UX Design Manager, PepsiCo Global UXD
I lead experience design for PepsiCo’s supply chain, procurement, sales and AI products: six portfolios, four global regions, and tools 70K+ frontline people rely on every day.
CIO 100 programme, 2024
70K+ frontline users
30+ enterprise products at PepsiCo
100+ products designed
4 global regions
18+ years in design
10+ years leading teams
About
I work where business strategy, technology and human behaviour meet. For nearly two decades I’ve helped teams in the UK, US and India turn complex operations into products that work at scale.
Enterprise Systems Thinking
Supply chain, procurement, sales, warehouse
AI Experience Design
Human-centred AI for enterprise workflows
Research & Behavioural Insight
Certified Usability Analyst (HFI)
Design Systems at Scale
Modular, atomic, built to evolve
Currently
UX Design Manager · Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales & AI
I head experience design across six PepsiCo portfolios: Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Warehouse, Enterprise and AI. I report to the VP of Global UXD and partner with senior directors across business, product and engineering.
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Selected Work
Recent programmes, one pattern: understand a complicated system, find the decision that matters, bring product and engineering with you, and ship something people trust.
A month of field research turned a Power BI report into an iPad app 10,000+ field leaders rely on.
NHS Login cut sign-up steps by 40% and helped a UK parenting app gain 23K new users in a year.
An MVP concept that brings every supplier task into one modular portal.
What people say
“He doesn’t just provide solutions—he teaches, challenges your thinking, asks the right questions, and ensures you truly understand the problem before moving forward.”
“Atulesh’s ability to capture our needs and craft a design with very few edits was incredible.”
“Any team looking for a design leader who is both strategically sharp and deeply invested in the people around him would be fortunate to have Atulesh.”
“He has worked tirelessly in bringing in visions that were outside the box and presented in such a way that everyone from the tech team to the user to the marketeer related to it well.”
“His intuitive ability to foresee stumbling blocks, and build interfaces to counteract those challenges is commendable.”
How I lead
When a brief is unclear or teams disagree, I put evidence on the table, frame the options by cost, risk and adoption, prototype them, and make a clear recommendation.
Proof
My teams design a sprint or two ahead of build, keep research going through every release, and QA every screen before launch.
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I measure every product against where we started, and grow designers through 1:1 growth plans, critiques and a clear career framework.
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Thoughts
Work with me
18+ years in design, 10+ of them leading teams at PepsiCo and at startups in the UK and US. Alongside my PepsiCo role, I take on a few advisory engagements for leaders building complex or AI-driven products.
Clarity on what to build and why: strategy sprints, experience audits of enterprise and AI products, and a prioritised path from ambiguity to roadmap.
Ask about strategy workSenior design leadership without a full-time hire: standing up the practice, shaping team structure and hiring, and putting rituals and systems in place that outlast the engagement.
Ask about fractional leadershipCoaching for designers stepping into leadership, drawing on 20+ designers mentored, plus workshops and talks on enterprise UX, design leadership and AI in the design process.
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Years in design
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Global regions
North America · Europe · AMESA · APAC
