Sr Mgr, IT Architecture

Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. About The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.   At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.     Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.   The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose. How will you fit in the big picture?

The Senior Manager, IT Architecture leads the strategy, design, and governance of enterprise infrastructure architectures that enable Hershey’s business objectives and digital transformation efforts. This leader will oversee a team of architects while partnering closely with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Information Security, and business stakeholders to ensure technology solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and cost effective.   This role has responsibility across infrastructure domains including network technologies, cloud platforms, middleware, end user computing, and IT service management tooling. The ideal candidate brings both deep technical expertise and strong people leadership, helping shape the future-state technology landscape while driving operational excellence and innovation. What will you do?

Define and maintain architecture strategies, principles, standards, and reference architectures across network, cloud, middleware, and ITSM platforms. Develop and manage multi-year technology roadmaps that support modernization initiatives and strategic business priorities. Partner with Enterprise Architecture to provide governance and design oversight, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and architectural standards. Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of architects, fostering collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence. Collaborate with business leaders, IS teams, vendors, and external partners to translate requirements into scalable and sustainable technology solutions. Evaluate and mitigate technology risks while embedding resiliency, security, and compliance into solution designs. Drive architectural decisions that optimize total cost of ownership while balancing business value, performance, and operational efficiency. Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to improve capability, agility, and overall business outcomes.

Minimum Education & Requirements

7+ years of experience in technology