Senior Industrial Designer - Structural Packaging

Overview Who We Are At Pepsi Co design, we have a saying: "We're crazy enough to think we can inspire the future." This is what drives us, in everything we imagine, develop and execute. Our goal is clear: to connect Pepsi Co's beverage, snacks and food portfolios, with consumers hungry for meaningful, sustainable, authentic and relevant experiences across multiple touch points and regions of the world.

Why Design Innovation? Our mission is to drive the sustainability & innovation agendas for Pepsi Co's Global brands and businesses to help it grow and transform beyond its core. We drive innovation by researching, strategizing, defining, prototyping, learning, and launching strategically aligned and commercially viable new products, services, business models, retail experiences, brands and systems. We challenge and seek to change how Pepsi Co works to drive true business innovation with more sustainability and purpose.

We are a creatively driven team that leverages the power of four lenses (desirability, feasibility, viability, sustainability) led Design Thinking to solve strategic problems to designing new eating experiences, their packaging and delivery systems. We leverage tools from product design, design research, system thinking, strategic foresight, business model design, and circular economy; to solve problems, for people and the planet, in the real world.

We innovate to incite positive change - for people, brands, business and the world around us. We know what it takes to make ideas a reality and bring that into everything we do. You Get To As Senior Designer, Structural Packaging, you will report to a senior design leader. You will also partner closely with Brand Design, R&D, Packaging Engineering, Insights, Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain, and external agency / supplier partners to develop and deliver structural packaging solutions across Pepsi Co's foods portfolio.

This role is responsible for contributing to the design and development of structural packaging programs from early concept through commercialization support. You will help translate consumer, brand, business, technical, and sustainability needs into relevant packaging concepts and refined design recommendations. You will work on a range of assignments that may include innovation platforms, packaging restage efforts, productivity-driven redesigns, sustainability-focused initiatives, and experience improvements across primary and secondary packaging systems.

You will participate in research and learning activities, synthesize inputs from cross-functional partners, generate packaging concepts, new experiences and prototypes, and support the evaluation of options against desirability, feasibility, viability, and sustainability. You Are Self-starting with an entrepreneurial spirit. Fluent in product design, in prototyping techniques, on emerging design trends, in sustainability and with lifestyle trends. Able to quickly delivering high levels out quality designs on multiple projects.

Curious, optimistic, and always looking to improve. Adept at managing ambiguity and energized by complexity. A creative, systems-minded thinker who can translate insights into tangible packaging solutions. Empathetic to consumers, customers, and internal stakeholders. Comfortable working across multiple projects in a dynamic environment. Good at storytelling, visually and verbally. Passionate about design quality, sustainability, and bringing ideas to life. What Success Looks Like Deliver impactful structural packaging experiences rooted in consumer, brand, and business insight.

Partner cross‑functionally to drive alignment from concept through commercialization. Communicate design intent clearly through visuals, CAD, prototypes, and storytelling. Integrate systems thinking across desirability, feasibility, viability, and sustainability. Own work streams with rigor, navigating ambiguity while meeting quality and timelines. Responsibilities Core Accountabilities Develop structural packaging concepts, exploratory directions, and design proposals that visualize the desired experience and support business objectives.

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