strategy manager, Market Planning and Growth
About The Position
The Strategy Manager, Coffeehouse Market Planning and Growth, in Coffeehouse Development will drive Starbucks’ North America coffeehouse growth strategy. The role leads development of enterprise guidance on growth priorities, orchestrates the planning cycle that turns ambitions into executable market-level plans, and consolidates growth plans and pipeline data to support decision-making. It connects long-range strategy with real estate opportunity, development timelines, pipeline maturity, unit-level economics, and regional market dynamics. The role works across Real Estate, Construction, Finance, and Analytics to turn complex data and business questions into clear priorities, scalable tools, and decision-ready recommendations. The position also develops multi-year growth scenarios and market-informed targets, improves pipeline visibility and data integrity, connects unit economics to portfolio strategy, and supports complex development and site decisions. As a strategic thought partner across Development, the manager brings structure to ambiguous questions, explains assumptions and tradeoffs, and presents concise recommendations to senior leaders and cross-functional partners. The role is onsite four days a week. Starbucks describes an extensive benefits package for partners and their families, including insurance, leave, retirement and stock programs, education support, and additional resources.
Requirements
- Four or more years of progressive experience in strategy, market planning, corporate finance, development finance, real estate strategy, portfolio planning, or a related discipline.
- Two or more years of experience simplifying complex topics, framing decisions, communicating risks and tradeoffs clearly, leading through influence, and building cross-functional alignment.
- Two or more years of experience in statistics, modeling, business intelligence, and spatial analytics, with a strong understanding of retail economics.
- Two or more years of analytical experience evaluating financial and business indicators and translating data into actionable information, including proficiency in retail unit economics.
- Two or more 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 specific, market-informed growth targets and development priorities.
- Define consistent measures for pipeline health, maturity, and expected performance.
- Reconcile different data sources and lifecycle definitions, and partner with analytics and technology teams to create outcomes-driven planning analytics.
- Evaluate how evolving business direction and development strategy influence long-term growth strategy, and translate new direction into meaningful targets and KPIs.
- Partner with development leaders on complex growth plans and site decisions, using data and modeling to build 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, vision, 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, sick time, eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year.
- Eligible participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
