Program Manager
The Coca‑Cola Company 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.
As the Program Management Office (PMO), Digital Operations, you will serve as the operational and governance backbone for the Digital Operations organization, enabling the successful planning, prioritization, execution, and value realization of a global portfolio of digital products, platforms, and operational capabilities.
Reporting into the Digital Operations leadership team, this role will establish and lead a modern PMO that moves beyond traditional project management to become a strategic partner in driving enterprise-wide digital transformation. You will oversee portfolio governance, demand management, planning, funding alignment, execution tracking, and value delivery across Consumer & Customer Operations, Platform & Product Operations, AdTech Operations, PACS Digital Operations, and Visual Content Operations.
The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, operational excellence, and exceptional stakeholder leadership. They will partner closely with product, engineering, operations, data, finance, and business leaders to ensure priorities are aligned, resources are optimized, risks are managed, and digital investments deliver measurable business outcomes.
Portfolio Strategy, Planning & Prioritization
Lead the planning and governance of the Digital Operations portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities, Annual Business Planning (ABP), Long Range Planning (LRP), and Digital growth objectives.
Establish and govern a comprehensive demand management process, ensuring business needs are effectively captured, evaluated, prioritized, and sequenced based on strategic value, business impact, funding, and organizational capacity.
Partner with Digital Operations leadership to develop and maintain integrated roadmaps across products, platforms, operations, and transformation initiatives.
Governance, Execution & Value Delivery
Lead governance forums, steering committees, operational reviews, and executive decision-making processes to accelerate delivery and resolve cross-functional issues.
Drive execution excellence through disciplined milestone management, dependency tracking, issue resolution, and risk mitigation.
Develop enterprise-wide performance management and value realization frameworks that measure outcomes, adoption, operational performance, and business impact.
Ensure consistent reporting and executive visibility into portfolio performance, risks, investment utilization, and value realization.
Stakeholder Leadership & Organizational Alignment
Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Operations, Data & Analytics, Finance, and business stakeholders to ensure enterprise-wide coordination and accountability.
Facilitate collaboration between global, regional, and operating unit teams to ensure priorities, execution plans, and success measures remain aligned.
Build strong partnerships with Digital Transformation, Data & Intelligence, OU Digital organizations, and business leaders to support successful execution of enterprise initiatives.
PMO Transformation & Operational Excellence
Evolve the PMO into a strategic portfolio management capability that enables prioritization, funding governance, planning discipline, and performance transparency across Digital Operations.
Embed modern ways of working, leveraging Agile, product-centric delivery, automation, and AI-enabled insights to improve planning, forecasting, and execution effectiveness.
Foster a culture of accountability, operational rigor, transparency, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Requirements & Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations Management, Finance, or related field.
10+ years of experience in Program Management, PMO leadership, Portfolio Management, Digital Operations, or Enterprise Transformation roles.
Strong background in portfolio planning, demand management, prioritization, funding governance, roadmap management, and value realization.
Experience supporting product-centric, digital, technology, data, or operations-focused organizations.
Strong analytical and financial acumen, including business case development, investment planning, ROI tracking, and value realization.
Experience designing and implementing governance frameworks, operational processes, KPIs, and performance management systems.
Experience leveraging portfolio management, project management, and reporting platforms to drive visibility, transparency, and decision-making.
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.
Agile Methodology, Application Development, Business Processes, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Influencing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, Process Improvement Plans, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Strategic IT, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model
Pay Range:
United States of America: 171,000 USD - 198,000 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:
No
Job Posting End Date:
August 14, 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.
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Pay Range:United States of America: 0 USD - 0 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.
Long-term Incentive Reference Value Percentage:0 - 20
Long-term Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role.
