once best practices have been instilled and the team is running like a well-oiled machine the position will relocate back to the London HQ and the team will be managed remotely. This process is predicted to take 12-18 months.

 

This is an important role within the company; you will be a key part of the development management team reporting directly to the CTO. The Ukraine development teams make up the bulk of the company's staff and are based across two sites. 

 Software Development Director - Agile, SCRUM - Virtualization / Hosting

Competitive salary + benefits relocation package

Initial stint in Lviv, Ukraine followed by London HQ based

You will be responsible for:

•            Building and maintaining an agile development capability, implementing best practice and driving continuous improvement of the software delivery lifecycle 

•            Creating and maintaining a clear communication plan with the team to ensure that progress and KPI's can be monitored 

•            Managing the deliveries from the team, ensuring that projects are on time and within budget 

•            Defining project tasks and resource requirements

•                Working with Product Management to ensure the product requirements are clear and well defined.

 

To be considered for this exciting Development Manager role you will have:

•            Proven experience of managing delivery of software - particularly in a hybrid hosted/packed product model

•            Proven experience of implementing good project management processes 

•            Demonstrable technical Project Management skills

•            Experience of implementing solid processes

•            Significant previous experience of managing an Agile software development capability ideally using SCRUM

•            Excellent communication skills

 

Ideal candidates will also have:

•            A strong background in hands-on software development, preferably in Ruby and OO techniques

•            Experience of working for a B2B technology company, ideally an ISP, hosting, or cloud / virtualization company 

•            Leading application and system development in an Agile / XP / TDD environment

•            A strong understanding of the Agile system development lifecycle, continuous integration and test automation

•            Experience managing multiple sites

•            Experience preparing and managing budgets

•            Exposure to working with offshore partners

•            Developed systems that have complex back-office integration

•            The desire and ability to optimise development processes and output

 

Company Profile

Our Client is a well-funded, high growth, startup that provides the software infrastructure for many world-class virtual hosting companies. They have created, developed and are deploying a unique end-to-end cloud hosting solution that allows mass-market hosts to build their own cloud hosting services.  This exciting venture’s client list already comprises some of the world’s largest hosting companies and they are gaining traction daily due to the exponential growth in demand for their innovative software. They have offices in the UK, US and Ukraine. 

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