Principal Integration Architect
About the job
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working within a global consumer packaged goods, retail, or manufacturing enterprise, or serving such clients in an architectural consulting capacity.
- Demonstrated ability or strong desire to become a domain expert in consumer packaged goods business processes, including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and supply chain and logistics processes.
- Solid experience designing and governing API-led connectivity with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, managing API policies, and configuring CloudHub.
- Proven expertise with Azure Integration Services, including Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure API Management.
- Deep hands-on experience integrating SAP environments, including S/4HANA and ECC, with external cloud platforms and cloud lines of business such as Ariba and SuccessFactors.
- Experience implementing Solace PubSub+ event mesh networks, real-time message routing, and publish/subscribe patterns.
- Proven track record in OpenText B2B/EDI integration, automated document processing, and managed integration services using EDIFACT, ANSI X12, AS2, and SFTP standards.
- Expertise in REST, SOAP, gRPC, JSON, XML, and flat-file integration patterns.
- Ability to demonstrate personal accountability and mutual respect within a values-based framework.
- Strong active listening, communication, and negotiation skills, and ability to build bridges across global, multicultural teams.
- Strong analytical capability and comfort navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced digital environment.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a highly related field.
- Define, design, and govern enterprise-grade integration architectures across a hybrid-cloud ecosystem, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and low latency.
- Develop deep understanding of business processes, data flows, and operational needs across core business segments such as Petcare, Snacking, and Food, and design integrations to address business needs.
- Architect end-to-end integration flows connecting enterprise systems, including SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, warehouse management systems, and retail point-of-sale systems.
- Promote API-led connectivity and event-driven architecture as foundational paradigms for global business operations.
- Establish reusable integration patterns, templates, and frameworks to accelerate digital initiatives across business units.
- Lead core ERP and cloud line-of-business integrations using SAP BTP Integration Suite, including Cloud Integration and API Management.
- Drive cloud-native workflows, event routing, and messaging with Azure Integration Services, including Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure API Management.
- Govern MuleSoft Anypoint Platform API portfolios, design reusable RAML and OAS specifications, and establish CloudHub and hybrid runtime deployments.
- Design and implement real-time, high-performance event brokers and streaming frameworks using Solace PubSub+ for distributed supply chain and manufacturing operations.
- Architect secure, high-volume B2B integration networks and EDI systems using OpenText to support transactional exchanges with retailers and logistics partners.
- Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to implement automated CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code for integration deployments.
- Consult with business partners, functional leads, and external partners, translating business processes into technical designs.
- Partner with security, data privacy, and compliance teams to enforce authentication standards, encryption at rest and in transit, and compliance with global regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
- Present architectural proposals to digital leadership and demonstrate how technology choices support business enablement.
- Promote domain expertise among developers and junior architects, encouraging understanding of business segments and processes.
- Monitor industry trends, cloud paradigms, iPaaS innovations, and B2B integration capabilities, and guide the technology roadmap.
- Mentor junior integration architects and developers and conduct design reviews to develop the technical team's capabilities.
- Professional certifications in relevant technologies, such as MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, SAP Certified Integration Associate, or Solace Certified Engineer.
About the company
Mars, Incorporated makes and sells a wide range of food, confectionery, and petcare products worldwide, with brands like M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Dove, Orbit, Skittles, Pedigree, and Royal Canin, and it also operates pet health services through networks such as AniCura, Banfield, BluePearl, and VCA. Its products come from integrated manufacturing and distribution systems, delivering everyday treats and meals as well as veterinary care through a global network of partners. Mars differentiates itself through its diversified portfolio, long family ownership, and the Mars Five Principles—Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom—that guide decisions and actions. The company aims to help communities prosper and improve social and environmental outcomes while growing its business and scale.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Founded
1911
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Mars Impact Fund granted over $13 million in 2026 to resilience and animal wellbeing.
- Mars Snacking added 600 Chicago jobs and committed $100 million to headquarters expansion.
