JOB SUMMARY AND MISSION 

This position contributes to Starbucks success by building and leading high performing Agile scrum teams on Global Technology projects ranging from basic platform enhancements to moderately complex enterprise product implementations and upgrades. As a servant leader, the scrum master partners closely with IT and business stakeholders on project planning, forms and leads the scrum team, champions continuous improvement, and partners with the project manager in the responsive delivery of solutions.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience as a scrum master in an IT or software development setting

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• At least two years of experience as a scrum master in an IT or software development setting.
• Scrum Master Certification required.
• Experience leading Agile scrum teams on complex, integrated platforms preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Ability to apply knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful
• outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities.

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION:

• Leads by example – with confidence, a positive attitude, patience, honesty and integrity, and a strong sense of commitment.
• Collaborative leadership style.
• Ability to engage in difficult conversations that result in positive, actionable outcomes.
• Seeks and provides honest, transparent feedback.
• Ability to build and lead high-performing project teams.
• Drives decision-making that favors compromise and alignment over consensus-building.
• Ability to facilitate scrum team engagements.
• Good written and verbal communication.

ACUMEN AND LEARNING AGILITY:

• Experience building and leading new scrum teams.

• Knowledge and appreciation of Agile practices and principles, principally scrum, and experience advocating

• these practices and principles across cross-functional organizations.

• Understanding of standards and practices for IT project lifecycle management activities and deliverables.

• Understanding of the technical activities executed in an IT project, including: 

  (1) solution analysis and design

  (2) enterprise, solution, and infrastructure architecture 

  (3) systems integration

  (4) data conversion and migration

  (5) environment management and build processes

  (6) deployment planning and execution

• Working knowledge of at least one industry standard Agile-scrum tool.

• Strong skills in the MS Office Product Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

 Starbucks is an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals; including minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, and regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Starbucks will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local ordinances.

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