Manager, PFUS Media Strategy, Investment & Planning

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$111K/yr – $185K/yrManager6+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize PepsiCo's cross‑channel media strategy and investment, leading tactical campaign planning, partnerships, and performance analytics across brand launches and annual programs.

  • Translate business goals into media strategy
  • Drive planning and execution with agencies
  • Extract insights to inform future planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support brand media strategy: Contribute to translation of business and brand goals into media strategies that deliver reach, resonance and ROI
  • Lead tactical campaign planning and execution: Drive media planning for brand launches, tentpoles, and annual campaigns from strategy through execution, optimization and learnings in collaboration with agency team
  • Facilitate media partnerships: Evaluate, shape, and negotiate custom content programs and media partnerships alongside agency teams.
  • Maximize investment: Help steward PepsiCo’s media dollars to drive effectiveness, efficiency, and breakthrough outcomes
  • Ensure integration and collaboration: Ensure media strategy is embedded early in the creative development in concert with the brand teams and appropriate cross-functional teams
  • Analyze performance: Extract insights from media performance and apply learnings to future planning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree a plus
  • 6+ years of media experience & managing external agencies ideal
  • CPG experience strongly preferred
  • Strong organizational and project management skills
  • Proven track record of navigating, influencing & delivering results in a highly complex organization
  • Passion for driving change & challenging the status quo
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with both internal & external stakeholders
  • Willingness to travel up to 10%

Benefits

  • Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
  • In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
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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. Join us. Dare for Better.

Founded in 1980
Purchase, New York, US
141K employees (12,526 in marketing)
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84% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$111K/yr – $185K/yr

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  • Jun 2024
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