UX Designer

Location: Must be local to one of PepsiCo's hub locations. These include Plano, TX, Purchase, NY or Chicago, IL. Role is HYBRID. Hire should expect to be in office 2 days per week. 

We are PepsiCo. We are game changers, mountain movers, and history makers. We are a diverse group, spread among 200 countries and united by a shared set of values and goals.

That’s why we Perform with Purpose. Together, we blaze new trails, succeed, celebrate, and never settle for second best. At PepsiCo, we’re committed to performing well as individuals and in teams to strengthen the company as a whole.

Are you hungry to be a part of the World’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands? Then, now is the time to explore the opportunities of PepsiCo: what makes you unique makes us better.

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The Digital Products and Services (DPS) team within PepsiCo’s global Strategy and Transformation (S&T) group is tasked with the articulation of the vision, execution, and implementation of PEP’s next-generation global digital products and data infrastructure. The UX Design team is not only responsible for software design solutions but will also be accountable for the resultant business improvement and outcomes.

• Your role will be to be part of a growing team based in either Chicago, Purchase, NY, or Plano, TX, to create and support global digital products for PepsiCo. These internal products will be around topics like procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics.
• You will be part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team around Engineering & UX Design, where you will apply system thinking, turning inputs into actionable strategies and designs. You will work closely with designers, process owners, product owners, and business users.
• You will be an internal ambassador of the team’s culture around Product & Service Design. You will provide stewardship to colleagues in the areas in which you are a specialist, or you are specializing.

This Role Will Support The Following Activities:

• You will participate in the entire design process of our digital products & services, from initial research, ideation, conceptualization, and design to testing and validation.
• You will plan and conduct Primary and Secondary Research. You will synthesize research and build insights, reframe problems, and provide recommendations that enable our teams to generate and iterate on new solutions.
• You will apply Human-Centered Design and Service Design Thinking approaches to guide the discovery and production of low-fidelity and high-fidelity deliverables.
• You will plan and co-facilitate workshops internally and externally. Manage approaches that identify and solve complex problems.
• You will create project deliverables, such as low and high-fidelity UI prototypes, design using a Design System, discussion guides for research, insights reports, and presentations, among other materials relevant to the client challenge.
• Coordinate work activities with your digital team, Business teams, other IT services and as required.
• Communicate with business stakeholders in the process of Service Design, training, and knowledge transfer.
• Influence product teams through user-centric design.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $76,400 - $127,850.
  
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting the actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
  
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 8% of annual salary paid out annually.
  
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
  
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
  
  

• 5+ years’ of experience designing digital products & services as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Please apply with a portfolio that shows your latest works and achievements.
• Deep understanding of the Service Design and UX Design disciplines. Proven experience and knowledge in implementation and facilitation of the overall design process, using a variety of methodologies like Process Mapping, User Journey Mapping, User Story Mapping, Wireframing, UI prototyping, User Testing, etc.
• Experience with industry-standard design and research tools (Figma, Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, User testing etc). Figma is highly preferred. 
• Experience in designing, building, and managing a Design System across our eco-system of products and services.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to deal with ambiguity while juggling multiple priorities.
• Experience with Agile and SAFe methodology for teamwork and analytics ‘product’ creation. Fluent in Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with creating a project vision, execution, and overall quality.
• Experience with planning and conducting user research and user testing sessions, including moderator guides to generate artifacts from synthesis.
• Experience advocating a User Centric Design approach that helps in understanding the needs, pain points, and desires of our users.
• Experience in designing responsive digital products, with a strong focus on web design.
• Experience with workshop planning and facilitation.

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

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