Position summary

PepsiCo is seeking a Goal Governance Manager responsible for governance, capacity building, data, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across three of its Positive Agriculture goals, in support of pep+ 2030 goal delivery. The role manages the Sustainable Sourcing; Regenerate, Restore and Protect; and Livelihoods goals, as well as the Sustainable Farming Program, PepsiCo's internal assurance standard for the sustainable sourcing of directly sourced crops.

Why this role matters

This role provides the governance backbone for PepsiCo's Positive Agriculture goals, ensuring they are measured, reported, and delivered consistently across regions and farming systems. By enabling associates to apply the governance pragmatically on the ground and bringing in external insight on regenerative agriculture and sustainable sourcing, you help translate PepsiCo's pep+ 2030 ambitions into real impact.

Key responsibilities

• Goal governance: Manage the Sustainable Sourcing; Regenerate, Restore and Protect; and Livelihoods goals from a governance, capacity building, data, reporting, and stakeholder engagement perspective.
• Assurance standard: Manage the Sustainable Farming Program, PepsiCo's internal assurance standard for the sustainable sourcing of directly sourced crops.
• Team and finance oversight: Manage the employee responsible for annual reporting of goal delivery and associated coordination, and oversee the contracting, financial accounting, and approvals process for Positive Agriculture.
• Execution support: Provide support to associates responsible for execution, interpreting governance and situations to drive value, and enable implementation of goals in local contexts.
• People management: Manage one team member and external consultants as needed to deliver results.
• External insight: Stay up to date with the evolution of regenerative agriculture, restoration and protection, sustainable sourcing, and livelihoods, informing PepsiCo goal evolution and representing PepsiCo in industry forums.
• Coordination: Serve as the central point of coordination and knowledge for the team, acting as liaison between Positive Agriculture project managers and reporting teams (controls, legal, and others), the Human Rights team, and across regions on key ingredients.

Team and stakeholders

You will manage one team member and external consultants, and serve as liaison between the Positive Agriculture project managers and reporting teams including controls and legal, the Human Rights team, and regional teams, while representing PepsiCo in external industry forums.

Key details

• Compensation: Expected range of $110,700 to $185,250, with actual starting salary depending on location, skills, experience, and education.
• Bonus: Performance-based bonus with a target payout of 12 percent of annual salary.
• Benefits: Paid time off (including parental, vacation, sick, and bereavement), medical, dental, and vision, disability, health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, an Employee Assistance Program, accident/group legal/life insurance, and a defined contribution retirement plan.

Requirements:

• More than 8 years of experience in corporate sustainability functions, agriculture, and/or supply chains.
• Extensive knowledge of sustainability certification schemes, benchmarks such as the Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA), and audit and remediation protocols.
• Very strong organizational and program management skills, and strong data management skills using Excel and other data systems to enter and interpret large datasets.
• Experience working within two or more geographic regions, including diverse farming backgrounds (smallholder and large-holder systems).
• More than 2 years of experience working directly on human rights topics globally.
• Preferred: knowledge of auditing, verification, and/or certification methods; knowledge of agriculture, agricultural supply chains, and procurement processes; and knowledge of PepsiCo supply chains, sustainable sourcing rules, and sector structures.
• Key competencies: global stakeholder engagement and trust-building, self-starting prioritization across multiple workstreams, process discipline and attention to detail, an outcome-focused and impact-driven approach, and an action bias with ownership and the ability to lead in uncertainty.