- Mars completed CA$180 million Ontario upgrades in 2026, lifting pet nutrition and snack capacity.
What critics are saying
- Nature's Bakery closes Hazelwood by September 2027, signaling integration waste and demand misreads.
- Mars Wrigley cut 307 Newark jobs and relocated headquarters, exposing ongoing restructuring pressure.
- A failed Kellanova integration would erase expected scale benefits and hand rivals PepsiCo share.
What makes Mars unique
- Mars runs pet care, snacking, and food with 2026 Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise rollout.
- Mars controls nine billion-dollar snacking brands after Kellanova approval on 2026-09-09.
- Mars owns VCA, Banfield, Royal Canin, and global pet distribution across 145 markets.
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10%Mars Incorporated has awarded more than $13 million in grants through its Mars Impact Fund to six organisations across Côte d'Ivoire, India, the United States and Thailand. The multi-year partnerships with Elucid, Tanager, Pratham Education Foundation, People's Action for National Integration, National 4-H Council and Worldwide Veterinary Service focus on three priorities: strengthening resilience in Mars sourcing communities, developing future scientists and improving companion animal wellbeing. Key investments include $2.07 million to Elucid for healthcare access for cocoa-farming households in Côte d'Ivoire, $5.6 million for mint-farming communities in India and $3 million to National 4-H Council to engage 200,000 young people in food and agriculture careers. The fund also committed $3 million to Worldwide Veterinary Service for rabies elimination efforts in Thailand.
Mars has appointed Christina Ruggiero as Regional President of its Pet Nutrition Division for North America, effective 1 July. She will oversee brands including Pedigree, Iams, Sheba, Cesar, Greenies, Temptations and Nutro across the United States and Canada. Ruggiero joins from Coca-Cola, where she served as President of the Global Nutrition Category, leading a $9 billion portfolio that included Minute Maid, Simply and Fairlife. She previously spent nearly four years in India as CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, where she doubled the company's net worth. In her new role, Ruggiero will focus on science-backed innovation, omnichannel growth and digital acceleration. Mars operates a $65 billion business with approximately 170,000 associates worldwide.
Mars Wrigley will lay off 307 workers and relocate its US headquarters from Newark, New Jersey, to Chicago by mid-October. The candymaker, which produces M&M's, Snickers, Twix and Skittles, filed a WARN notice with New Jersey signalling the job cuts will end the company's presence in Newark. The move follows a $100 million investment to expand Mars Wrigley's Chicago facilities, where its global headquarters is now based. The company will continue operating its manufacturing facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The New Jersey Business & Industry Association warned the departure signals the state needs to improve its business climate. New Jersey has lost over 9,700 jobs through WARN notices this year, with Samsung and ExxonMobil also announcing recent departures.
Mars-owned snacks brand Nature's Bakery is permanently closing its manufacturing plant in Hazelwood, Missouri. Production will shift to other facilities, with the site expected to remain operational until a full shutdown in September 2027. According to a local government filing, 130 employees will leave on 11 September, followed by 215 more in February 2027. All affected staff have been notified and can seek alternative positions within Nature's Bakery or Mars. In January 2024, Mars announced a $237m investment in a new Nature's Bakery factory in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mars acquired Nature's Bakery in 2020 through its Kind snacking business and recently completed a $35.9bn acquisition of Kellanova in December.
Mars, Incorporated is renewing its partnership with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings through a three-year, €1.5 million grant from the Mars Impact Fund. The funding will support fellowships for 30 young scientists annually to attend the meetings, which bring together Nobel Laureates and emerging researchers. Mars has partnered with the Meetings since 2007, but this marks the first collaboration through its Impact Fund, launched in early 2026. The grant aims to strengthen access for scientists who otherwise couldn't participate and support programming that fosters dialogue and learning. The partnership was celebrated at the 75th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Germany, where Mars hosted events focused on interdisciplinary science. Michelle Grogg, Executive Director of the Mars Impact Fund, said the collaboration reflects the Fund's commitment to diversifying the global scientific pipeline.