Senior Director, Capabilities

Coca-Cola • Atlanta, GA

1d • $186,000 - $226,500

About The Position

The Senior Director, Capabilities leads The Coca-Cola Company’s enterprise capability agenda: the capabilities associates need to deliver the company’s growth ambition. Current priorities are End-to-End Execution Excellence and Change Management. Reporting to the Vice President, People Intelligence, Planning and Capabilities, the role directly manages a team of two and has indirect responsibility for project team members across global People & Culture and other functions. It is a player-coach position that sets enterprise capability standards and governance, co-leads high-priority capability builds, and develops the team and wider practitioner network to deliver consistently at scale across the Company and the System.

The role leads the capability portfolio from strategy and roadmap through global mobilization, adoption and impact measurement, and long-term operating-model development. It defines capability standards, assesses current capability and investment opportunities, develops a three-year global roadmap, and tracks capability growth, adoption, and business impact. The Senior Director owns sustained application of capabilities in the work and addresses barriers to adoption.

The Senior Director establishes cross-functional enterprise teams and aligns with global P&C leaders, Operating Unit and functional HR leaders, senior business sponsors, governance forums, and the Digital Capability and Workforce Modernization leader. The role balances enterprise standards with valuable local adaptation, governs capability resources based in Operating Units, and manages programs, external partners, budgets, and resources across functions, Operating Units, and the System. It also leads and develops a team of two Senior Directors and builds capability across the broader practitioner network.

The position is based in Atlanta, United States, with 0%–25% travel and relocation provided. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States without requiring company sponsorship. The stated U.S. pay range is $186,000–$226,500, with an annual incentive reference value of 50% and a long-term incentive reference value of 20%. The posting states that a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered, dependent on the position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Typically 10 or more years of progressively responsible experience in capability building, talent and development, organization transformation, execution excellence, change, or a related field, including enterprise or global scope.
• Demonstrated experience setting enterprise capability strategy and standards and leading complex, multi-year initiatives across functions, geographies, and stakeholder groups.
• Track record of building organizational capability through applied work, including live priorities, leader practice, and embedded routines, and scaling it through a team and wider practitioner network.
• Experience leading and developing senior talent at Senior Director and Director levels.
• Experience mobilizing delivery across a matrixed, global, or federated organization without relying on direct authority.
• Currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require The Coca-Cola Company’s sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.
• Skills in Learning and Development strategy, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategic Human Resources Leadership, Talent Analytics, and Talent Management.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, decision support, vendor management, and change mobilization capability.
• Ability to connect capability building to growth, execution speed, and measurable business outcomes; operate amid ambiguity; set standards; make choices; and redirect investment as evidence and needs evolve.
• Ability to build organizational capability through applied work, common standards, embedded routines, and a federated practitioner network.
• Collaborative and influential across functions, geographies, levels, senior business and HR stakeholders, and the Digital organization.
• Deep capability and talent expertise combined with a product mindset focused on priority populations, value, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Inclusive leadership, sound judgment, learning agility, and a bias for practical action.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise capability portfolio, setting its strategic direction, outcomes, roadmap, governance, and resource model.
• Collect feedback and data from HR, business, and capability leads to assess capability adoption and future needs.
• Lead capabilities through a multi-year lifecycle: define standards, mobilize global capability building, monitor adoption and impact, establish a long-term operating model, and redeploy resources as business needs evolve.
• Define standards and expectations for priority capability areas; assess current capability levels and identify investment opportunities.
• Develop and implement a three-year global roadmap and actionable capability development plan.
• Define measures of capability growth, adoption, and business impact; track progress against baseline and redirect investment toward roles, functions, and markets with the greatest business impact.
• Evaluate whether capabilities are applied in work and sustained over time, and remove barriers to adoption.
• Establish and lead cross-functional enterprise teams to build capabilities.
• Partner with the Digital Capability and Workforce Modernization leader to align capability builds with digital and workforce modernization needs, coordinate roadmaps, resources, and measures, and provide an integrated associate experience.
• Build alignment with global P&C leadership, Operating Unit and functional HR leaders, senior business sponsors, and enterprise governance forums on standards, investments, decision rights, and expected outcomes.
• Navigate competing enterprise, business, geographic, and function needs; surface tradeoffs and secure timely decisions while maintaining enterprise standards and allowing useful local adaptation.
• Govern enterprise capability resources based in Operating Units, ensuring their agendas align with enterprise plans and standards and that they support enterprise priorities as needed.
• Lead and develop a team of two Senior Directors, set clear accountabilities, and deploy talent flexibly across the portfolio.
• Personally co-lead a critical enterprise capability build while overseeing the broader portfolio.
• Develop capability-building, enterprise standard-setting, stakeholder management, and mobilization skills across the team and wider practitioner network.
• Manage wider-impact programs, external partners, budgets, and resources spanning functions, Operating Units, and the System.

Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position.
• Relocation provided.
• Annual incentive reference value of 50%.
• Long-term incentive reference value of 20%.

What This Job Offers

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