The Senior Director, Sprite and Schweppes-Emerging Brandsis a leadership role, accountable for defining and driving theend-to-endstrategy for emerging brands built on Sprite and Schweppes. This includes leading Absolut and Sprite and Schweppes Mixed across 15 markets, as well as shaping the rollout and development of future brands within the emerging category agenda. The roleoperatesat the intersection of brand strategy, innovation, commercial execution, and system leadership, ensuring global strategies translate into impactful, scalable results across Operating Units, countries, bottlers, and external partners.
This role is ideal for a senior marketing leader with deep global experience, strong financial and strategic acumen, and a proven ability to lead through complexity. You bring aconsumer firstmindset, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to align diverse internal and external stakeholders around a shared ambition. Your leadership will help defineCoca-Cola’s future in adult and emerging occasions while reinforcing the company’s standards for brand building, digital excellence, and modern marketing.
WhatYou’llDo for Us
Set and lead the globalend-to-endmarketing strategy for Sprite and Schweppes Emerging Brands, including Absolut and Sprite and Schweppes Mixed, from brand positioning through execution
Drive global business ambition andlong rangeand annual business planning performance against volume, value, and system growth targets
Define and steward brand positioning across communication, innovation, visuals, channels, and price architecture to ensure consistency, relevance, and impact
Lead theinnovationstrategy for the portfolio, including new product development, packaging, channel expansion, and future brand opportunities
Deploy theCoca-Colaway of marketing and commercial execution at scale, with a strong focus on digital, data, and artificial intelligence adoption
Serve as the primary global interface with Integrated Marketing Experience and Innovation teams to drive brand agendas and accelerate speed to market
Partner closely with Sprite and Schweppes global brand teams to ensure alignment and leverage across core and emerging brand strategies
Influence Operating Units, countries, and bottlers to adopt and deploy global strategies effectively, balancing standardization with local relevance
Lead external partner relationships, including alignment on business targets, performance management, communication strategies, and innovation roadmaps
Ensure strong cobrand alignment and value creation with external partners by buildingtrust based,senior levelrelationships
Oversee marketing and commercial performance management, including tracking results, synthesizing insights, and coursecorrectingplans as needed
Optimizedemand marketing investment in partnership with Operating Units to drive effectiveness, efficiency, andlong-termbrand equity
Contribute to the development of the adultreadytodrinkcategory vision and strategic direction at an enterprise level
Inspire, engage, and align the global marketing community throughclear vision,high standards, and a culture of accountability and learning
Requirements & Qualifications
University experience in marketing, business, economics, or a related field
15+years of progressive professional experience in marketing, brand management, or general management roles
Leadership experience across global and operating unit scopes within complex, matrixed organizations
Proventrack recordof developing and scalingend-to-endglobal brand strategies that deliver sustained growth
Experience leading emerging, adjacent, or adult categories, with comfortoperatingin new or evolving spaces
Strong financial acumen, including ownership of business performance, investment prioritization, and growth forecasting
Demonstrated ability to lead diverse,crossfunctionalteams, including innovation,researchand development, commercial, and finance partners
Experience working with bottlers or local and trade marketing environments, withstrong systeminfluence skills
Proven capability to lead complex external partnerships and create shared value acrossco-ownedor codeveloped brands
Deep consumer and cultural curiosity, with the ability to translate insights into winning strategies
High digital, data, and artificial intelligence fluency, including experience applying modern marketing technologies at scale
Strong executive communication skills and the ability to influence without direct authority
Comfortoperatingin ambiguity with a growth mindset and a bias for action
WhatWe’llDo for You
Providethe opportunity to shape one ofCoca-Cola’smost strategically important emerging growth platforms and influence the future of adult occasions
Offersenior levelexposure and partnership across global marketing leadership, Operating Units, bottlers, and external brand partners
Enable you to lead at global scale, balancinglong-termvision withnear-termimpact in ahigh visibilityrole
Support your continued growth through complex challenges, meaningful ownership, and the chance to buildnew brandswithin iconic trademarks
All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form (Form I-9) upon hire.
Skills:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Brand Strategy, Category Strategy, Digital Marketing, Financial Acumen, Global Category Management, Innovation, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning
Pay Range:
United States of America: 218,800 USD - 247,200 USD
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.
Location(s):
United States of America
City/Cities:
Atlanta
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
Yes
Job Posting End Date:
May 26, 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.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

From our roots at the counter of a local Atlanta pharmacy, to our current portfolio of more than 200 beverages, The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most globally-recognized brands in the world. Today, our lineup features beloved beverage brands, including
Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, smartwater, Dasani, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Goldpeak, Minute Maid, Simply, fairlife and more.
The Coca-Cola Company is committed to bringing about real change – to our industry, to our local economies, and to the world around us. Through constant evolution, we continue to reimagine the way we refresh the world and make a difference.
We're innovating our portfolio with products that give people more varieties that meet our consumers where they are.
We're working with global partners to transform our business, and grow it in more sustainable ways.
And we're providing jobs and opportunities to the local economies where our people live and work, employing 700,000 people throughout our global system alongside bottling partners.
If you're a changemaker looking to make a change, come join us in our mission to refresh the world and make a difference.
Learn more at: www.coca-colacompany.com/careers