Director, Innovation & Foresight Science

Coca-Cola • Atlanta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At The Coca‑Cola Company, we are committed to shaping the future of beverages and experiences through curiosity, technology, and human insight. Innovation is at the core of this journey—powered by world‑class science and evolving methodologies that help us anticipate consumer needs and reduce risk when testing new ideas. As Director, Innovation & Foresight Science, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our global insights capability to enable evidence‑based decision-making for innovation across categories, platforms, and markets. This role brings together behavioral science, foresight analytics, and artificial intelligence to reimagine how we discover opportunities and validate solutions that matter. Your work will help Coca‑Cola identify emerging demand spaces, translate signals into actionable strategies, and build systematic tools that empower teams to make more confident choices about where and how we innovate. This position requires expertise in future‑ready insights, advanced data methodologies, and the ability to translate complex science into actionable frameworks. In partnership with marketing innovation teams, R&D, analytics, and external collaborators, you will design protocols and enable the organization to deploy leading-edge approaches globally. Together, we’ll create scalable solutions that combine human understanding with AI technologies to unlock growth across short-, mid-, and long-term horizons.

Requirements

• Advanced degree preferred (MBA, MSc, PhD) in a relevant field such as marketing science, analytics, behavioral science, or technology; equivalent experience considered.
• 8+ years in consumer insights, foresight, analytics, or related areas with substantial experience in innovation-focused research.
• Strong background in foresight methodologies, opportunity mapping, trend scanning, and early-signal detection.
• Experience applying AI-driven research techniques, synthetic data approaches, and machine-supported workflows within a structured governance system.
• Proficiency in predictive modeling, simulation techniques, and innovation testing frameworks for products, services, and ecosystems.
• Ability to integrate multiple data streams—including cultural, consumer, and market—into comprehensive decision frameworks.
• Skilled in creating standards, toolkits, and scalable models adapted for global and local deployment.
• Demonstrated success translating technical concepts into actionable insights for senior-level business stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset with experience influencing decision-making in a matrix organization working across marketing, technology, and R&D teams.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and systems-thinking with a focus on enabling and empowering innovation teams through rigorous insight approaches.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate consumer science and foresight methodologies into Coca‑Cola’s innovation workflows, enhancing how ideas and opportunities are identified, sized, and prioritized.
• Design frameworks for concept testing, bundle evaluation, and simulation tools that support faster and more confident innovation decisions.
• Pioneer responsible applications of AI and synthetic data approaches in partnership with Digital Technology Services (DTS) and analytics teams to complement traditional insight methods.
• Create protocols for scanning cultural, behavioral, and technology trends, translating early signals into structured opportunity spaces.
• Build architectures for predictive modeling and scenario simulation that inform portfolio decisions and adoption dynamics.
• Define enablement tools, playbooks, and processes that make advanced methodologies usable for marketing innovation teams and local markets.
• Partner closely with insights, category leadership, and innovation hubs to integrate foresight principles into decision-making processes without assuming commercial execution accountability.
• Contribute to evolving workflows across Global Insights & Portfolio Management by introducing advanced technologies and process efficiencies.
• Serve as a thought partner to innovation leadership, providing evidence-based insight systems that frame risk and opportunity clearly.
• Foster a culture of digital fluency, experimentation, and analytics-driven thinking across innovation and marketing teams.

Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director