Government Affairs Manager; Midwest

Pepsi Co products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Pepsi Co generated more than $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and Soda Stream. Pepsi Co's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

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The Public Policy and Government Affairs (PPGA) team helps Pepsi Co navigate the increasingly volatile and complex policy and regulatory landscape in which our company operates. By anticipating opportunities and risks, we facilitate positive environments and avoid discriminatory regulations. Further, our proactive engagement with a range of external stakeholders ensures Pepsi Co has a seat at the negotiating table and allows us to help shape fair policies that are science‑based and protect consumer choice.

In this role, you will work with the Director of Government Affairs for the Midwest in managing key legislative and regulatory issues in the Midwest (IL, IN, MN, WI, MI, OH, MO, IA) amidst a dynamic policy and regulatory environment to protect and support Pepsi Co’s growth ambition. You will develop, enhance, and execute a strategic vision and multi‑year strategy for PPGA in terms of public policy, regulations, government affairs, industry and trade relations.

You will focus on State government outreach and be the principal advocate in front of policy makers and the administration. This role is based in Chicago, IL.

• Pro‑actively scan the environment for key policy matters as they “bubble up” or track/trend in the civic/social, business and government spaces to ensure that through this “radar” activity the company stays abreast of any pending legislative/regulatory risks to develop a risk mitigation or risk opportunity leverage plan.
• Monitor and research current and relevant emerging public policy issues concerning how Pepsi Co should work with allied organizations and industries.
• Ensure sector and corporate partners are advised of key legislative/regulatory risks due to contagion effect across geographies and align corporate plans with respect to proactive risk mitigation.
• Provide external insight into the company with respect to key policy and regulatory matters that affect the implementation of the commercial and business operational strategy. Decode the external environment into the company.
• Strategic advisory on confidential and sensitive matters including but not limited to due diligence, stakeholder reputation and goodwill insights, new partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions, etc.

• Represent the Company on key government and industry representative bodies, governance structures and in external meetings with third parties and various industry/trade associations, etc.
• Ensure Pepsi Co’s position is understood and shape/impact industry‑positioning to align with Pepsi Co key materiality frameworks and facts.
• Influence public policy in support of Pepsi Co’s business objectives and enhance the company's reputation by building coalitions across community partners, industries, and trade blocs.

• Represent Pepsi Co’s position in negotiations with lawmakers and regulatory agencies, advocate groups & NGO’s when appropriate.
• Represent Pepsi Co in external interest groups (e.g. business networks, multi‑stakeholder platforms) and ensure these are delivering value for Pepsi Co; guide direct report participation in such networks as applicable.