D&T Manager – Sites & Services

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.​

OVERVIEW

This senior role is a strategic engineering leader within the BTFE team, responsible for architecting, building, and overseeing scalable, secure, and maintainable digital products and services. The individual will lead delivery across the predominantly .NET-based BTFE technology ecosystem, while governing mobile application delivery through vendor partners and strengthening the team’s future cross-platform engineering capabilities. 

With advanced expertise across multiple technologies, they will guide full lifecycle development—from technical planning and design to implementation, deployment, and ongoing optimization. They will mentor developers, lead design discussions, manage technical risks and debt, and collaborate cross-functionally to align solutions with business objectives. The role also includes ownership of production stability, vendor engineering quality, troubleshooting, performance tuning, security, and sustained technical excellence across web, API, backend, and mobile-integrated platforms.

 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Delivery Leadership & Execution 

• Leading delivery of complex BTFE products, platforms, and modules across internal teams and vendor partners with end-to-end accountability for scope, quality, release readiness, and delivery outcomes 

• Owning production support strategy across BTFE platforms, including incident management, root cause analysis, problem management, service reliability, and continuous improvement for critical issues 

• Driving stakeholder alignment through active participation in product discovery, requirement gathering, scope definition, technical planning, dependency management, and release planning 

• Providing high-confidence estimates for large-scale efforts, advising on resourcing and partner capacity, and establishing delivery plans that balance near-term outcomes with long-term technical health 

Learning, Development & Mentoring 

• Championing a culture of continuous learning, introducing relevant emerging technologies, cross-platform frameworks, engineering practices, and AI-enabled ways of working 

• Providing deep mentorship and technical guidance to mid- and junior-level engineers, while building capability across .NET, web/API, cloud, integration, and mobile engineering fundamentals 

• Leading internal initiatives such as architecture reviews, engineering talks, vendor knowledge exchanges, and capability development programs 

• Demonstrating strong leadership presence, strengthening team culture and practices, and creating an environment where people can do their best work and grow 

Technical Consulting & Strategy 

• Creating and validating high-level estimations, technology roadmaps, modernization plans, and investment cases for large, cross-functional BTFE efforts 

• Designing and owning complex, scalable, secure, and resilient end-to-end solutions across .NET, APIs, cloud services, data stores, third-party integrations, and mobile experiences 

• Serving as an advisor across BTFE product, business, operations, security, architecture, and vendor communities, aligning solutions with strategic goals and user needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Independently defines and manages work plans for complex projects, driving alignment across teams and contributing to strategic project planning 

• Has led multiple medium-to-large projects or delivered key enterprise-level components with full accountability for scope, quality, delivery outcomes, and production readiness 

• Shapes and enforces IT technical standards, driving adoption of best practices and fostering engineering excellence across teams, vendors, and initiatives 

• Possesses expert-level knowledge of enterprise architecture, system design patterns, distributed systems, and technical toolsets, applying them to architect resilient, scalable solutions 

• Advanced experience with .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET Core/Web API, API integration, relational and NoSQL databases, cloud platforms, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and production support 

• Credible cross-platform development experience with exposure to mobile application engineering, including mobile architecture, API integration, security, performance, telemetry, release lifecycle, and app-store delivery; hands-on experience with React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, .NET MAUI, or equivalent is expected.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

Demonstrates the General Mills leadership behaviors required for success: energizes and inspires others; grows by deepening and sharing expertise; challenges with strategic courage; delivers impactful results across teams; and connects and aligns cross-functional efforts 

• Experience with .NET MAUI, React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, or comparable cross-platform frameworks, with working knowledge of native iOS and/or Android engineering ecosystems 

• Energizes and inspires others 

• Grows by deepening and sharing expertise 

• Challenges with strategic courage 

• Delivers impactful results across teams 

• Connects and aligns cross-functional efforts 

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.