lead architect, supply chain

at  Starbucks

JOB SUMMARY AND MISSION

As an architect lead within Starbucks Technology you will build and enhance global IT solutions that define how Starbucks delivers award winning consumer and partner experiences. Senior Architects are accountable for the conversion of business need into architectures and designs that will become the blueprint for a single domain’s capability development. As a member of the architecture community you will also participate in the development of domain strategies, design patterns, and best practices for all of Starbucks global IT operations.
We are seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect (EA) with focus on technology strategy to join the Starbucks Technology team and be part of the Starbucks Architecture community. The EA will lead and mature the architecture practice accountable for shaping the next generation of technologies supporting our critical corporate products & services in Supply Chain, across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Retail Inventory Management phases. Based in North America, this role will provide guidance for market teams both in the United States, Canada, and globally.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Overall IT experience - 12 years
• Variety of technical environments, Systems/

application development experience - 10 years

• Architecture experience - 5 years
• Functional and Systems modeling - 7 years
• Indirect People Development - 7 years
• Business process and System design - 10 years
• Strategic planning - 3 years
• Financial analysis & business planning - 5 years
• Running technology proof-of-concepts - 7 years

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Build and maintains influential working relationships at all levels and across the enterprise
• Contribute to positive team environment by actively promoting respectful environment
• Regularly seek and act on feedback and actively engage and apply learning experience
• Demonstrate flexibility and adapt approach/style to best needs of the customer
• Ability to translate high level needs into architecture requirements
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent planning and organizational skills