Job Description Summary:
The Senior Director, People & Culture serves as the strategic HR partner to The McDonald's Division (TMD) and selected Customer & Commercial teams. These organizations are responsible for accelerating customer growth, strengthening strategic partnerships, and driving commercial performance across global markets.
This leader will shape and execute people, talent, and organization strategies that enable business growth and organizational effectiveness. Working closely with senior leaders, they will drive talent outcomes, organizational transformation, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and culture initiatives within a complex, highly matrixed environment.
Responsibilities
Strategic Business Partnership
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating business priorities into talent, leadership, and workforce strategies.
Align organizational capability, talent, and workforce planning with growth objectives and commercial priorities.
Provide coaching and consultation on organizational effectiveness, leadership, culture, and transformation.
Organization Effectiveness & Transformation
Lead workforce planning, organization design, and operating model initiatives that improve agility, scalability, and performance.
Drive organizational transformation, including structural, capability, and ways-of-working changes.
Assess organizational health and implement solutions that enhance engagement and execution.
Talent & Leadership Development
Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and capability-building strategies.
Identify future-critical capabilities and develop plans to strengthen leadership and organizational readiness.
Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
Culture, Change & Employee Experience
Coach leaders through growth and transformation while fostering a high-performance, inclusive culture.
Lead initiatives that strengthen engagement, team effectiveness, leadership alignment, and the associate experience.
Champion accountability, development, and continuous improvement.
Employee Relations & Enterprise Leadership
Partner with leaders, Employee Relations, and Legal to ensure fair, consistent, and compliant people practices.
Lead or support enterprise People & Culture initiatives and collaborate across the HR function to drive business outcomes.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field required.
Advanced degree preferred.
Experience
12+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner leadership supporting senior executives.
Experience supporting commercial, customer-facing, marketing, sales, supply chain, digital, or related business functions.
Proven ability to translate business strategy into talent and organization solutions that drive results.
Strong experience in organizational design, talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, leadership development, and change management.
Experience supporting global teams within highly matrixed organizations.
Consumer packaged goods, retail, restaurant, hospitality, beverage, or related industry experience preferred.
Skills & Capabilities
Strong business acumen and understanding of commercial drivers.
Exceptional consulting, coaching, and executive influencing skills.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, complexity, and change.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Excellent judgment, agility, and executive presence.
What We'll Do For You
Provide a seat at the table with senior leaders across The McDonald's Division and Customer & Commercial organizations.
Empower you to shape talent, culture, and organizational strategies that drive business growth.
Offer opportunities to lead high-impact work, solve complex challenges, and expand your enterprise influence.
Support your growth while helping you leave a lasting impact on our people, leaders, and business.
Skills:
InfluencingPay Range:
United States of America: 170,000 USD - 193,000 USDBase 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:
30Annual 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 AmericaCity/Cities:
AtlantaTravel Required:
26% - 50%Relocation Provided:
YesJob Posting End Date:
August 5, 2026Our 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 Development, or related field
- Advanced degree
- 12+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner leadership supporting senior executives
- Experience supporting commercial, customer-facing, marketing, sales, supply chain, digital, or related business functions
- Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and leadership development
- Change management and organizational transformation experience
- Experience supporting global teams within highly matrixed organizations
- Consumer packaged goods, retail, restaurant, hospitality, beverage, or related industry experience
- Exceptional consulting, coaching, and executive influencing skills; strong business acumen
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The Coca-Cola Company Insights
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.
