Overview:
The Technology Innovation Counsel role is a newly created role that will provide primary legal support to the PepsiCo Labs technology and innovation team providing strategic legal advice related to the development, testing, integration, implementation, and maintenance of technology solutions including artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, products, services, processes, and collaborations.
The Innovation Technology Counsel role reports directly to the Senior Director, Corporate Legal, Global Procurement & Transactions. The attorney will serve as an integral part of the Corporate Global Legal Team with primary responsibility to provide legal support to the innovation projects led by the PepsiCo Labs team. The role will involve working with cross-functional teams and attorneys globally across the legal department to ensure IP, AI, privacy, and other legal, risk and regulatory requirements are addressed and to ensure alignment with PepsiCo’s legal, regulatory and risk management strategies.
We are looking for a highly adaptable and collaborative attorney with strong analytical and organizational skills, who is comfortable with ambiguity and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with complex legal issues. The ideal candidate will bring an ownership mentality who enjoys being part of a team and can interact with and influence across departments and job levels. The Innovation Technology Counsel role will be asked to collaborate with key business partners to help advance strategic corporate initiatives, working closely with procurement, security, IT, risk management, eCommerce, innovation, global insights, marketing and brand teams, and colleagues across the legal department.

Responsibilities:

• Provide primary legal support to procurement and the PepsiCo Labs team to include the review, drafting, and negotiation of agreements for the PepsiCo Labs programs from initial proof of concept and evaluation agreements up to enterprise scale agreements.
• Define and align risk mitigation strategies for tech implementation, working iteratively with PepsiCo Labs, business stakeholders, and vendors to find a balanced approach across legal, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Work with the PepsiCo Labs team and associated innovation teams and relevant business partners across the organization as well as collaborating with local sector counsel, as needed, to support global negotiations specifically in technology innovation transactions led by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Transactional work will include a variety of complex technology agreements, including software, AI solutions, cloud/SaaS solutions, hardware, data licensing, professional services, confidentiality, consultant, development, and other agreements led by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Provide training and development to the PepsiCo Labs team related to best practices, emerging technology, the responsible use of AI technologies and innovation.
• Collaborate with the IT and other Legal Teams to share approaches & learnings on matters involving the responsible use of AI technologies as they relate to innovation projects lead by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Support the PepsiCo Labs team in the development of process, policies and governance related to innovation projects led by the PepsiCo Labs team.

• Provide primary legal support to procurement and the PepsiCo Labs team to include the review, drafting, and negotiation of agreements for the PepsiCo Labs programs from initial proof of concept and evaluation agreements up to enterprise scale agreements.
• Define and align risk mitigation strategies for tech implementation, working iteratively with PepsiCo Labs, business stakeholders, and vendors to find a balanced approach across legal, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Work with the PepsiCo Labs team and associated innovation teams and relevant business partners across the organization as well as collaborating with local sector counsel, as needed, to support global negotiations specifically in technology innovation transactions led by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Transactional work will include a variety of complex technology agreements, including software, AI solutions, cloud/SaaS solutions, hardware, data licensing, professional services, confidentiality, consultant, development, and other agreements led by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Provide training and development to the PepsiCo Labs team related to best practices, emerging technology, the responsible use of AI technologies and innovation.
• Collaborate with the IT and other Legal Teams to share approaches & learnings on matters involving the responsible use of AI technologies as they relate to innovation projects lead by the PepsiCo Labs team.
• Support the PepsiCo Labs team in the development of process, policies and governance related to innovation projects led by the PepsiCo Labs team