Senior Manager, Strategy

Overview

Why PepsiCo?

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $83 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker, and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose - our goal to deliver top-tier financial performance while creating sustainable growth and shareholder value. In practice, Performance with Purpose means providing a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; finding innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment and reduce our operating costs; providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees globally; and respecting, supporting and investing in the local communities where we operate.

• Management of PepsiCo Design and Innovation function's global strategic initiatives inclusive of building strategic frameworks and roadmaps, developing actionable solutions for business critical workstreams and facilitating the management of strategy projects
• Continuously provide thought leadership to partners, including the Design leadership team, and other design leaders on a broad range of business-critical topics
• Identify and deconstruct business issues and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses.
• Manage and build "executive ready" project deliverables for critical executive engagements
• Partner with design leaders on the planning and execution of the function wide strategic planning process including identifying priorities, managing quarterly reviews and status updates
• Audit and identifying new opportunities to enhance the efficiency of the function.
• Responsible for partnering across disciplines within PepsiCo and external partners to ensure design business projects are delivered on-time.
• Supports the PepsiCo Design Organization in building and cultivating a strong external design network.

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of experience leading strategy and/or transformation within a large, complex organization (Design function preferred);
• Ability to interpret and translate visual models/dialogue and aggregate into tangible plans and meaningful actions to drive results
• Self-driven, capable of achieving results in a highly matrixed and global environment with little direction
• Draw on diverse perspectives to solve business and strategic challenges and drive effective solutions
• Self-driven, thrives in ambiguous situations and is capable of achieving results in a heavily matrixed and global environment with little direction
• Highly analytical, able to interpret and translate data, visual models/dialogue and aggregate into tangible plans and meaningful actions to drive results
• Strong strategic thinker with proven track record in process design and re-engineering
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong executive presence. Able to synthesize large quantities of information, present recommendations and effectively influence senior leadership
• Demonstrate solid project management, collaboration and facilitation skills to work across businesses, sectors, and functions.
• Must be extremely organized and able to manage competing priorities, gain stakeholder alignment to move initiatives forward
• Previous experience in effectively leading teams through change or transformation
• Skilled communicator with a demonstrated ability to synthesize large quantities of information and present recommendations and influence at all levels across the organization
• Ability to work globally, strategically and collaboratively across businesses, sectors, and functions

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $106,300 - $177,850 based on a full-time schedule.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.