Global Innovation Manager, Breakthrough & Discovery

Auto req ID: 280713BR Job Description The team does setting the organization on a new course for future, sustainable growth excite you? Do you enjoy innovation and creating new products that will better meet future consumer needs? Like to be nimble, move fast and work in an agile manner to quickly gain learnings and make an impact? If so. the Global Foods Breakthrough Innovation team could be the right next step for you and your career. The Breakthrough Innovation team is a relatively new endeavor for PepsiCo as we prioritize acceleration of Growth in white spaces PepsiCo does not play in today. The new structure has the Discovery Innovation team that sits at the top of the innovation funnel and utilizes a series of Hubs that sit in the create market (US in this case) to enable speed and tight BU alignment. Discovery creates the ideas, the Hub validates and tests in the market and keeps the region in the loop and aligned to the work throughout the entire process. Responsibilities: The Breakthrough Innovation Manager for Discovery team is responsible for delivering Horizon 3 ‘ways in’ for key strategic growth spaces for PEP, such as satiating snacks, meal occasions, and permissible sweet. The ideal candidate will partner with a cross-functional taskforce and will employ design thinking across the 4 lenses (consumer desirability, technical feasibility, and business viability, PEP+) to deliver a range of solutions across products, services, and new business models. Core responsibilities include: Conduct analysis and secondary research to identify opportunity areas, unsolved consumer tensions, competitive challenges, and macro-economic shifts that could impact our long-term business. Identify, align, and execute learning agenda to unpack key opportunity areas across the 4 lenses, concluding in innovation ‘ways in’ for the local hubs to develop solutions against. Drive ‘make to learn’ (prototyping) and ‘do’ evidence in every research stage to ensure future-forward solutions are vetted in a suitable environment. Ensure Horizon 3 pipeline works cohesively with create market’s existing pipeline and strategic planning priorities. Document and report in a succinct manner all findings, pivots, opportunities, and implications to bi-weekly leadership connect forums and executive key presentations (BoD, PEC, etc.) Additionally, as a member of breakthrough innovation, the ideal candidate would be an ambassador for transforming the ways we think about our brands, our business model, our ways of learning from consumers, and eventually how PEP can innovate differently to drive long term resiliency for the company. Qualifications/Requirements 5 years of experience in Marketing roles with at least 2 years in innovation. BA required (MBA preferred) Analytical mastery using multiple data sources to understand landscape, trends, and consumer tensions. Includes IRI/Nielsen, Euromonitor, Mintel, social media listening, publications, primary research. Comfortable in highly ambiguous, new space. Have a strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop frameworks; looking beyond the marketing and consumer lens to all lenses with holistic thinking Looking for an individual who is highly innovative, intellectually curious, and a self-starter to set and align agendas. Should be analytical and a decisive thought leader with excellent influencing skills. Outstanding project management skills Experience partnering with multiple business functions and managing cross functional teams towards shared goals Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences Passionate about food culture, international and ethnic cuisines COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role. Please note that all such company vaccine requirements provide the opportunity to request an approved accommodation or exemption under applicable law Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation Job Type: Regular All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 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