Unbottle YOUR Potential at Pepsi Bottling Ventures!

At Pepsi, we spread home-grown joy, in our special Pepsi Bottling Ventures way! Pepsi Bottling Ventures is the nation's largest private bottler and distributor of Pepsi beverages. Pepsi Bottling Ventures is based in NC, SC, MD, & DE.

Job Description

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is seeking a Program Director, Strategy & Delivery to join our team.

Who We Are

We are jointly owned by Suntory and PepsiCo. Suntory is a family-owned business founded in Japan more than 125 years ago that is known globally for their beverages and innovative spirit. PepsiCo has a 125-year plus legacy as a global leader in convenient foods and beverages. We represent Suntory's non-alcoholic beverage industry in the United States and have an 80-year plus legacy of providing PepsiCo products to the Carolinas and beyond.

What We Do

We make, sell, and distribute PepsiCo and other beverages. We do business in five states and sell PepsiCo beverages to most of the market in our geographic regions. We also develop our own line of beverages, producing and distributing a growing product line nationally.

What Makes Us Unique

We bring you the beverages you love. We bring PepsiCo’s beloved beverages and more to you and our customers. As a part of Suntory, we believe in dreaming big and boldly pursuing our dreams, growing for good, and giving back to society. We innovate to create new beverages, like our Nature's Twist refreshing lemonade line, and we continuously expand our beverage portfolio to bring you and our customers joy.

What We Look for in Leaders

Our leaders embrace a coaching leadership style. We look for leaders that empower all team members. Our leaders value integrity, teamwork, accountability, adaptability, and communication in all they do and expect from their teams.

Program Director, Strategy & Delivery Role Overview

Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to drive end-to-end strategy execution, ensuring clear accountability, disciplined delivery, and measurable business value. This role translates enterprise strategy into coordinated, cross-functional programs and ensures sustained adoption and value realization. The role will build and ensure execution of the transformation roadmap, change management plan, stakeholder alignment, and sustainable change adoption across the organization.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Transformation Strategy & Roadmap

Build and own the transformation roadmap, aligning initiatives to strategic business priorities.
Continuously adapt the roadmap based on performance insights, market dynamics, and business conditions.
Translate strategy into executable programs with clear milestones and outcomes.

Program, Portfolio & Value Delivery

Lead end-to-end delivery of transformation programs across multiple workstreams.
Manage interdependencies across initiatives and functions.
Ensure delivery against timelines, budgets, and value commitments.
Establish governance, decision rights, and reporting frameworks.
Define value-added metrics and success measures for each initiative.
Partner with functional and finance leadership to ensure benefit realization and sustainment.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment

Lead enterprise-wide cross-functional teams to strengthen collaboration.
Align ELT and senior stakeholders to drive trade-off decisions and shared outcomes.
Translate stakeholder objectives into outcome-driven execution plans.
Serve as an integrator across functions and partners.
Hold initiative leaders accountable for delivery and adoption.

Change Management & Adoption

Lead comprehensive change management strategies to drive readiness and adoption.
Conduct impact and organizational readiness assessments.
Monitor adoption effectiveness and adjust strategies as needed.
Lead communications and engagement efforts across the enterprise.

Operating Model Management

Build and drive a consistent operating model cadence.
Ensure financial governance, budgeting, and value tracking.
Optimize resource allocation and utilization.
Align investments to highest-value initiatives.
Oversee vendor and partner management.

Governance, Risk & Quality Management

Establish and enforce enterprise governance frameworks.
Lead risk identification and mitigation efforts.
Define and monitor quality and performance standards.
Ensure compliance and audit readiness.

People Leadership & Capability Building

Assemble and lead cross-functional teams aligned to program objectives.
Develop enterprise transformation capabilities.
Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field.
Fifteen (15) or more years of progressive experience, including leadership of large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives.
Five (5) to ten (10) years of experience in program, portfolio, or transformation leadership roles.
Demonstrated experience working across multiple business functions (operations, commercial, finance, or strategy).
Proven track record of delivering measurable business value through complex change initiatives.
Experience operating in food and beverage manufacturing, or similarly complex environments preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

As part of your total compensation package, you will also receive the following benefits:

Paid time off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days, parental leave, and bereavement leave
401(k) with a company match
Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance options, as well as supplemental health plan options, including accident, critical illness, and hospitalization
Saving and spending accounts
Company-paid telemedicine services
Free counseling and information services
Wellness program
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid disability coverage
Adoption assistance
Education assistance
Legal service plan option
Pay advance option

Unfortunately, we will be unable to offer visa sponsorships to candidates.

EOE M/F/D/V

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website, you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening. You can request reasonable accommodation by calling or via e-mail at

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