Executive Vice President – Global Productivity Lead

Company description

PLUS+ by Publicis is PepsiCo's dedicated global marketing and media operating model, bringing together the best talent, capabilities, technology, data, and expertise from across Publicis Groupe into one integrated team. Supporting iconic brands including Pepsi, Gatorade, Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Mountain Dew, and Quaker, PLUS+ is designed to accelerate growth, innovation, and transformation at scale.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team being built from the ground up and help shape the future of marketing for one of the world's most recognized consumer brands. Team members work alongside industry-leading experts across strategy, media, commerce, analytics, data, technology, and operations while contributing to a first-of-its-kind global model launch.

If you're energized by innovation, transformation, and the chance to make a visible impact on a global business, PLUS+ offers an opportunity unlike any other in the industry.

Overview

The EVP, Global Productivity & Transformation will lead the development and implementation of a global productivity agenda across the PepsiCo and Publicis partnership, focused on improving the effectiveness, efficiency and scalability of how work is delivered.

This executive will identify opportunities to simplify processes, eliminate duplication, improve resource utilization and accelerate the adoption of technology and AI-enabled workflows. The role will establish a measurable approach to productivity that delivers operational and commercial value while protecting the quality of strategic and client-facing work.

Working across Above Market capabilities, regional leadership and local market teams, the EVP will translate productivity opportunities into practical operating-model improvements that can be implemented, measured and sustained.

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Responsibilities

Global Productivity Strategy

• Establish and lead a comprehensive productivity strategy across the global PepsiCo operating model, aligned to business priorities, contractual commitments and transformation objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across planning, investment, operations, reporting, data and other recurring workflows.
• Develop a prioritized productivity roadmap, including near-term improvements and longer-term transformation initiatives.
• Define consistent methodologies for identifying, quantifying and validating productivity improvements.

Operating Model Transformation

• Evaluate existing workflows, roles, handoffs and processes to identify duplication, unnecessary complexity and opportunities for standardization.
• Partner with functional leaders to redesign processes and embed more efficient ways of working.
• Develop scalable solutions that can be adopted across brands, regions and markets while accommodating legitimate local requirements.
• Ensure productivity improvements are integrated into the operating model rather than managed as isolated initiatives.

AI, Automation & Technology Enablement

• Partner with Marcel, technology, data and functional teams to identify and prioritize automation opportunities.
• Accelerate adoption of AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual effort and improve speed, consistency and output quality.
• Evaluate opportunities to automate repetitive activities across planning, reporting, operational management and knowledge sharing.
• Establish clear measures of adoption, efficiency and business impact for productivity-related technology initiatives.
• Ensure solutions are supported by appropriate training, governance and change management.

Productivity Measurement & Value Realization

• Develop a global productivity measurement framework with consistent KPIs, baselines and reporting standards.
• Track realized productivity benefits, including capacity released, cycle-time improvements, process efficiencies and operational savings.
• Work with Finance and Commercial leadership to validate the financial implications of productivity initiatives.
• Establish regular reporting to PepsiCo and Publicis leadership, distinguishing forecast benefits from validated results.
• Identify risks to productivity delivery and recommend corrective actions.

Change Management & Global Adoption

• Lead cross-functional implementation of productivity initiatives across Above Market, regional and local teams.
• Build alignment with capability leaders and market leadership on new processes and expectations.
• Establish training, communication and adoption programs to support sustainable behavioral change.
• Monitor implementation quality and ensure productivity improvements do not compromise client service or strategic effectiveness.

Executive Leadership & Governance

• Serve as the senior executive accountable for the productivity transformation agenda.
• Partner with PepsiCo stakeholders, Publicis executive leadership, Finance, Operations and capability leads to prioritize initiatives.
• Establish governance, escalation and decision-making processes for major productivity programs.
• Provide executive-level recommendations on future operating-model improvements and investment priorities.

Measures of Success

• Validated productivity improvements against agreed baselines and targets.
• Reduced cycle times and manual effort across priority workflows.
• Increased adoption and effective utilization of AI and automation solutions.
• Reduced duplication and improved consistency across regions and markets.
• Improved resource utilization and operational scalability.
• Sustained improvements in delivery quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Transparent reporting of realized productivity and commercial benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in global media, marketing services, consulting, business transformation or complex operational environments.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide productivity, operating-model transformation or large-scale process improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of media agency workflows, commercial models, organizational structures and global service delivery.
• Experience deploying automation, AI or technology-enabled solutions to improve business performance.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including business-case development and value realization.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and transformation programs across multiple markets.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.  Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,  as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Veterans Encouraged to Apply.

 

Compensation Range: USD $250,000.00 - USD $295,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12/15/2026.