Innovation Design Senior Manager

Overview At PepsiCo Design, we have a saying: “We’re crazy enough to think we can inspire the future.” That belief drives everything we imagine, create, and bring to life.

Design is a strategic capability at PepsiCo, creating business value through innovation, brand experiences, and product excellence. As one of the first global food and beverage companies to unite design strategy, innovation, industrial design, user experience and brand experience design within a single organization, we leverage design as a force for growth and transformation.

SodaStream is a critical part of PepsiCo’s future—a consumer-centric, sustainability-led business uniquely positioned at the intersection of beverages, appliances, and connected experiences. Together, PepsiCo and SodaStream have the opportunity to redefine how people discover, create, and enjoy beverages at home and beyond.

PepsiCo Design & Innovation exists to identify new opportunities, solve meaningful consumer problems, and create experiences that drive long-term business growth. We innovate with intent—combining human insight, emerging technologies, design excellence, and business strategy to create solutions that positively impact consumers, brands, and the world around us.

As we continue to evolve SodaStream beyond its core business, Design & Innovation will play a central role in shaping the future of beverage. Our focus is on creating healthier, more sustainable, and more connected consumer experiences that meet changing needs around the world.

Our ambition is clear: transform SodaStream from a sparkling water maker into a connected beverage platform that seamlessly combines PepsiCo’s beverage portfolio, SodaStream’s appliance ecosystem, and emerging digital experiences. By integrating products, services, and technology, we aim to create meaningful consumer experiences that deliver the beverages people want—when, where, and how they want them—with less waste.

This role will help define and deliver that future.

Responsibilities The Opportunity The Innovation Design Senior Manager is a highly strategic and deeply hands-on design leader responsible for shaping and delivering the future of the Sodastream ecosystem. This role combines innovation leadership, industrial design excellence, and cross-functional influence to identify new growth opportunities and translate them into commercially viable consumer experiences.

Reporting to the Head of Sodastream Industrial Design, this individual will lead the development of innovation strategies, product concepts, and design solutions across Sodastream’s portfolio of appliances, bottles, consumables, accessories, service and connected experiences. The role requires equal strength in strategic thinking and execution—someone who is comfortable defining future innovation platforms while also actively creating, developing, and refining product solutions.

While focus is on leading the strategic innovation pipeline and shaping future growth opportunities for SodaStream, the successful candidate will be a hands-on practitioner who personally contributes to concept generation, product design development, storytelling, prototyping, and innovation execution while leading cross functional teams and external partners.

The ideal candidate possesses exceptional industrial design skills, outstanding innovation capabilities, strong business acumen, and the ability to inspire teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive ideas from insight to commercialization.

Key Responsibilities Innovation Leadership

• Drive the innovation agenda across the Sodastream ecosystem, identifying opportunities that unlock future growth and create competitive advantage.
• Build innovation strategies and roadmaps rooted in consumer insights, brand strategy, emerging technologies, cultural shifts, and Sodastream’s business priorities.
• Lead opportunity identification, concept development, and innovation platform creation across products, services, systems, and experiences.
• Challenge conventional approaches and champion future-focused perspectives that inspires and accelerates meaningful innovation.
• Translate complex business challenges into actionable innovation opportunities that drive value for consumers and the organization.
• Leverage deep expertise in innovation frameworks, methodologies, and agile development to guide cross-functional teams through iterative prototyp…