Global Agriculture & Sustainability Domain Architect

PepsiCo Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid time off including parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH is seeking an Agriculture & Sustainability Architect to define the global north star architecture for Agriculture and Sustainability, govern new technology adoption, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards. The role collaborates with S&T, Global Agriculture Office, and business stakeholders to drive scalable, reusable solutions across regions.

The incumbent will lead multi-year roadmaps, influence technology strategy, and guide sector architects while leveraging

Qualifications

• Experience with Agriculture or Sustainability solutions system design, development and implementation.
• Knowledge of end-to-end agriculture processes including Agricultural Science, Agricultural Planning, Sourcing, Production, Precision Agriculture.
• Knowledge of sustainability and ESG processes, including CSRD reporting, carbon accounting, and sustainability data flows; ability to translate into scalable tech and data architectures.
• Experience with vendor software packages such as SAP, Vistex, CropTrak, Trackwise, LabVantage, and Sphera.
• Understanding of integration technologies 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.

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)

Skills

Agriculture domain knowledge

Sustainability domain knowledge

Executive storytelling

Cross-functional leadership

Business-IT alignment

AI fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology/CS

Masters preferred

Tools

SAP

Vistex

CropTrak

Trackwise

LabVantage

Sphera

Job description

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH is seeking an Agriculture & Sustainability Architect to define the global north star architecture for Agriculture and Sustainability, govern new technology adoption, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards. The role collaborates with S&T, Global Agriculture Office, and business stakeholders to drive scalable, reusable solutions across regions.

The incumbent will lead multi-year roadmaps, influence technology strategy, and guide sector architects while leveraging