Director, NA Control Tower, GDI

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 13, 2026

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Our North America Innovation Center sits at the heart of The Coca-Cola Company’s next chapter of growth. We are committed to transforming and evolving our organization and ambitions — bringing our people closer to the consumer, continuously raising the bar, and embracing digitalization to enable sustainable growth.

We are looking for a highly driven individual contributor who thrives on ownership and impact, and who fuels the innovation pipeline with bold ideas that translate into real-world results. This role is not about maintaining the status quo; it is about challenging assumptions, unlocking opportunity, and personally driving valuable breakthrough innovation.

Job purpose summary

As Senior Manager Control Tower, you will ensure compliance to existing innovation tools and processes to drive innovation excellence and achieve TCCC strategic goals. You will continuously assess/improve tools and processes to ensure agility, efficiency, and speed to market. You will be a key contributor to the team engagement in facilitating ways of working through digitalization and connect with the other Innovation Centers Control Tower to bring harmonization and leverage synergies.

What You’ll Do

• Set up and manage tool and routine to track and monitor resource allocation, bring visibility to leadership to facilitate efficient resource allocation aligned with priorities across OU’s and Global/local categories.
• Manage the Innovation Centre OPEX and CAPEX budget to enable to deliver regional and global priorities.
• Coordinate and maximize tax and grants initiatives, collaborate with relevant government agencies to maximize incentives and support for TCCC innovation efforts.
• Track, monitor and analyze innovation performance metrics together with the TISC and Marketing PMO. Define, track, monitor and analyze additional performance metrics specific to the Innovation Center. Report gaps vs plan to leadership to enable to pivot with agility and deliver our commitment.
• Lead the design and execution of Innovation Center visit experiences by aligning agendas to business priorities and measurable impact.
• Lead Innovation Sessions across Operating Units in partnership with OU connectors, driving cross‑pollination of best practices and maximizing impact on the innovation pipeline.
• Coordinate technical post project reviews and documentation to ensure continuous improvement.
• Create escalation board to highlight risk of delay to OU and leadership.
• Document and share Innovation Center successes to bring more visibility on achievements.
• Co-lead with the other Innovation Center Control Tower the Innovation Center Way of working network to exchange good practices across centers.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8–10 years of experience in beverage/food industry
• Proven success in delivering innovation that balances consumer appeal, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills across diverse cultures.
• Ability to:
• Think end-to-end across initiatives and influences priorities aligned with strategy.
• Encourage creativity within the team and removes barriers to idea generation.
• Leverage internal and external resources smartly.       
• Solves complex, ambiguous problems and anticipates downstream impacts.
• Coaches and supports others within and outside of the team.             
• Makes timely decisions with incomplete information while managing risk.
• Fluent in English; regional languages a plus.
• Regional travel up to ~20%.

What We Can Do For You

• Purpose Driven: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products.
• Global Connections: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.
• Community of Belonging: We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills:

Chemistry, Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Data Compilation, Environmental Science, Food Safety Management, Food Sciences, Food Technology, Green Solutions, Laboratory Testing, Leadership, Microbiology, Product Development, Quality Control (QC), Researching, Sensory Testing, Waterfall Model

Pay Range:

$131,000 - $153,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:

15

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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