Senior Director Digital Transformation
The Coca‑Cola Company(KO) is evolving into a more digital‑first, data‑driven enterprise to fuel sustainable growth, increase speed to market, and unlock new sources of value. Rapid advances in technology, data, and AI create a unique opportunity to accelerate the KO system’s next chapter of growth by reimagining our core competitive advantages. Building on a strong foundation of modernized infrastructure, global digital experiences, early data capabilities, and proven use cases, we are now shifting from early wins to scaled, end to end impact on growth, productivity, and efficiency.
This next phase moves us from an analog world to a fully digitized one, powered by a digital growth engine that embeds data, technology, and AI into our most critical business domains. Success will require more than technology implementation, it demands a strategic transformation of core capabilities, a domain based, product centric operating model, and a cultural shift toward experimentation, data and technology fluency, and seamless partnership between business and digital teams.
The Senior Director Digital Transformation is responsible for translating Coca-Cola's global digital strategy into a clear, actionable roadmap for the Operating Unit, ensuring strategic priorities are effectively planned, governed, executed, and adopted to deliver measurable business value.
This role serves as the strategic partner between Global Digital Services, Operating Unit leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to align digital investments with business priorities, manage the regional digital portfolio, and establish the operating model required to maximize value realization. The Senior Director Digital Transformation oversees portfolio planning, governance, demand management, business performance, and change adoption while ensuring the Operating Unit maintains alignment with enterprise digital priorities.
The role requires exceptional strategic thinking, portfolio leadership, business acumen, and stakeholder influence to connect enterprise strategy with regional execution and deliver sustainable business outcomes across the Coca-Cola system.
Responsibilities include:
Manage the Operating Unit digital product and data portfolio, ensuring investments are prioritized based on strategic value, business impact, and organizational capacity.
Lead integrated business planning, portfolio governance, and prioritization processes across digital initiatives, products, and platforms.
Define and evolve the Operating Unit digital operating model, governance structures, decision forums, and ways of working that enable consistent execution.
Establish value realization frameworks, defining OKRs, KPIs, and outcome-based metrics to measure business performance and investment effectiveness.
Provide executive visibility into portfolio health, investment performance, risks, dependencies, and strategic progress through regular governance and reporting.
Collaborate with Global Digital Services, Operating Units, bottlers, and cross-functional partners to ensure alignment, transparency, and execution excellence.
Leverage data, AI, analytics, and emerging technologies to improve strategic planning, decision-making, and operational effectiveness.
Continuously optimize portfolio performance, governance processes, and operating models to improve delivery, agility, and business outcomes.
Perform other job‑related duties as assigned, in response to evolving business needs and market dynamics.
ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT
Uses data, analytics, AI, and business insights to guide strategic investment decisions and continuous portfolio optimization.
Influences senior executives on digital strategy, portfolio investment, governance, and business transformation priorities.
Builds alignment across Global Digital Services, Operating Units, bottlers, and business leadership.
Establishes trusted partnerships across business and digital organizations to accelerate adoption and value realization.Builds strong relationships across the Coca-Cola system to drive collaboration, adoption, and successful business outcomes.
A strategic, business-oriented leader with deep experience connecting enterprise strategy to operational execution. Combines expertise in digital transformation, portfolio management, governance, and business performance to help organizations prioritize investments, accelerate execution, and maximize measurable business outcomes.
Recognized for influencing senior leaders, simplifying complexity, and building collaborative partnerships that enable successful enterprise transformation across highly matrixed global organizations.
Experience & Qualifications
10–15+ years of experience in digital strategy, business transformation, portfolio management, enterprise planning, product strategy, or related leadership roles.
Strong experience leading portfolio management, demand management, governance, and strategic planning processes.
Familiarity with digital product organizations, Agile delivery, AI-enabled planning, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
Experience within consumer products, commercial, supply chain, or enterprise operations environments preferred.
Expertise in Microsoft 365, Power BI, portfolio management tools, and data-driven decision-making practices.
Fluent in English and Mandarin, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across functions in a fast‑paced environment.
Agile Methodology, Collaborative Leadership, Communication, Decision Making, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Long Term Planning, Microsoft Office, Process Improvements, Researching, Stakeholder Management, Storytelling, Tactical Planning, Waterfall Model
Location(s):
China
City/Cities:
Shanghai
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
September 6, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.
