PepsiCo hiring Chief of Staff in Peerancheru, Telangana, India | LinkedIn (2024)

OverviewThe SVP, Global Strategy & Enterprise Transformation is seeking a direct reporting Chief of Staff. This role will be an integral part of the Leadership Team and will be responsible for supporting the SVP in advancing the function, managing special projects, driving day-to-day operations, and supporting internal events & communications

ResponsibilitiesChief of Staff Main Areas of ResponsibilityFunction Advancement:

• Establish a bird's-eye view across the team, and multiple functional partners, working to connect the dots to help the team maintain momentum in a highly dynamic working environment
• Enable connectivity across the Global Strategy community (i.e., corporate, global, sector, business unit) by managing function-wide programming, knowledge & resource repository, and team connections
• Represent SVP’s priorities to the team, ensuring clarity and progress; facilitate any support the team may need (e.g., additional inputs; 1:1; etc.), developing processes that maximize information flow and knowledge sharing across the Leadership Team (LT)

Special Projects:

• Serve as liaison and point of contact for initiatives and sector/cross functional partnerships; collaborate with counterparts across Strategy & Transformation (S&T) and sectors to maintain alignment
• Specific accountabilities associated with managing special projects include: scoping, work-planning, setting review cadence, building content & orchestrating across functional partners, and ensuring work is delivered on time

Operations:

• Partner with S&T Business Ops, Finance and HR on analytics, budgeting, resource management, and reporting for the function
• Manage relationships between procurement and external vendors (e.g., syndicated data sources, etc.)
• Partner with the Executive Assistant to oversee the function’s annual calendar, ensuring urgent meetings are prioritized, and order of discussions and decisions is appropriate to achieve ultimate objectives

Internal Events & Communications:

• Plan and execute staff, LT, and global functional meetings: lead development of agenda, coordinate timely guest speakers, distribute pre-reads, capture all follow-ups, and ensure clarity around next steps
• Partner with HR to plan and execute annual team events, offsites, and functional updates
• Develop presentation materials for the SVP’s speaking engagements
• Partner with Comms to drive the function’s overall messaging strategy (define audiences and associated messages; prioritize interactions; advise on content)

Qualifications

• 15 years of experience in business, strategy, or other highly cross-functional roles
• Bachelor’s degree required (MBA strongly preferred)
• Proven collaborative, leadership, and influencing capabilities
• Strategic mindset with an ability to think broadly, refine questions, and develop analytical approach
• Outstanding project management skills & attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills that educate and influence senior leaders
• Ability to drive work forward independently, with a strong sense of urgency and process-oriented approach
• Global outlook with sensitivity and awareness of social and cultural differences