Director, Talent & Development - Performance and Culture

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Atlanta, GA, USA
In-Office
149K-166K Annually
Senior level
Food
The Role
Leads enterprise performance and culture initiatives by translating business needs into practical people solutions, tools, processes, and experiences. Partners across HR, People Services, business leadership, and specialist teams to drive adoption, measure outcomes, manage stakeholders, and continuously improve solutions. The role requires strategic thinking, disciplined execution, facilitation, and data-informed decision-making across a complex organization.
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Job Description Summary:

The Director, Performance and Culture helps bring enterprise People and Culture priorities to life. The role owns significant portions of a Performance and Culture solution. It turns strategy into practical tools, experiences, and ways of working that improve business performance. Initial priorities may include performance enablement, culture, leadership behaviors, or future Long Range Plan priorities. The role works across HR, People Services, business leaders, and other partners to ensure solutions are adopted, effective, and sustainable. 


Key Responsibilities 

Solution Ownership 

  • Own a significant portion of an enterprise Performance and Culture priority. 
  • Translate business needs into practical solutions that leaders and employees can use. 
  • Shape processes, tools, resources, governance, and user experiences that support the intended outcome. 
  • Recommend improvements based on user feedback, adoption, and business results. 

Stakeholder Leadership 

  • Build strong working relationships across HR, People Services, business leaders, and specialist teams. 
  • Bring together diverse perspectives to strengthen solutions and improve adoption. 
  • Surface risks and trade-offs early. Help stakeholders reach clear decisions. 
  • Create clarity on responsibilities, decision rights, and expectations. 

Mobilization and Adoption 

  • Ensure solutions move beyond design and become part of how work gets done. 
  • Partner with HR, People Services, and business leaders to define scalable execution. 
  • Create practical guidance that supports consistency and local action. 
  • Monitor adoption and address barriers to success. 

Measurement and Continuous Improvement 

  • Define success measures and track progress against intended outcomes. 
  • Use evidence, feedback, and business insight to improve solutions over time. 
  • Identify opportunities to simplify, strengthen, or expand successful approaches. 
  • Contribute expertise across the broader Performance and Culture portfolio as priorities evolve. 

Candidate Profile 

  • Connects people solutions to business outcomes. 
  • Turns ambiguity into clear choices and practical action. 
  • Balances strategic thinking with disciplined execution. 
  • Influences effectively across functions, geographies, and stakeholder groups. 
  • Uses evidence, user insight, and sound judgment to make decisions. 
  • Focuses on value, adoption, and impact rather than activity. 

Experience and Background 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 
  • Typically 7 or more years of experience in Talent and Development, talent management, organization transformation, performance management, culture, product or project leadership, or a related field. 
  • Demonstrated experience leading significant workstreams within a complex organization. 
  • Experience turning business needs into practical people processes, tools, or experiences. 
  • Experience working across HR, business, technology, communications, analytics, or external partners. 
  • Strong stakeholder leadership, problem solving, facilitation, and data-informed decision-making skills. 

Location 

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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.

Skills:

Pay Range:

United States: 149,000 - 166,000 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:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

October 16, 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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Typically 7 or more years of experience in Talent and Development, talent management, organization transformation, performance management, culture, product or project leadership, or a related field
  • Experience leading significant workstreams within a complex organization
  • Experience translating business needs into practical people processes, tools, or experiences
  • Experience working across HR, business, technology, communications, analytics, or external partners
  • Strong stakeholder leadership, problem-solving, facilitation, and data-informed decision-making skills

The Coca-Cola Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Coca-Cola Company and has not been reviewed or approved by The Coca-Cola Company.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout, combining a 401(k) match with a company-funded cash-balance pension and an employee stock purchase plan match that together materially increase long-term package value.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and feature-rich, including national medical coverage plus specialized add-ons like virtual care, second opinions, oncology navigation, fertility support, and chronic-condition programs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are outlined with structured vacation accrual that increases with tenure and a holiday program that includes both set and floating days.

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The Company
HQ: Atlanta, GA
88,900 Employees
Year Founded: 1892

What We Do

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. In addition to the company’s Coca-Cola brands, our portfolio includes some of the world’s most valuable beverage brands, such as AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea, Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee, Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, innocent smoothies and juices, Minute Maid juices, Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater and ZICO coconut water.

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