Starbucks · 8 hours ago
principal architect - ServiceNow
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expStarbucks is a global leader in the coffee industry, and they are seeking a Principal Architect for ServiceNow to lead the architecture development for their Contact Centers and IT Service Management. This role involves developing strategies and architectures, facilitating solution designs, and governing enterprise solutions while collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance business capabilities.
CoffeeFood and BeverageRestaurantsTea
Responsibilities
Develops multi domain and enterprise-based capability views, strategies, architectures and roadmaps for business and technology capabilities Advise functional and technology leaders within domains in defining priorities, key initiatives, and organizational alignment to support making informed business decisions
Evaluate industry and technology trends, determine applicability to Starbucks and translate into Starbucks specific strategies, plans, models, principles, architectures and design
Partners with business capability and technology service owners across domains and the enterprise to develop a concept from ideation through business case
Assesses the value and impact of concepts and emerging technologies by leading opportunity assessments and proofs-of-concept thru partnership with stakeholders across multiple domains and enterprise programs
Assist in development of proposals for enterprise strategy development based on environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases, and risk
Partner with leadership to assess business case for readiness for design across multiple domains and the enterprise
Facilitate architectural design and on-going change request approvals for programs across multiple domains
Manage program and architectural interdependencies between programs across multiple domains and the enterprise
Facilitating the understanding and adoption of the solution architectures with the capability and service teams
Maintain architecture artifacts across the business, information, technology, and security architectural domains
Evaluate technology and business changes across multiple domains and enterprise programs for policy impacts
Govern enterprise solution architectures against defined principles, policies, and reference architectures
Prepares, champions and educates client groups and team on changes in policies and practices across multiple domains and enterprise programs
Develops partners indirectly thru coaching and mentoring
Assist in development of strategic and operational plans for the work group architect principal Starbucks Confidential
Supports EA managers in promoting a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork
Demonstrate functional and business knowledge for multiple domain and enterprise context in support of ServiceNow
Act as a subject matter expert and provide consulting, guidance, and recommendations on ServiceNow and AWC Connect
Continuous development of domain knowledge in both the industry and the Starbucks enterprise
Demonstrates accountability, makes timely and appropriate decisions on programs and multiple domains
Takes calculated risks and challenges the status quo on programs and across multiple domains
Develops partnerships and influences others both directly and indirectly
Motivate and collaborate to create a team environment and enable team-based fulfillment of objectives
Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to team members in order to achieve partners, business and customer results
Qualification
Required
Overall IT experience – 10+ years
Strategic planning - 4 years
ServiceNow development & architecture – 7+ years
Experience with all or most of the following services: ITSM, ITAM, ITOM, CSM, HRSD, FSM, Now Assist, SPM, Integration Hub
Variety of technical environments, Systems/ application development experience
Functional and Systems modeling
Indirect People Development
Business process and System design
Financial analysis & business planning
Running technology proof-of-concepts
Preferred
Develop concepts across multiple domains and the enterprise from strategic concepts to detailed logical views
Utilizes perception, creativity, transformational ideas, system thinking, and organizing techniques in their work
Develops the business case ('why'), conceptual model and vision ('what'), logical model and other artifacts ('How') for multiple domains and the enterprise by creating alignment and capturing context by considering multiple factors including points of value, risk, opportunities, conditions, themes, and gaps
Validate physical models developed by engineering teams have translated the logical models and their relationships in a way consistent with desired goals and outcomes
Demonstrate a bias for action and apply iterative thinking and approach
Actively contribute to the maturation of the architecture practice through the development of architecture principles, policies, reference artifacts and reusable patterns
Build and maintains influential working relationships at all levels and across the enterprise
Contributes to a positive team environment by actively promoting a positive, respectful work environment
Demonstrates effective behaviors to communicate and work with others
Actively engage and create learning experiences
Continuously seeks to understand and create value from the customers perspective
Demonstrates flexibility and adapts approach and interpersonal style to best meet the needs of the individual customer
Company
Starbucks
Starbucks is a restaurant chain that serves handcrafted ready-to-drink beverages, including coffee, tea, juices, and snack food items.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.65BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Pershing Square Capital Management
2025-05-06Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2024-07-19Post Ipo Equity
2018-10-10Post Ipo Equity· $900M
Leadership Team
Brian R. Niccol
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cathy R. Smith
CFO
Recent News
2026-01-11
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