senior manager, product - Food

Senior Manager, Product - Food

From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. As a senior manager on the Food team, you will sit (or stand) at the heart of our multibillion-dollar food business. An essential part of the Starbucks experience, food makes our coffee better. We are looking for someone to help us deliver unparalleled food experiences that our partners are proud to serve, and that our customers crave. One could call it a dream job. Our team strives together as one.

Here's what our team does and where you may play a part :

Drive Forward Our Ambitious Food Programs

Food plays a central role in elevating our brand we are constantly trying out new approaches to deliver the food experience across our stores in a way that's compelling for our customers and profitable for the business. We are also reimagining our merchandising near term and long term to deliver a stunning visual presentation that captivates the mind even before someone tastes our food.

Craft Our Food

We love food on the Food team, and we have the privilege of crafting new food experiences for our customers new platforms, new flavors, new textures. This forms the core of what we do. We partner closely with our product development team to imagine and commercialize new food products that align with our food strategy. We test and learn about innovative food concepts refining products for customers and de-risking investments for our business. We impact food for all our U.S. stores, including our Core stores and Roastery / Reserve stores.

Deeply Understand Our Customers

To craft food that our customers are most likely to enjoy, we support research that helps us understand how we can best make our customers' lives better through food. This may include foundational research to understand underserved food occasions that Starbucks can fill, or refining opportunity areas such as all-day eating / snacking.

Think Strategically About Our Business

Crafting the best food for our customers requires combining our understanding of customers with business sense to create the focus necessary to execute well. We define the most promising opportunities to enhance our customers' lives through food experiences, and thus grow our business.

Engage Our Partners

Food experiences don't come to life without our store partners, and we aim to make our partners evermore proud to serve our food. We partner with our operations team to develop and implement initiatives that educate and excite our store partners about our food.

We have fun and eat a lot of food!

We'd love to hear from people with :

• 4-7+ years of work experience with preference for 1-2+ years in category or brand management
• Project planning, management, execution, and collaboration skills
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to executive level audiences
• A passion for developing products and building brands rooted in customer empathy
• Experience developing and executing on product strategies
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically
• Ability to leverage data and insights to inform actions that will develop a brand
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Ability to function effectively with high degrees ambiguity and change
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and to collaborate cross-functionally and cross-culturally
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience or four years US military experience in a related MOS / C

As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire

Join us and inspire with every cup. Apply today! Starbucks Coffee Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances. Starbucks Coffee Company is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at applicantaccommodation@starbucks.com or 1(888) 611-2258.