2027 Summer Intern: Marketing - MBA

PepsiCo•Purchase, NY

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day. At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration degree
3+ years of related work experience
Highly motivated self-starter
Highly focused, analytical thinkers
Cross-functional collaborators with strong communication and influence skills
Proven people/project leadership throughout your career (academic or professional)
Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
Graduate with MBA degree within one (1) year of internship completion (Dec 2027 or May 2028)
2-5 years of work experience
Ability to be located in one of the below areas: Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Purchase, NY
This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Prior knowledge and/or experience with a consumer packaged goods corporation is preferred
Experience in Marketing Is preferred.

Responsibilities

Tackling business challenges alongside experienced marketers in one of our three U.S. headquarter locations: Chicago, IL (PepsiCo Foods & Gatorade); Purchase, NY (Pepsi Beverages); and Plano, TX (PepsiCo Foods).
Showcasing ability to provide a meaningful, comprehensive business recommendation.
Fact-finding and problem-solving to reach a recommendation, enjoying great autonomy as well as full support, guidance, and feedback from managers, cross-functional partners, and the broad marketing organization.
Learning the business, building a network, and potentially earning a full-time opportunity upon graduation.
Thinking like an entrepreneur, but with the global reach and resources to support you.
Creating high impact marketing recommendations that enable PepsiCo to achieve short and long-term strategic business objectives.
Developing and demonstrating functional ownership, leadership capability, creative thinking, analytical thinking, consumer empathy and business acumen.
Developing overall strategy for a brand, including commercialization in-store and online ideas to meet long-term business goals (total sales, distribution, household penetration, profits).
Leveraging consumer insights to understand problems to solve and to be the voice in product, packaging, and/or communication development.
Building new product innovation concepts and developing new product launch strategies.
Developing impactful consumer promotions, events, and marketing programs.
Leveraging insights to design social and digital campaigns, along with creative measurement tactics.
Partnering with agencies in the creation of brand positioning and communication strategies.
Using data to understand category and competitive dynamics to guide strategy and recommendations for future business opportunities.