PepsiCo Promotes Monica Sanchez y Madrid to Global HR Role

• PepsiCo has promoted Monica Sanchez y Madrid to the role of Senior Director HR
• The role requires Sanchez y Madrid to oversee human resource strategies in global commercial activities
• This promotion comes as the business evolves in terms of priorities

PepsiCo has elevated Monica Sanchez y Madrid to Senior Director HR for Global Commercial and New Revenue Streams.

This promotion has seen her take on more responsibility in PepsiCo’s international operations. She announced her promotion in March 2026. This marks a milestone in her long tenure, which has exceeded a decade in the same company.

Monica’s new role entails overseeing human resource activities in PepsiCo’s international commercial function and emerging revenue streams. This promotion reflects its strategy of integrating its commercial, data, and platform capabilities. This strategy aims to enhance growth.

The promotion comes at a time when consumer goods companies are undergoing significant change. This change has seen companies alter their commercial models to accommodate digital transformation, data-driven decision-making, and the creation of new business lines.

Monica has extensive experience in senior human resource leadership roles. She was previously the Senior Director, Talent Management – International. She was in charge of talent management in Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

Before her talent management role, she was the Senior Director, Workforce Management Latin America. She was in charge of workforce transformation initiatives and human resource operations

Before joining PepsiCo, she has been in various leadership roles in HR at Diageo and Kraft Foods, with a major focus on talent management, compensation, and HR business partnership.

She has more than two decades of experience in talent management, workforce planning, and organizational development in a multinational environment.

Monica has recently made some important remarks on various key aspects, such as the need for organizations to make changes in the way business is conducted due to improvements in artificial intelligence, data, and digital platforms. She has also focused on the need for organizations to make closer connections in business, data, insights, and talent for organizational flexibility.

Her promotion indicates that PepsiCo is committed to ensuring that HR leadership is closely aligned with business change as a function of ongoing business strategies.