Director, Collaborative Value Creation - The Vault

The Coca-Cola Company•Atlanta, GA

1d•$169,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine a Coca-Cola team coming to you. They need to grow their business, solve a complex customer problem, or collaborate with an internal partner. You are asked to help because you: Are savvy and spot people and business nuances, Are adept at deploying collaboration tools and methodologies, and Can create dynamic physical and intellectual environments. They also trust your ability to think without a personal agenda. You care about The Coca-Cola Company’s interests but in ways which better everyone involved. You are motivated by driving the business and bring a contagious blend of energy and charisma. That is your opportunity as The Vault’s next Director, Collaborative Value Creation (a.k.a. “Collaboration Architect”). The Vault is Coca-Cola’s collaboration and growth center. Customer teams and their customers, commercial leaders, and cross-functional partners seek out The Vault Team to solve complex business challenges. Through facilitated strategy sessions, design-thinking methods, and immersive collaboration experiences, we help teams turn ambiguity into aligned action. The Vault is a part of Coca-Cola’s North America Sales Organization, and we are all employees of The Company. We have a business-within-a-business feel with all the benefits of being Coca-Cola but greater autonomy and risk-taking. Our leaders value and protect our independence because they know we challenge the broader organization to think differently, be nimbler, and move faster. Our aspiration is customers or partners see so much value from working with us, that they trust us with an internal issue or challenge not related to Coca-Cola’s business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA or other advanced degree valued.
10+ years of job experience with a portion in sales, customer leadership, or account management of sophisticated businesses
Knowledge: consultative or solutions-based selling, negotiations, Design Thinking or Human Centered Design
Industry: experience with the CPG Industry or with The Coca-Cola Company and its Bottlers
Leadership & Growth Behaviors: Make Courageous Choices, Influence Across the Network, Foster Innovation, Act as a Change Agent, Build Inclusion, Thrive in Ambiguity, Apply an Enterprise Mindset
Proven facilitation and project management experience (bonus points if you have worked in consulting, agency, or innovation environments).
Grasp of strategic frameworks: Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, or similar.
Comfort influencing up. The Vault is highly visible to senior leaders, and you will often be shaping conversations with VPs, SVPs, or C-Suite level people.
Polished relationship builder, influencer, and energetic team driver.
Blend of Retail, Foodservice, and On-Premise business experience with focus on how our customers think and how do they make money.
Creativity, bias for action, and undying optimism—a resilient make misteaks (yes, we misspell it at The Vault!) spirit.
Curiosity, charisma, business sense, EQ, and a sense of humor.
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.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree valued.
bonus points if you have worked in consulting, agency, or innovation environments.

Responsibilities

Project Manage with Confidence: We do 70+ sessions/year. For every hour facilitating a session, we spend an hour preparing a team. This role plays a huge role in those preparations. You are not an order taker, but rather a trusted consultant, coach, and provocateur. You will help teams frame problems, reimagine strategies, elevate thinking, and make connections between their and the other party’s agenda.
Work closely with three other colleagues. Each has a superpower. You will amplify their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. (As much as you give, you will get!)
Move with speed, urgency, and accountability. For many groups coming to The Vault, this is their biggest meeting of the year.
Facilitate Game-Changing Sessions with Teams: Architect bold, curiosity-driven collaboration events from concept to execution designed to unlock fresh perspectives and actionable output.
Leverage your talents to bring groups together, energize thinking, and crush self-serving agendas with grace.
Infuse every session with Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, or other innovation frameworks.
Evolve The Vault: Co-lead development of new offerings to scale The Vault’s impact, fuel The Vault’s reputation as a must-have partner for growth, and take risks no one else in The Company would take.
Gather insights, iterate on designs, and help shape the future of collaboration at Coca-Cola and with its partners.