Principal Domain Architect – Agriculture & Sustainability

PepsiCo•Plano, TX

13d•$110,700 - $185,250

About The Position

The Agriculture & Sustainability Architect role is responsible for defining the global north star architecture for the Agriculture and Sustainability domains, governing the introduction of new technology solutions, ensuring the organization aligns with enterprise standards and uses common solutions, defining the target architecture for global Sustainability and Agriculture programs and providing architecture guidance to sector architects on local sustainability and Agriculture initiatives, with an ultimate goal of optimizing the global portfolio of technology solutions in the Agriculture and Sustainability functions and ensuring the long term viability of solutions. This role will report to the Enterprise Domain Architect for Global Functions and will work with our Global & Sector Agriculture & Sustainability Transformation (S&T) teams, Global Agriculture Office, Global Sustainability Office and our business stakeholders to bring new solutions to life. They will work in close partnership with S&T product owners, Enterprise Architecture peers, Solutions Architects, capabilities / delivery team leads to govern and design solutions as part of new and ongoing transformation initiatives.

Requirements

Experience with Agriculture or Sustainability solutions system design, development and implementation
Knowledge and practical experience with E2E agriculture processes including Agricultural Science, Agricultural Planning, Sourcing, Production, Precision Agriculture
Knowledge and practical experience with sustainability and ESG processes, including CSRD reporting, carbon accounting, and sustainability data flows, with ability to translate these into scalable technology and data architectures
Experience with key vendor software packages such as SAP, Vistex, CropTrak, Trackwise, LabVantage, and Sphera
Understanding of integration technologies and patterns and data architecture and patterns
Foundational knowledge of AI technologies and responsible AI practices
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS, or similar field. Masters preferred.
7+ years experience designing and/or implementing technology solutions
Proven ability to translate business strategies and needs to technology strategies
Strong thought leadership and executive storytelling skills
Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences and with peers as well as senior executives
Experience working with and leading cross-functional teams and geographically distributed teams
Proven track record of managing multiple initiatives simultaneously
Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences

Nice To Haves

Masters preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain North Star and Capability Reference architectures for Agriculture and Sustainability domains
Define technology strategy for domains and lead technology evaluations to identify new solutions/platforms that meet global/sector needs
Increase awareness of global reference architectures and technology standards and educate internal stakeholders on Enterprise Architecture standards and governance processes
Help close capability gaps with standards to minimize local solutions and fully leverage global solutions. Ensure re-use and ‘lift & shift’ of capabilities across deployments and future implementations
Ensure delivery of consistent solution architecture (conceptual, logical, and physical architecture) for key transformation initiatives to ensure solution is fit for purpose, flexible, scalable, and sustainable. Help guide / support sector architects in defining solution architecture for sector specific agriculture & sustainability projects
Work with S&T Transformation teams and business teams to define multi-year Agriculture and Sustainability roadmaps
Support Scouting, Demand Management, and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) processes for new initiatives, providing architectural guidance and governance (e.g., Responsible AI governance, Information Security governance, and EA governance)