R&D Placement: Sports Science & Innovation (12 Months)

PepsiCo; Leicester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vibrant culture

Development and mentoring

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank hols,

Birthday leave

Discounted PepsiCo products

Competitive pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits: Virtual

Gym membership discount

SWORD online Physiotherapy

Job summary

PepsiCo placement in the UK with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute offers hands-on work on education materials and service testing in elite sports, translating nutrition into functional cuisine. You’ll interpret data, prepare athlete reports, and help run international calls, meetings, and conferences.

The role runs 12 months starting July 2027, with autonomy, mentoring, and exposure to high-profile brand partnerships, while developing practical research and communication skills in a

Qualifications

• Following path to a degree level qualification in Sport and Exercise Science.
• Strong and broad range of digital skills.
• Competent knowledge and highly computer literate.
• Solid fundamental scientific understanding of exercise physiology, sports psychology and related subjects.
• Strong creative and analytical skills to translate scientific information into easy to digest information.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to a diverse audience.
• High degree of self-motivation combined with good organisational skills.
• Initiative and drive to deliver results of trials and activities and able to be pro-active and multi-task.
• Concise and persuasive communicator with first class written and verbal presentation skills, especially to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of bespoke educational materials.
• Support service testing of in elite sports environments.
• Translate sports nutrition recommendations to functional cuisine.
• Interpret data and generate athlete facing reports on experimental results.
• Lead and organise international GSSI calls and meetings.
• Attend an international conference and potentially present an abstract.

Skills

Digital skills

Computer literacy

Translate scientific information

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivation & organisation

Initiative & multi-tasking

Written & verbal communication

Education

Degree-level qualification in Sport and Exercise Science

Job description

PepsiCo placement in the UK with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute offers hands-on work on education materials and service testing in elite sports, translating nutrition into functional cuisine. You’ll interpret data, prepare athlete reports, and help run international calls, meetings, and conferences.

The role runs 12 months starting July 2027, with autonomy, mentoring, and exposure to high-profile brand partnerships, while developing practical research and communication skills in a