Senior Director II, Innovation and Chief of Staff

Senior Director II, Innovation And Chief Of Staff

Location(s) : United States of America

City / Cities : Atlanta

Travel Required : 00% - 25%

Relocation Provided : Yes

Job Posting End Date : December 12, 2025

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Job Description Summary :

The Senior Director II, Innovation And Chief Of Staff, is a strategic partner and operational leader for the NAOU Marketing President, driving the innovation agenda and ensuring seamless execution of critical initiatives. This role combines high-level support, project management, and innovation leadershipoverseeing the development, integration, and scaling of breakthrough ideas, and ensuring innovations enter and progress through the process pipeline in partnership with MarTech Operations Planning & Innovation.

What You Will Do For Us

Strategic Leadership & Chief Of Staff Responsibilities

Serve as the strategic right hand to the President / CMO, providing high-level support, coordination, and execution across the organization's most critical initiatives.

Manage meetings, logistics, and calendar for the President / CMO, including internal / external meetings, leadership sessions, business reviews, and engagement events.

Provide project management oversight for CMO-led initiatives & special projects, establishing clear goals, tracking progress, identifying risks, and ensuring timely delivery of outcomes.

Support annual business planning, resource allocation, and budget tracking for the President / CMO's office.

Represent the President / CMO as appropriate in meetings and communications, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external partners.

Innovation Strategy & Execution

Define and lead the NAOU Innovation Strategy, aligning with brand, category, and commercial goals.

Lead innovation forum The Leap Lab to shape a multi-year pipeline of billion-dollar ideas.

Translate consumer foresight and market trends into strategic bets across categories, driving future-back planning and anticipatory innovation.

Build and manage a transversal innovation portfolio, consolidating bets across categories (e.g., wellness, sustainability).

Collaborate with MarTech Planning & Innovation lead on evolving the innovation process, evolving it into a more agile, iterative, tech enabled model that enables speed and scalability.

Human Insights, Data Integration & Portfolio Management

Leverage AI-powered data platforms for predictive foresight and whitespace identification.

Ensure innovation is grounded in consumer co-creation, early-stage testing, and iterative refinement.

Lead cross-functional collaboration across R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, and Franchise teams.

Accelerate external engagement with startups, academia, and tech partners to bring new claims, formats, and technologies into the system.

Governance, Measurement & Reporting

Establish clear KPIs for innovation success, including pipeline health, launch velocity, and commercial impact.

Report regularly to the President / CMO and NAOU leadership on innovation progress, risks, and opportunities.

Contribute to enterprise-wide innovation scaling.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

Directly manage a team of four : Executive Assistant, Innovation Brand Director, Innovation Insights Sr Manager, Innovation Research & Development Director.

Foster a culture of bold experimentation, outside-in thinking, and ownership mindset.

Champion AI literacy and tech-enabled ways of working across the innovation function.

Qualifications & Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

10+ years of experience in brand management, innovation, strategy, or executive operations within CPG or beverage industry.

Proven track record of launching step-change innovations and building scalable platforms.

Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

Advanced program and project management skills, including synthesizing multiple initiatives and establishing management routines.

Exceptional organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Experience preparing executive-level presentations and briefing materials.

Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and maintain confidentiality.

Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and drive clarity in a dynamic environment.

High degree of professionalism, discretion, and executive presence.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be 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.

Pay Range : $211,000 - $238,400

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage : 50

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.

Long-term Incentive Reference Value Percentage : 20

Long-term Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role.

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.