strategy manager, Market Planning and Growth

Starbucks Coffee Company•Seattle, WA

3d•$134,700 - $219,700•Onsite

About The Position

As Strategy Manager, Coffeehouse Market Planning and Growth in Coffeehouse Development, you will drive Starbucks’ North America coffeehouse growth strategy. You will lead enterprise guidance on growth priorities, orchestrate the planning cycle that turns strategic ambitions into executable market-level plans, and consolidate growth plans and pipeline data to support decision-making. The role connects long-range strategy with real estate opportunity, development timelines, pipeline maturity, unit-level economics, and regional market dynamics. Working across Real Estate, Construction, Finance, and Analytics, you will turn complex data and business questions into clear priorities, scalable tools, and decision-ready recommendations. You will partner with development leaders on complex growth plans and site decisions, and serve as a strategic thought partner across Development, communicating assumptions, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leaders and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

4+ years of progressive experience in strategy, market planning, corporate finance, development finance, real estate strategy, portfolio planning, or a related discipline.
2+ years of experience communicating complex topics clearly, framing decisions, communicating risks and tradeoffs, leading through influence, and building cross-functional alignment.
2+ years of experience in statistics, modeling, business intelligence, and spatial analytics, with a strong understanding of retail economics.
2+ years of experience evaluating financial and business indicators and translating data into actionable information; proficiency in retail unit economics.
2+ years of systems and tools experience, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and geospatial software, and experience with enterprise data, visualization, and reporting platforms.

Nice To Haves

Experience in retail, restaurant, consumer, real estate development, or multi-unit portfolio planning.
MBA or master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Develop multi-year growth scenarios connecting enterprise objectives with market-level opportunity, real estate dynamics, and capital targets.
Convert long-term growth ambitions into market-informed growth targets and development priorities.
Define consistent measures for pipeline health, maturity, and expected performance; reconcile data sources and lifecycle definitions; and partner with analytics and technology teams to create outcomes-driven planning analytics.
Evaluate how changes in business direction and development strategy influence long-term growth strategy, translating new direction into meaningful targets and KPIs.
Partner with development leaders on complex growth plans and site decisions, using data and modeling to develop clear, cohesive recommendations.
Bring structure to ambiguous questions, explain assumptions and tradeoffs, and translate complex analysis into concise recommendations for senior leaders and cross-functional partners.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance and other voluntary insurance benefits.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Paid parental leave and family expansion reimbursement.
Paid vacation from date of hire and sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked.
Eight paid holidays and two personal days per year.
401(k) retirement plan with employer match for eligible partners.
Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.) and Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock).
Incentivized emergency savings and 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 and access to other educational opportunities.
Backup care and DACA reimbursement.