Talent Acquisition Sr Analyst

Overview

At PepsiCo, our Talent Acquisition team is committed to hiring exceptional talent that fuels business growth and innovation. As a Talent Acquisition Sr Analyst – Professional Hiring, you will serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders, driving end-to-end recruitment strategies for corporate and professional functions across Finance, HR, IT, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, and other business areas.

This role combines strategic consulting, market intelligence, proactive talent sourcing, stakeholder partnership, data-driven decision-making, and operational excellence to deliver an outstanding hiring manager and candidate experience. You will partner closely with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, Total Rewards, and cross-functional stakeholders to build diverse, high-quality talent pipelines while ensuring compliance, efficiency, and alignment with PepsiCo's talent strategy.

Responsibilities

Your Impact

As a TA, you will play a critical role in enabling business success by identifying, attracting, and hiring top talent while shaping best-in-class recruitment practices.

Strategic Talent Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Hiring Managers and HR Business Partners by translating business priorities into effective recruitment strategies.
• Conduct strategic intake and workforce planning discussions to understand business needs, hiring challenges, organizational design, and critical capability requirements.
• Provide market intelligence, talent availability insights, salary benchmarking, competitor analysis, and hiring trends to influence recruitment strategies and business decisions.
• Challenge hiring assumptions and recommend innovative sourcing and assessment approaches to improve hiring outcomes.
• Build strong partnerships with business leaders through proactive communication, transparency, and consultative guidance throughout the hiring lifecycle.

End-to-End Talent Acquisition

• Lead the complete recruitment lifecycle from requisition creation through offer acceptance and handoff for onboarding.
• Develop customized sourcing strategies that leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, employee referrals, professional networks, industry events, niche job boards, and passive candidate engagement.
• Build and maintain proactive talent communities for critical and recurring skill sets to reduce time-to-hire and strengthen future hiring readiness.
• Conduct structured behavioral interviews using competency-based interviewing methodologies to assess technical capability, leadership behaviors, and culture add.
• Facilitate calibration and debrief discussions with interview panels, providing objective assessments and hiring recommendations.
• Partner with Hiring Managers, HR, and Total Rewards to develop competitive offers and successfully negotiate with candidates through offer acceptance.

Candidate Experience & Employer Branding

• Deliver a world-class, inclusive, and high-touch candidate experience across every stage of the recruitment journey.
• Act as a brand ambassador for PepsiCo by effectively communicating our Employee Value Proposition (EVP), culture, career opportunities, and purpose.
• Create compelling job advertisements and recruitment marketing content that attracts diverse talent.
• Maintain consistent engagement with candidates through proactive communication, feedback, and relationship building.

Talent Intelligence & Data-Driven Recruitment

• Utilize recruitment analytics, talent insights, and external labor market intelligence to continuously optimize sourcing strategies and hiring outcomes.
• Monitor and improve key recruiting metrics including Time-to-Find, Time-to-Accept, Offer Acceptance Rate, Candidate Experience, Hiring Manager Satisfaction, and Diversity Hiring.
• Identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for continuous process improvement through data analysis and reporting.
• Support workforce planning initiatives by providing talent market insights and pipeline health metrics.

Operational Excellence & Compliance

• Ensure accurate and timely management of requisitions, candidate records, interview documentation, and recruitment activities within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and CRM.
• Maintain the highest standards of process compliance, data integrity, governance, and documentation throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Ensure adherence to local employment legislation, global hiring policies, data privacy requirements, and PepsiCo's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion commitments.
• Drive consistency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across recruitment processes and stakeholder interactions.

 

 

Qualifications

• Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline. Master's degree or MBA is preferred.
• Minimum 9+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, with significant expertise in end-to-end recruitment for corporate/professional hiring within multinational organizations or shared services environments.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting across functions such as Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, R&D, Legal, and other corporate functions.
• Proven ability to partner with senior business leaders and HR Business Partners, influencing hiring decisions and acting as a trusted talent advisor.
• Strong experience managing multiple complex requisitions simultaneously while consistently delivering against hiring priorities and service level expectations.
• Expertise in proactive sourcing methodologies, including LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, Boolean search, market research, employee referrals, networking, and passive candidate engagement.
• Experience conducting competency-based and behavioral interviews using structured interview frameworks.
• Strong negotiation skills with experience managing offer development, compensation discussions, and candidate closing.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage recruitment metrics, talent analytics, and labor market intelligence to drive hiring decisions and improve recruitment outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), CRM platforms, and recruitment technologies.
• Solid understanding of recruitment compliance, employment legislation, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) practices, and ethical hiring standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills with the ability to work effectively across global and cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment while managing competing priorities with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement mindset with a passion for delivering an exceptional hiring manager and candidate experience