Design Senior Manager (Foods US)

PepsiCo; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 123,500 - 206,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Paid time off

Performance bonus

Job summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Senior Design Manager in Plano, Texas. This role involves leading design initiatives that integrate multiple design disciplines to enhance brand experiences. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of multidisciplinary design experience, with a strong ability to manage creative teams and projects from concept to completion.

Responsibilities include collaborating with marketing, managing timelines, and ensuring high-quality delivery of design assets. A performance-based bonus and comprehensive benefits are also offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience as a multidisciplinary designer taking projects from concept through completion.
• 3-5 years experience managing a creative team.
• Must have strong knowledge of key branding disciplines, previous project management experience, and commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Partner across disciplines within PepsiCo.
• Focus on partnership with marketing and external suppliers.
• Develop and deliver progress reports and proposals.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design

Creative team management

Branding disciplines

Communication skills

Leadership

Project management

Interpersonal skills

AI-powered design tools

Job description

Overview

At PepsiCo design, we have a saying: “We’re crazy enough to think we can inspire the future.” This is what drives us, in everything we imagine, develop and execute.

Design is a strategic global function for PepsiCo that drives business value by leading innovation, creating experiences, and brand engagements. We are one of the first major food & beverage companies to integrate multiple design disciplines—brand design, design thinking, industrial design, design strategy, front-end innovation—into a single group.

Our goal is clear: to connect PepsiCo’s food & beverage portfolios, with today’s hyper‑connected, networked users and consumers hungry for meaningful, authentic, and relevant brand experiences across multiple touchpoints and regions of the world.

Responsibilities

Our Senior Design Manager is responsible for partnering across disciplines within PepsiCo. There will be a focus on partnership with retail and food service marketing and external suppliers to ensure design assets are developed and delivered with quality, value, and on‑time. Energizes and leads both the internal and external design resources from idea phase to commercialization. Ensures each stakeholder understands his/her role and responsibilities throughout the creative process. Regularly reviews the status of projects with appropriate leadership to verify that Company and Division expectations are met. This includes:

• Proactively engaging with internal groups to enable flawless commercialization of all initiatives.
• Establishing workflow priority providing direction and support to creative teams.
• Driving internal and external timelines and updating project timelines as dates/circumstances change.
• Developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Creating SOW, including negotiating terms with photographers and illustrators, tracking and administration of project budgets and internal processing.
• Liaising with internal/external project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identifying and resolving issues and conflicts along the way.
• Monitoring the progress of project and making adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.
• Driving continuous improvement across all projects and commercialization process.

Compensation and 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

• 10+ years experience as a multidisciplinary designer taking projects from concept through completion.
• 3-5 years experience managing a creative team.
• Must have strong knowledge of key branding disciplines and previous experience within project management on branding assignments and/or identity assignments as well development and commercialization.
• Demonstrated ability to generate high‑quality images, designs, animations, and motion graphics using AI‑powered tools and platforms, integrating them seamlessly into the creative workflow.
• Ability to work in ambiguous and dynamic work environment; is comfortable with risk and uncertainty.
• Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills. Posses’ strong leadership and multitasking abilities.
• Effectively communicates (verbally and written) with internal and external stakeholders across all levels.
• Works well with others to deliver results; keeps others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises.
• Must build, develop, and grow any internal and external business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Must have experience collaborating with project management and operations team.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.