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The Senior Director of Enterprise Stakeholder Engagement will lead PepsiCo’s enterprise-wide approach to identifying, prioritizing, and engaging external stakeholders across North America. This role is responsible for building and executing a unified stakeholder engagement strategy that aligns with enterprise priorities, ensures appropriate senior‑level participation, and strengthens PepsiCo’s credibility, influence, and long‑term external relationships. Operating at the intersection of strategy, leadership engagement, quantitative analysis, and cross‑functional coordination, this role helps the enterprise navigate complex external environments while driving a clear, consistent, and intentional approach to stakeholder engagement.
Job Responsibility:
Own and evolve PepsiCo’s enterprise stakeholder engagement framework, including stakeholder mapping, prioritization, and governance processes
Maintain a centralized, enterprise-wide view of external stakeholders to enable visibility, coordination, and strategic alignment
Apply consistent, enterprise-wide criteria to assess stakeholder relevance, influence, risk exposure, and strategic alignment
Ensure stakeholder engagement and funding decisions reflect enterprise priorities and reinforce PepsiCo’s broader external strategy
Lead structured review and alignment processes for enterprise-level stakeholder engagement decisions, ensuring transparency, consistency, and accountability
Design dashboards, models, and decision support systems that inform enterprise strategy and stakeholder management
Conduct quantitative risk assessment, probability modeling, scenario analysis, forecasting, and development of risk metrics, indices, and scoring frameworks that translate uncertainty into actionable insights
Integrate quantitative findings into governance and stakeholder engagement strategies, linking risk exposure to operational, reputational, regulatory, and social impact considerations
Use data-driven methodologies to help the enterprise anticipate emerging stakeholder trends, external pressures, and evolving expectations
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on external stakeholder engagement strategy
Provide insights and recommendations to inform executive decision making related to engagement focus, leadership participation, and enterprise positioning
Enable senior leaders to engage externally with clarity, confidence, and consistency
Partner closely with Community Relations, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Communications, the PepsiCo Foundation, Inclusion for Growth/EE, Legal, and other relevant teams
Drive alignment across functions while respecting relationship ownership and functional expertise
Facilitate cross-functional dialogue and coordination on significant changes in stakeholder engagement or funding approaches
Requirements:
10+ years of experience in public policy, government affairs, regulatory affairs, external relations, risk management, or a related field
Proficiency with statistical tools and data platforms (e.g., advanced Excel modeling, R, Python, SQL, or similar analytics software)
Strong quantitative, analytical, and statistical capabilities, with demonstrated experience applying data-driven methods to assess and model organizational risk
Demonstrated experience operating in politically sensitive or high-risk external environments
Strong judgment and ability to assess ambiguous or complex stakeholder dynamics
Experience advising and influencing senior executives
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and navigate complex, matrixed organizational structures
Nice to have:
Academic background in statistics, economics, applied mathematics, data science, risk management, engineering, or quantitative social sciences, ideally paired with professional experience in enterprise risk, public policy analysis, compliance, or corporate strategy
Experience in quantitative risk assessment, probability modeling, scenario analysis, forecasting, and the development of risk metrics, indices, or scoring frameworks that translate uncertainty into actionable insights
Experience working in large, multinational, matrixed organizations
Background in enterprise risk management, issues management, or reputation management
Familiarity with stakeholder ecosystems including advocacy organizations, policymakers, NGOs, industry groups, and activists
What we offer:
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 35% of annual salary paid out annually and an additional target payout of 15% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period
Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance
Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement
Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan