OverviewWe are looking for a Food Innovation Lead to join our Food Ventures Business Unit, a newly created E2E platform designed to accelerate PepsiCo’s expansion into the Meals category.

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Food Ventures plays a critical role in delivering culinary-led, consumer-first solutions, translating global strategies into scalable concepts that win in the market.
Reporting to the Market Food Ventures Lead for Spain, this role will be instrumental in driving the culinary innovation agenda at market level, ensuring strong alignment between integral priorities and local consumer, customer and cultural needs.
This position can be based in Barcelona or Madrid and will play a key role in bringing innovation to life within the AFH (Away From Home) space and beyond, partnering across cross-functional teams and external ecosystems to ensure operational readiness, cultural relevance and commercial impact.
We are looking for a strategic and entrepreneurial profile,



with a passion for food, strong understanding of culinary trends, and proven ability to translate ideas into scalable, market-ready solutions
Drive Market Innovation Pipeline Execution
- Define and lead the market culinary innovation strategy, ensuring strong alignment with global priorities while addressing local consumer, customer and cultural needs.
- Own and manage the end-to-end innovation pipeline for the market, delivering speed to market, agility and executional excellence.
- Tailor, pilot and validate concepts in-market, ensuring consumer relevance and cultural fit before scaling.
- Partner with food entrepreneurs, chefs and local creators to co-create and execute scalable, repeatable culinary solutions rooted in local food culture.
- Collaborate with local teams, agencies and external partners to deliver high-impact activations, events and promotional initiatives.
- Work closely with New Busi

📌 Food Innovation Lead (Barcelona)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 Barcelona