associate product manager, Beverage

Starbucks Corp.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Bean Stock (stock program)

Tuition coverage (Starbucks)

Job summary

Starbucks Corp. in Seattle seeks an Associate Product Manager, Beverage, to join a dynamic team responsible for handcrafted beverages and promotional initiatives.

You will support product objectives, analyze data, and coordinate across Marketing, Planning, Operations, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance. The role emphasizes customer-focused portfolio decisions and disciplined execution.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience supporting marketing, brand management, product management, commercialization or operations.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Clear, concise and persuasive communication.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience navigating change and ambiguity in a matrixed environment.
• Retail product development experience preferred.
• Project leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and provide recommendations on product objectives and strategy for Refreshment beverage category and promotions.
• Research customer, category and competitive signals; translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Represent Beverage in cross-functional forums (Marketing, Planning, Operations, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance).
• Assist in beverage commercialization from concept to launch with cross-functional partners.
• Provide day-to-day execution support for beverage category and promotions, including documentation and systems management.
• Write and develop briefs with a customer-focused lens and actionable insights.
• Assist in go-to-market readiness, launch trackers and milestone schedules.
• Maintain readiness tracking, issue escalation and promo documentation by category.
• Build KPI templates, reporting inputs and meeting cadences.
• Synthesize inputs into clear status updates and recommended next steps.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Reporting skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Problem-solving

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. With every cup, with every conversation, with every community – we nurture the limitless possibilities of human connection.

As an associate product manager, Beverage, you will be part of a dynamic and entrepreneurial team responsible for the handcrafted refreshment beverages that are served in our retail coffeehouses. This role enables disciplined execution across promotions, categories and product performance. You will support promotional readiness, project management, reporting and cross-functional coordination while helping the team build repeatable ways to evaluate performance and inform future portfolio decisions. We are looking for a candidate who is nimble, proactive, analytical, able to multitask and enjoys problem-solving with a focus on the customer. Bring your relentless curiosity, strategic expertise, attention to detail and passion for retail.

As an associate product manager, Beverage, you will…

Business Management

• Support and provide recommendations regarding product objectives and strategy (e.g. launch timing, placement, pricing, assortment and promotional cadence) within our Refreshment beverage category and seasonal promotions
• Assist in researching customer, category, competitive and operational signals and translate data and insights into logical, compelling recommendations.
• Represent Beverage in cross-functional forums, including Marketing, Planning, Operations, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance.

Product Commercialization and Beverage Support

• Support the beverage commercialization process for refreshment category and seasonal promotions from concept to launch working closely with cross-functional partners through feasibility, operations, product development, planning and forecasting and launch-readiness reviews.
• Provide primary day-to-day execution support for refreshment beverage category and seasonal promotions, including assortment inputs, product and launch documentation, systems management and cross-functional communication.
• Assist in writing and developing creative briefs with a lens on customer need-states, category opportunity, operational feasibility and business potential.

Go-To-Market and Promotional Readiness

• Support delivery of products for each promotional window, including product direction, launch documentation and inputs into supply chain requirements.
• Maintain cross-functional workback plans, launch trackers, milestone schedules, decision logs and recap documents.
• Support team with readiness tracking, issue escalation, and launch documentation by promotion and category.
• Manage promotional inputs and multiple reviews for in-store signage and coffeehouse product communications.

Performance Management and Execution Enablement

• Build and maintain standardized KPI templates, reporting inputs, meeting cadences and team operating routines.
• Assist in compiling promotional and category performance readouts
• Synthesize inputs across functions into clear status updates, risks, decisions required and recommended next steps.
• Help capture portfolio learnings to clarify what to scale, what to iterate, what to stop, and what should inform future pipeline development.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a role supporting marketing, brand management, product management, commercialization or operations
• Strong analytical/reporting skills with proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Ability and willingness to navigate change and ambiguity
• Ability to work in a matrixed environment and to collaborate cross-functionally
• Previous experience working in retail product development preferred
• Minimum of 1 year of project leadership experience preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of progressive analytical experience in product or marketing preferred
• Embody Starbucks mission and values

• 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 resourcesaccess to other educational opportunities
• backup care
• DACA reimbursement

Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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Starbucks Coffee Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

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