Program Director, Strategy & Delivery

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Job Description

Pepsi Bottling Venturesis 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 Suntorys 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 PepsiCos 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 Natures 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

• Bachelors 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 1- or via e-mail at