Now Brewing – Engineering manager - Data! #tobeapartner

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.

Are you an engineering leader who is an expert in data and wants to work for an ethical company, enable AI while making an impact at the enterprise level?  

Do you understand data? Are you excited about classification and data relationships? Dou you know that AI is driven by context and catalogs? Are you passionate about developing a work environment that keeps your team motivated and inspired? Is your focus to be a part of solving real-world issues?

If you answered yes and meet the below criteria, we would like to hear from you!

Summary of Key Responsibilities 
As an engineering manager you will be expected to have the following skills and experience in:

Leadership and Vision

Provides clear intent:  

• Sets objectives and goals for the team.  
• Creates an environment that encourages innovation and problem solving.
• Prioritizes initiatives and can relate all work directly to business requirements and stakeholders.
• Identifies and communicates roles and responsibilities, ensuring the team fits into the broader organization.  
• Refines and optimizes the team structure to ensure close collaboration with other teams involved in common initiatives. Contributes to organizational capability and how we work together.
• Proactively communicates on emerging issues, shifts in priority, and new opportunities.
• Builds an environment of trust.

Planning and Execution  

Develops effective, functional process supporting effective execution:

• Ensures that programs and the team effort are aligned with company business goals and objectives.  
• Provides consultation and support to ensure the correct management tools and processes are used.  
• Relates initiatives to higher goals maintaining a coherent ‘big picture’ work effort.
• Provides transparency in work effort and resource allocation.

Stakeholder Focus  

Providing functional expertise and a consultative relationship:  

• Consults with business stakeholders to understand how data is needed and used within Starbucks.
• Develops, implements, and maintains relationships with technology leaders and peers that are part of the ‘data chain’.
• Educates business and data stakeholders on data management principles and initiatives.  

Staff Development & Team Building  

Provides coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities to build an effective happy team:  

• Inspires the team to achieve business results.
• Develops and supports individual career development plans.  
• Nurtures a sense of purpose for all team members.  
• Provides personalized coaching, direction, and leadership support to team members to achieve personal, business, and customer results.  

Technology  

• Strong understanding of relationship data
• Deep experience in Graph data technologies
• Comfortable with Taxonomy and Ontology
• Strong SDLC knowledge. Leads the development of and adherence to development standards. Acts as a consultant to Data Science and Analytics teams to follow engineering practices.
• Builds and maintains a coherent set of tools and technologies to support an enterprise Data and Analytics capability.
• Develops and documents implementation patterns, supporting common requirements and business needs.
• Applies the most appropriate technology to the specific use case.
• Researches and proposes technology, methods, and approaches to support new emerging trends in Starbucks data usage.

Data

• Develops and maintains a data strategy that creates foundational data products supporting all Starbucks data personas and use cases.
• Develops a framework of data Products that supports all data usage use cases, including Operational reporting, Analytics, and AI/ML.
• Strong understanding of Information architecture and the development of an enterprise data landscape supporting, Data Science, Self-service and AI.
• Deep understanding on the data life cycle of an enterprise.

Key Job Responsibilities  

• Demonstrated capability to innovate without direct supervision
• Previous hands-on data engineering or coding experience (current role does not require coding)
• Deep understanding of the process, including Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Deep understanding of SDLC

Basic Qualifications (education)

We’d love to hear from people with:

• Leadership experience – 4+ years. Does not have to be limited to technology sector experience, Military or EMS leadership experience a bonus.
• Hands on Coding experience – 3+ years.
• Project or Product execution – 5+ years.  
• Enterprise Data experience – 5+ years.

Preferred Qualifications 
We’d especially love to hear from people with:

• Qualifications in Information or Library science
• Advanced Computer science qualifications

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*, sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools.  Additionally, Starbucks offers 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, student loan management resources, and access to other educational opportunities.  You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement.   Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.  

*If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation up to a maximum of 120 hours (190 in CA) for roles below director and 200 hours (316 in CA) for roles at director or above.  For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.  At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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