PepsiCo · 4 days ago
Senior Manager - Tech Strategy
Purchase, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$119K/yr - $199K/yr
8+ years expPepsiCo is a leading global food and beverage company, and they are seeking a Senior Manager for Technology Strategy. This role involves driving the company's technology vision and strategy by analyzing emerging technology trends, formulating strategic decisions, and developing a comprehensive global tech strategy framework that aligns with business priorities.
Brand MarketingFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
Responsibilities
Identify and Analyze Emerging Technology Trends: Focus on the evolving aspects of people, processes, and technology. This includes understanding shifts in business processes due to digital transformation, and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies like AI
Conduct Industry Outreach: Engage with industry experts and peers through conferences, webinars, and direct communication. Gather insights on the latest trends and strategic moves by peers to benchmark and identify best practices
Provide Thought Leadership: Develop detailed reports and presentations on mega trends, offering strategic recommendations. Highlight how these trends can impact the organization and suggest ways to leverage them for competitive advantage
Create and Maintain an Ongoing List of Inspiring Case Examples: Compile and regularly update a list of successful technology implementations and innovations. Use these case studies to inform and inspire PepsiCo's technology strategy, ensuring it stays current with industry best practices
Develop and Articulate the Immediate, Medium-Term, and Long-Term Technology Vision: Create a comprehensive technology vision that aligns with industry trends, business priorities, and PepsiCo's current maturity. This vision should outline a clear path for technological growth and innovation
Formulate Big Bet Decisions: Identify and prioritize major strategic initiatives that will shape the enterprise technology strategy. These "big bets" should focus on transformative projects and investments that have the potential to significantly impact PepsiCo's future success
Connect the Dots Between Existing Capabilities: Analyze and integrate current technological capabilities to form a cohesive Global Tech Strategy. This involves identifying synergies and gaps, ensuring that all technology efforts are aligned and contribute to the overall strategic objectives
Ensure Business Priorities Inform Technology Strategy: Establish a dynamic feedback loop where business priorities continuously shape the technology strategy, and vice versa. This ensures that technological initiatives are always aligned with business goals, fostering a collaborative environment where technology and business strategies mutually reinforce each other
Analyze Our S&T Spend and Compare It Against Industry Benchmarks: Conduct a thorough analysis of the PepsiCo S&T spend. Compare these figures with industry benchmarks to identify areas where PepsiCo is over or under-investing
Identify Directional Targets, Areas of Investment, and Key Focus Areas: Based on the analysis, pinpoint specific targets and areas where investment is needed to maintain or enhance PepsiCo's competitive edge. This includes identifying emerging technologies, strategic initiatives, and key focus areas that align with PepsiCo's long-term goals
Provide Recommendations on Optimizing Technology Spend: Offer strategic recommendations to optimize technology spending. This involves suggesting ways to reallocate resources, reduce inefficiencies, and invest in high-impact areas. The goal is to ensure that technology investments are aligned with strategic objectives and deliver maximum value to PepsiCo
Develop a Consolidated Technology Roadmap: Create a comprehensive technology roadmap that aligns with PepsiCo's vision and business priorities. This roadmap should integrate various technological initiatives and projects, providing a clear path forward that supports strategic goals and ensures cohesive progress across PepsiCo
Define Key Markers of Success (OKRs/KPIs): Establish clear Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of initiatives outlined in the roadmap. These markers will help track progress, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that all efforts are aligned with the overall strategic objectives
Ensure the Roadmap is Adaptable: Design the roadmap to be flexible and adaptable to evolving business needs and technological advancements. This involves regularly reviewing and updating the roadmap to reflect changes in the business environment, emerging technologies, and shifting priorities, ensuring that PepsiCo remains agile and responsive to new opportunities and challenges
Qualification
Required
Conceptual Problem Solving: Proficiency in addressing complex technology challenges through innovative problem-solving techniques
Leadership and Influence: Ability to inspire and engage stakeholders at all levels, driving collaboration and support for technology initiatives
Storytelling and Communication: Exceptional storytelling skills to communicate complex concepts clearly and compellingly to diverse audiences
Industry Outreach and Networking: Experience in participating in industry forums, gathering insights, and representing PepsiCo externally
Technology Roadmap Development: Expertise in creating and managing a comprehensive technology roadmap that aligns with strategic goals
Relationship Building: Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Adaptability: Ability to adapt strategies and plans to evolving business needs and technological advancements
Expertise in Key Technology Areas: Deep knowledge in 2-3 key technology areas such as Infrastructure, Architecture, or Product Management
8 - 12 years' work experience with either internal or external strategy experience (top-tier consulting firm experience preferred)
Multi-functional experience, working with support functions (e.g., IT, Finance) and business
Benefits
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.
Company
PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a food and beverage company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.National Safety Council
2025-09-02Post Ipo Equity· $4B
2024-06-13Grant· $0.02M
2017-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Carreteiro
CEO PepsiCo Brazil & South Cone (Chile, Arg, Uru, Par) Foods
Mohamed Shelbaya
CEO PepsiCo Middle East & Africa
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