Corporate Strategy Senior Manager

PepsiCo Inc.; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Defined contribution retirement plan

Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a seasoned Strategy professional to join Global Corporate Strategy. You will lead end-to-end initiatives, translate problems into structured projects, and supervise teams to deliver high-impact strategic work for senior leadership.

The role emphasizes external market awareness, capability building, and collaboration with PepsiCo’s Executive Committee across regions and businesses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 6+ years of strategy experience either internally or with a Top-Tier consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Employ solution-oriented mindset to help solve an array of PepsiCo’s most challenging, business critical, topics.
• Translate business problems to structured projects that you will lead in end-to-end delivery against key objectives, from hypothesis development to final materials.
• Lead analytical workstreams – identify and deconstruct business issues, and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses and solve critical business issues with minimal oversight from functional leaders.
• Lead & manage teams to deliver on-time and complete deliverables.
• Invest in the professional development of direct reports including coaching, performance reviews, and long-term career guidance.
• Build executive-ready project deliverables.
• Assist in the planning and execution of key enterprise projects (e.g., Enterprise Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Growth Model, etc.).
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from PepsiCo’s Executive Committee, Strategy Leadership, and cross-functional business partners.
• Provide thought partnership to Corporate Strategy leadership team, business partners and Senior Executives on a broad range of business-critical topics.
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends.
• Contribute to capability building for the entire Global Strategy function (e.g. Recruiting, Training, KnowledgeManagement, etc.)

Skills

Strategy experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

Global Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo

The Global Corporate Strategy function plays a critical role in charting PepsiCo’s long-term growth and portfolio development, driving both the future of the company and shaping the industry landscape. We are tasked with ensuring the company invests in the assets and capabilities needed to stay ahead of the competition and maintain market leadership. This entails developing actionable solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing the company.

To bring fresh and disruptive thinking to the ever-changing macro environment, we have Strategists aligned to each of our Regions, Global Businesses, and to PepsiCo Corporate. Joining PepsiCo’s Global Corporate Strategy function will enable you to experience the breadth and depth of PepsiCo’s global portfolio and build a deep understanding of both the business and the industry. Whether you decide to remain in Strategy or pursue a leadership position in another function, the experience provides incredible possibilities for a dynamic career at PepsiCo.

We are a flat team, where everyone materially contributes to solving PepsiCo’s most complex problems. The work is always high-priority, high-value, high-visibility, and high-impact, with a particular focus on growth and capability building. We have four main areas of responsibility:

• Oversee and execute strategic initiatives that cut across the enterprise, both for Senior Leadership and the Board of Directors
• Solve high-impact problems and develop actionable solutions for the most challenging issues facing the company, with a focus on corporate, global, and food & beverage work for the Chairman and Senior Leadership team
• Identify future growth opportunities for the organization, with particular attention to the capabilities needed to operationalize and capture value from these areas
• Act as thought partners to the organization in order to translate strategic recommendations into execution, with a particular focus on where and how recommendations drive value

Responsibilities

• Employ solution-oriented mindset to help solve an array of PepsiCo’s most challenging, business critical, topics
• Translate business problems to structured projects that you will lead in end-to-end delivery against key objectives, from hypothesis development to final materials
• Lead analytical workstreams – identify and deconstruct business issues, and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analyses and solve critical business issues with minimal oversight from functional leaders Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills, including the ability to challenge the status quo
• Lead & manage teams to deliver on-time and complete deliverables
• Invest in the professional development of direct reports including coaching, performance reviews, and long-term career guidance
• Build executive-ready project deliverables
• Assist in the planning and execution of key enterprise projects (e.g., Enterprise Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Growth Model, etc.)
• Execute against time-sensitive requests from PepsiCo’s Executive Committee, Strategy Leadership, and cross-functional business partners
• Provide thought partnership to Corporate Strategy leadership team, business partners and Senior Executives on a broad range of business-critical topics
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends
• Contribute to capability building for the entire Global Strategy function (e.g. Recruiting, Training, KnowledgeManagement, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $123,500 - $206,750.
  
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
  
• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 6+ years of strategy experience either internally or with a Top-Tier consulting firm