Job Description:
We are seeking a BDS Product Architect Lead to act as the design authority for Supply Chain Finance (SCF) and Trinity Finance within the Product team. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping product architecture, driving innovation, and ensuring consistency across finance-related solutions and services globally.
You will work at the intersection of business and technology, partnering with Product Owners, Enterprise Technology, and global functional teams to deliver scalable, future-ready finance solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Design Authority & Governance
- Act as the design authority for SCF & Trinity Finance products and services
- Assess impacts and approve initiatives related to product architecture and design
- Ensure alignment with global standards, governance, and mandated processes
What We’re Looking For
Experience & Expertise
- Strong experience in Product Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture
- Deep understanding of Finance domains, ideally Supply Chain Finance
- Proven track record in global, complex transformation programs
- Experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams
Technical Capabilities
- Expertise in system architecture, integration, and lifecycle management
- Knowledge of enterprise platforms (e.g., ERP ecosystems such as SAP is highly desirable)
- Strong understanding of automation, emerging technologies, and digital transformation trends
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Ability to influence and act as a design authority at a global level
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strategic mindset with hands-on problem-solving capability
- Ability to balance governance with innovation
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse, talented Associates guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose-driven company focused on building a better tomorrow.
- Access to best-in-class learning and development, including Mars University.
- Competitive salary and benefits, including a company bonus.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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Skills Required
- Strong experience in Product Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture
- Deep understanding of Finance domains, ideally Supply Chain Finance
- Proven track record in global, complex transformation programs
- Experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams
- Expertise in system architecture, integration, and lifecycle management
- Knowledge of enterprise platforms (e.g., ERP ecosystems such as SAP)
- Strong understanding of automation, emerging technologies, and digital transformation trends
- Ability to influence and act as a design authority at a global level
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strategic mindset with hands-on problem-solving capability
- Ability to balance governance with innovation
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
