Senior Manager, Global Workplace Safety, Compliance and Continuity

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

5d • $126,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Role Overview The Senior Manager, Global Workplace Safety, Compliance & Continuity is responsible for defining the global strategy, standards, and governance for workplace safety, regulatory compliance, and business continuity across The Coca-Cola Company’s global workplace portfolio. This role ensures that Coca-Cola’s existing safety standards, principles, and expectations are consistently embedded into workplace operations worldwide, regardless of region or delivery model. The Senior Manager operates upstream of executions, clear requirements, success measures, and governance—while partnering closely with CBRE as the global execution partner to ensure effective education, adoption, and sustained implementation. A core focus of this role is to drive global consistency with disciplined regional execution, ensuring safety and continuity practices are standardized, understood, and operationalized across diverse geographies and regulatory environments. This role does not manage day-to-day safety operations, incident response, or compliance activities; those responsibilities sit with CBRE and regional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Engineering, Facilities Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in workplace safety, compliance, business continuity, or operational risk management within complex, global environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing global standards and governance frameworks.
• Experience working within an owner / execution-partner operating model.
• Strong understanding of regulatory environments across multiple geographies.
• Ability to translate risk and safety concepts into clear, actionable standards.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a Fortune 100 or similarly complex global organization.
• Experience partnering with CBRE or similar global FM providers.
• Familiarity with enterprise risk management, crisis management, or resilience planning.
• Professional certifications (e.g., CSP, NEBOSH, ISO 45001, BCM, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Global Workplace Safety Strategy & Standards (Primary Ownership) Define and maintain global workplace safety standards aligned with Coca-Cola’s enterprise safety frameworks, values, and risk tolerance. Translate existing corporate safety expectations into clear, executable workplace safety requirements. Establish global safety governance, including roles, decision rights, and escalation pathways. Ensure standards are outcome-focused, measurable, and designed for consistent adoption across regions.
• Regulatory Compliance Frameworks (Primary Ownership) Define global frameworks for workplace regulatory compliance, ensuring alignment with local laws while maintaining consistent Coca-Cola expectations. Establish minimum global compliance requirements and controls for workplace environments. Partner with Legal, Risk, EHS, and regional stakeholders to ensure standards are current, defensible, and scalable. Avoid duplication by not owning local compliance execution or audits.
• Business Continuity & Workplace Resilience Strategy (Primary Ownership) Define global standards and expectations for workplace business continuity and emergency preparedness. Establish frameworks for incident readiness, response coordination, and recovery from workplace disruptions. Ensure continuity strategies are integrated with asset criticality, operational performance, and enterprise risk management. Partner with Security, Risk, IT, and Engineering leaders to ensure alignment and preparedness.
• Partner Enablement & Governance (CBRE Focus) Serve as the strategic safety, compliance, and continuity counterpart to CBRE. Set clear expectations for how Coca-Cola safety standards are embedded into CBRE’s operating procedures and training. Ensure education, awareness, and implementation mechanisms are in place across the CBRE delivery model. Establish governance routines to review performance, emerging risks, and systemic issues—without managing daily execution.
• Driving Global Consistency with Regional Flexibility Enable consistent application of global standards while allowing for regional regulatory and cultural nuances. Provide guidance and decision support to regions when local requirements exceed or differ from global standards. Act as a point of escalation for interpretation of safety, compliance, and continuity standards.
• Cross-Functional Partnership & Role Clarity Relationship to Senior Director I, Global Workplace Platform Strategy & Operations Executes within the strategy, operating philosophy, and governance model set by the Senior Director. Provides expert insight and recommendations on safety, compliance, and continuity risks to inform enterprise decisions. Supports executive-level clarity on risk posture and preparedness.
• Relationship to Director, Engineering Infrastructure and Asset Strategy Partner to ensure infrastructure and capital strategies proactively address safety and continuity risks. Provide requirements that inform asset standards and investment prioritization. Avoid duplication by not owning asset lifecycle or capital planning decisions.
• Relationship to Senior Manager, Global FM Performance Align safety and compliance expectations with operational performance frameworks. Define required safety and compliance outcomes that are reflected in KPIs and SLAs. Avoid ownership of daily performance tracking or reporting.
• Relationship to CBRE Set strategy, standards, and success criteria. Enable execution through clear guidance, education, and governance. Hold CBRE accountable for outcomes—not activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees