D&T Manager - Marketing Technology, Sites & Services

We make foodthe world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Hagen-Dazs, we've been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.

How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate

us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out

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Function Overview

The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the Work with Heart philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the following

Purpose of the role

This senior role is a strategic engineering leader within the Sites & Services team, responsible for architecting, building, and overseeing scalable, maintainable websites and services with a strong emphasis on Content Management Systems (CMS). The individual will lead the design and development of robust, enterprise-grade web solutions, ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and long-term architectural integrity while also managing a team of developers.

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, and collaborate cross-functionally to align solutions with business objectives. The role also includes ownership of production stability, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to ensure reliability, scalability, and sustained te chnical excellence across all platforms.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Project Leadership & Execution

• Leading delivery of complex projects or multiple modules across teams with end-to-end accountability through a team of developers and analysts reporting into them
• Defining and enforcing coding, testing, and design standards to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance
• Owning production support strategy, including incident management and root cause analysis for critical issues
• Driving stakeholder alignment through active participation in requirement gathering, scope definition, and technical planning
• Providing high-confidence estimates for large-scale efforts and advising on resourcing needs
• Leading code and design reviews across projects to ensure technical consistency and best practices
• Steering architectural discussions, identifying design gaps, and recommending long-term solutions
• Leading performance tuning, technical optimization, and system-level analysis

Learning, Development & Mentoring

. Championing a culture of continuous learning, introducing emerging technologies and frameworks

. Providing deep mentorship and technical guidance to mid- and junior-level engineers

. Leading internal initiatives such as architecture reviews, engineering talks, and capability development programs

. Demonstrating strong leadership presence and helping shape team culture and practices

Technical Consulting & Strategy

. Creating and validating high-level estimations and roadmaps for large, cross-functional efforts

. Designing and owning complex, scalable, and secure end-to-end technical solutions

. Serving as a technical advisor across multiple business domains, aligning solutions with strategic goals

. Driving architectural vision and contributing to enterprise-level technology direction and stack decisions

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Expert level

Intermediate Level

. System Design

. Design Patterns

. MERN Stack

. OOPS, SOLID

. RDBMS & NoSQL

. Content Management Systems

. Product Mindset