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Senior Director, Communications

The Coca-Cola Company
USA
Full-time
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
USD 189000-220500 / year
Discovered 3 days ago

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  • Pay Range:
  • United States: 189,000 - 220,500 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:
  • 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.
  • Location(s):
  • United States of America
  • City/Cities:
  • Atlanta
  • Travel Required:
  • 00% - 25%
  • Relocation Provided:
  • Yes
  • Job Posting End Date:
  • October 29, 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.

Qualifications

  • United States: 189,000 - 220,500 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.
  • 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.
  • United States of America
  • Atlanta
  • 00% - 25%
  • Yes
  • October 29, 2026
  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • Own the integrated narrative across the LRP, ABP and strategic P&C portfolio.
  • Translate strategy and portfolio choices into clear messages on what is changing, why it matters and what action is required.
  • Maintain one coherent storyline across governance, leader and broader portfolio communications.
  • Define audience segments, communication objectives, message hierarchy, sequencing and calls to action.
  • Evaluate leadership, governance, practitioner, manager, employee, written and digital channels against audience, purpose, timing and sensitivity.
  • Recommend when to use, combine, adapt or avoid channels and forums, limiting duplicate communications and unnecessary meetings.
  • Own the strategic portfolio communications roadmap and align it with planning, governance and initiative milestones.
  • Develop executive-ready narratives, presentations, talking points, FAQs and leader materials.
  • Equip leaders to explain priority, sequencing, stopping and simplification decisions clearly and candidly.
  • Advise sponsors on message choices, communication risks and areas of likely confusion.
  • Lead development of executive materials for enterprise planning and portfolio topics, drawing on the relevant subject-matter owner for content and evidence.
  • Use change experience to anticipate stakeholder impact, ambiguity and resistance.
  • Design communications that move audiences from awareness to understanding and action.
  • Partner with Organizational Change Capability and HR for HR on their respective accountabilities.
  • Define and track measures of clarity, usefulness, leader readiness, reach and intended action.
  • Use feedback and certified evidence from People Intelligence to improve messages, channels and timing.
  • Use approved AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve audience insight, synthesis, quality and personalization.
  • A clear, consistent narrative across LRP, ABP and the strategic P&C portfolio.
  • Executive and leader materials that make choices, rationale and required action easy to understand.
  • Communication delivered through the right forums and channels, with less duplication and fewer unnecessary meetings.
  • Evidence that priority audiences understand the plan and know what action is required.
  • Strong coordination with CPO office, planning, HR for HR and communications partners, with ownership boundaries maintained.
  • Enterprise communicator who turns strategy and decisions into a credible narrative.
  • Strong executive writer and storyteller with sound judgment on audience, channel and timing.
  • Change-experienced communications leader who is clear about ownership boundaries.
  • Trusted advisor who can challenge sponsors constructively and simplify complex material.
  • Collaborative leader who works effectively across a multidisciplinary team and large communications network.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Business, Behavioral Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years experience in enterprise, executive, portfolio or transformation communications in a global matrix.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and executing communications strategies, including integrated narratives and multi-channel plans, for complex portfolios.
  • Experience preparing senior executive materials with subject-matter owners.
  • Practical change experience, including stakeholder analysis, readiness considerations and adoption-oriented communications.
  • Location
  • Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Travel based on business need
  • 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.

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