senior manager, International Coffee Catalog

Starbucks Coffee Company•Seattle, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is a senior enterprise leadership position at the heart of Starbucks global coffee organization. As Senior Manager, International Coffee Portfolio and Engagement, you serve as the integrative force connecting coffee integrity, global scale, and market execution across Core and Reserve coffees. You set the conditions for international markets to win by translating complexity into clarity and by bringing confidence and consistency to how Starbucks coffee shows up around the world, while protecting the craft, quality, and standards that define the brand. You bring credibility, presence, and seasoned judgment, and you influence at senior levels without relying on formal authority. With systems-level thinking and strong enterprise influence, you balance deep care for craft and standards with a pragmatic, decisive, outcome-driven approach.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
7–10+ years leading complex, cross-functional work in matrixed organizations
Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders
International or global business experience

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MBA or similar)
Experience in coffee, beverage, food, or premium consumer goods
Proven ability to lead portfolio-level work across markets and channels
Experience in brand, category management or similar functions, ideally in the retail or foodservice industry
Proven experience in leading large-scale, enterprise-wide projects ideally within the supply chain, sustainability and/or high-risk commodity space
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, strength in problem-solving, solutioning effectively through ambiguity
Experience of working across organizational boundaries at all levels, including high-visibility, executive-level
International business experience
Excels in written and oral communication
5-10 years of experience in strategic planning, or management consulting

Responsibilities

Serve as the single global integrator and front door for international coffee portfolio work across all international business units.
Own the International view of the rolling 24-month coffee roadmap, guiding opt-in and opt-out decisions for global coffees.
Coordinate annual and/or seasonal global coffee moments to ensure markets launch with alignment, clarity, and confidence.
Navigate enterprise coffee catalog decisions through quality guardrails, sourcing realities, and manufacturing constraints.
Maintain coherence across packaging, digital, and in-store coffee expression.
Act as global integrator for International Reserve and Core packaging content and partner with Creative Studio, Coffee Development & Regional teams to deliver technically accurate, emotionally resonant coffee stories; drive International coffee content against global standards while enabling market-appropriate expression.
Lead International coffee commercialization from brief through launch, aligning SKU creation, launch readiness, and manufacturing feasibility across regions.
Act as escalation point where priorities conflict, bringing decisive, enterprise-minded judgment.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits
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
two personal days per year
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
incentivized emergency savings
financial well-being tools
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
access to other educational opportunities
backup care
DACA reimbursement