Transformation Director, PMO

at  PepsiCo

Overview:
PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to team members on the front lines, we’re excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place.
Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you’re invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these products—which are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day.
A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone’s welcome. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow your skills for the future. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact on people and the planet.

• Establish a standardized project management methodology, transformation processes, and ways of working to unlock speed of execution, increase team efficiency, and enable a one PBNA approach to project management delivery.
• Lead day-to-day “operations” including schedule, scope, progress tracking, status reporting, identifying issues, risks and key decisions that could impact project delivery, elevating and enabling solutions as needed.
• Liaise with change planning to ensure structural changes are properly planned and executed with minimal org disruption.
• Lead exploratory incremental structural designs including but not limited to division redesign and North America Center of Excellence (COEs).
• Will learn and integrate OrgVue, our workforce planning tool, into structure plans and scenario planning, interacting with global teams also implementing the application.
• Will have frequent touchpoints with ExCom leaders to capture project plans, milestones, open switches, etc.
• Align division and sector stakeholders to execution priorities and ensure “One PBNA” mindset to drive initiatives forward.
• Identify and coordinate integration/interdependency opportunities and risks, along with risk mitigation plans.
• Develop presentation materials for project-related discussions and leadership meetings; create compelling stories that influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization to take action and understand impact.
• Ensure project management standards are consistently executed including project management methodology, playbook, tools, and roles & responsibilities.
• Partnering with x-transformation program PMO offices (i.e PepsiCo Global Template “PGT” and Integrated, Business Planning “IBP” to unlock an integrated roadmap and human-centric design approach; refining the E2E processes to ensure we fully leverage both the tools (i.e PGT, automation) and structure Global Capability Centers to drive our business forward.
• Enable/arm functional leaders with the latest and accurate information to facilitate connects with respective business partners.
• Track business case and partner with PBNA Finance to ensure Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) alignment across sector/divisions.
• Maintain and communicate integrated roadmap and master list of initiatives, including business case, status, timeline, milestones and risks.
• Support functional leads with related projects as needed