Sr Specialist, Scrum Master

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!

If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets, people and our planet.

• We love all pets like our own
• We’re the future of the pet industry
• We’re here to improve lives
• We drive outstanding results together
• We’re welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. We’re focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what’s good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.

Essential Job Functions

• Coordinates activities of team members (e.g., staff from software development, quality assurance, user experience, test, etc.) to ensure Agile values, principles, methodologies and processes are followed during an Agile-based software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Confers with team members to provide advice and to resolve problems.

• Guides and coaches team members to become self-organized, self-assess, and achieve higher levels of performance.

• Facilitates and supports team events (e.g., project planning meetings, retrospectives, demonstrations, software releases, process reviews, etc.).

• Develops and tracks metrics.  Prepares reports to help team understand its progress during a sprint, work process or project, and identifies trends for team members and management.

• Provides training and guidance and assigns tasks to less experienced staff members.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

• 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master or as a Project Manager for Lean-Agile delivery team using a variety of methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid).

• Proven track record of delivering successful projects in a matrixed Agile and traditional project management environment.

• General knowledge of work management and Microsoft Teams collaboration software.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; comfortable working directly with and providing status information to executive leadership and project stakeholders.

• Excellent leadership, prioritization, organizational skills, team building, resource planning, and resource management skills

• Ability to represent the company in a professional and positive manner and promote company values.

Note: Current responsibilities are impacted by company and team priorities that may have evolved from what is displayed in the Workday job profile.  The description provides general job duties and requirements, but the partner’s manager may assign additional responsibilities or tasks depending on business needs.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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