Senior Director II, NA Sparkling & ARTD, GDI

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

March 13, 2026

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

R&D plays a critical role in shaping the next chapter of growth for The Coca-Cola Company, we are looking for a leader to help drive that transformation. This role is a key enabler to turn bold ideas into meaningful impact and deliver a diverse portfolio of breakthrough innovations enabling to accelerate our growth. 

 

Scope & Impact  

This role is a key enabler in transforming bold ideas into meaningful impact, delivering a diverse portfolio of breakthrough innovations that accelerate growth. This leader will play a critical role in shaping the next chapter of growth for The Coca-Cola Company and lead the growth strategy to drive both top-line and bottom-line performance across North America's largest and most complex product categories.  

The Senior Director is responsible for co-developing and guiding a multi-year innovation pipeline for Sparkling and ARTD in North America, in close partnership with NAOU Marketing VPs, Global Category GDI Leaders, and NAOU Strategy VPs. It also works closely with Trademark Coca-Cola Brand and Technical Leadership to ensure a strong NAOU innovation agenda with appropriate technical governance. 

 

This leader will oversee a team of approximately ten product developers and commercialization managers, responsible for end-to-end technical product innovation across Flavored Sparkling, and ARTD beverage categories. This includes iconic brands such as Sprite, Fanta, and Jack & Coke, as well as emerging brands like Topo Chico Hard Seltzer and Simply Spiked.  

Additionally, the role coordinates cross-functional technical expertise across Global and NAOU TI&SC—including Process Development, Consumer Research, Packaging, Regulatory, QSE, Supply Chain, Flavor Manufacturing, and CPS—to ensure seamless end-to-end execution. 

 

Focus Areas  

Key areas of focus of this role can be summarized as follows:  

• Apply transformative thinking to create innovative solutions within unconventional business processes, models, and capabilities, maintaining a comprehensive end-to-end view. 

• Develop innovation strategies to deliver NAOU innovation pipeline for growth, productivity, and business continuity plans across multiple categories.  

• Ensure technical efforts on category are informed by consumer insights, business models, and important technological trends to deliver advantaged solutions.  

• Foster a culture of experimentation within the organization, manage the budget effectively, and ensure strategic initiative alignment with our overall goals and business plans. 

• Collaborate closely with Research to Experimentation team to design, develop and commercialize scalable solutions f