Scrum Master (offline)

Project Description:
Our Client is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company that have embarked upon a strategy to build and run the worlds most compliant Crypto Currency Exchange for institutional clients, corporates and individuals.
The Project goal is to leverage a fully cloud-hosted solution leveraging appropriate design patterns and technologies to ensure scalability and performance.
We're currently building the team in Ukraine to join other Luxoft's teams in London and Sydney as well as partner client's team in Hong Kong to define, design and build various components of the strategic platform.

Responsibilities:
Leading and coaching the organisation in its Agile adoption and promoting delivery of business value.
Teach and Coach Agile practices and values within the organisation.
Influencing change that increases team performance at a sustainable pace.
Building and promoting an open, trusting and respectful team environment; facilitating discussion, collaborative decision making and conflict resolution.
Collaborating with the Product Owner to ensure backlogs are groomed and maintained.
Providing support to the team(s) using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
Organising and facilitating daily stand-ups, requirement estimation, sprint & release planning, demos, retrospectives and other related team meetings.
Tracking and reporting of all relevant team performance metrics to ensure organisational. transparency, including but not limited to team velocity, sprint & release status

Mandatory Skills:
Relevant Agile training and certifications.
A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects, with a minimum 2 years of experience serving in a scrum master role leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced services environment.
Experience leading multiple (2+) teams concurrently, with direct responsibility for tracking & reporting on key metrics.
Demonstrated ability to apply best practices re: backlog management, capturing burndown & velocity metrics and task-level definition/estimation.
Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
Must be self-motivated, proactive and able to work well under pressure to manage competing demands.
Strong judgment, with the ability to make quick, yet sound decisions and follow through.
Creative approach to problem-solving, with a strong customer focus and commitment to deliver.

Nice-to-Have Skills:
Team-player attitude, with strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish high-trust professional relationships quickly.
Global markets understanding

Languages:
English: Advanced/Fluent

About Luxoft

Luxoft provides high-end solutions to business worldwide. Our main clients are international corporations such as Boeing, IBM, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Harman, Alstom, Ford, Hotwire and many others. Luxoft`s customers benefit from the right mix of technology skills, industry knowledge, proprietary processes and a choice of engagement models.
Today, Luxoft is +12000 strong specialists with the presence on 5 Continents, 16 Countries with 30 Offices and 27 Delivery Centers.

Company website:
http://www.luxoft.com/