Tech Venturing & Innovation Sr. Analyst

Overview

As a Tech Venturing & Innovation Sr. Analyst you will need to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies. You will need to develop new partnerships across the organization and with external partners to build future capabilities together for PepsiCo’s operation. You will drive the startup research, analysis & evaluations and lead the rapid pilot onboarding process.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functionally execution of strategic tech innovation programs with departments, like HR:

• Streamlineworkingprocesseswith support functions such asEA(Enterprise Architecture), InfoSecurity, Legal,Finance,etc.
• Partner with project leaders to createproject deliverables
• Develop briefs for new technical capabilities
• Evaluate startups or other solutions usingdata-basedapproaches and drive the cross-functionalselection process
• Lead the rapid pilot onboarding process and own vendor management

Lead the startup use case research, analysis & evaluation of solution fit to use case

• Be the face ofPepLabs; act as the "eyes and ears" for the organization to source the best emerging tech solutions
• Build use case assessment criteria to systematically evaluate which startup’s technology & overall solution has potential to solve the use case
• Assess competencies vs. Use case
• Engage & coordinate cross functional SMEs input to assessment criteria

Provide process and pilot thought partnership to business partners and Senior Executives

Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of consumer, competitive, and macroeconomic / technology trends

Lead project management across the team and support governance and reporting

Contribute to capability building for the entire PepsiCo Labs function (e.g., Training, Knowledge Management, Process documentation, etc.)

Manage and coordinate logistics for sector, functional and Labs program meetings with internal and external participants

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree requried
• Experience/exposure intechnology anddigitalinnovation
• KnowledgeofPepsiCo’s businesses
• Experience in HR functional areas
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with the ability to learnnew toolsquickly
• Strong teamwork, professionalism, and interaction with all management levels
• Effective communication skills, strong collaborationskillsand an impeccable standard of excellence
• Results-drivenwithtimelytask completion
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, including the ability to make clear andtimelydecisions
• Self-motivatedand goal-oriented

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