Digital and Media Manager

Role overview

PepsiCo is seeking a Digital and Media Manager to join its beverages business in Chatswood, New South Wales. This is an opportunity to work for a globally recognised FMCG company with well-known brands and a culture that supports employee recognition, growth, and long-term career development.

The role partners closely with internal cross-functional teams and external media and digital agencies to plan and deliver high-impact media activity across the PepsiCo Beverages portfolio. It covers media planning, execution, and transformation work aimed at improving return on investment, while following the ONE PEP Media way of working. The position also includes agency management, joint business planning across major digital platforms, testing and learning, and oversight of media and digital platforms covering creative optimisation, approvals, and performance measurement.

What’s on offer

• A competitive benefits package
• Discounts across Scoopon, Luxury Escapes, and the Asahi Beverages portfolio
• Generous leave policies, including wellness leave, birthday leave, volunteer leave, and options to buy or cash out additional leave
• Wellness support such as discounted private health insurance, financial coaching, counselling, flu vaccinations, and skin checks
• Access to professional development programs
• Opportunities to build a global career

Key responsibilities

• Create and refine audience-led media plans with agency partners and brand teams to improve ROI across Australia and New Zealand.
• Drive digital growth through joint business plans, experimentation programs, and exploration of new digital and social channels in line with global priorities.
• Own media planning standards and ensure they align with global frameworks and media mix modelling insights.
• Lead the management of key media and social platforms while lifting media capability across the ANZ beverages marketing team.
• Oversee media delivery across all beverage brands in ANZ.

Candidate profile

The ideal applicant brings a digital-first and consumer-focused mindset, along with the ability to balance strategy with hands-on execution. You should be comfortable influencing stakeholders, delivering end-to-end outcomes, and managing multiple workstreams in a fast-moving matrix environment.

This role also calls for strong project management capability, confidence working with data and technology-led transformation, and the ability to turn business objectives into scalable, practical solutions.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo works with iconic brands including Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi Max, Smith’s Chips, Red Rock Deli, Twisties, and Sakata. The company has been recognised as a Top Employer in Australia and New Zealand for the past four years, is Family Friendly Certified in Australia, and is a member of the Australian Disability Network.

PepsiCo also highlights its sustainability commitments through initiatives such as EV chargers, net-zero energy efficiency, hydro trucks, and net-zero water usage, with innovation supported through Pep+ (PepsiCo Positive).

Hiring process

• Application submission
• One or more interviews plus skills evaluation
• Online assessment
• Background checks

Additional information

If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, you can request support. By applying, you agree that your personal information may be shared with PepsiCo for recruitment purposes in line with the company’s privacy policy.