Job Description Summary

The Senior Director, Executive Recruiting will lead and deliver executive-level searches across operating units and corporate functions, serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and bottling partners. This role owns end-to-end executive search execution and plays a critical role in strengthening leadership pipelines and succession outcomes across a complex, multi-market system.

The successful candidate will combine deep executive search expertise with strong commercial judgment, credibility with senior leaders, and the ability to operate confidently in a highly matrixed, partner-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and deliver senior-level executive searches across operating units and corporate functions, from search strategy through offer acceptance and onboarding transition.
Design and execute robust, insight-driven search strategies that identify, engage, and secure high-impact executive talent globally.
Serve as a subject-matter expert in executive recruiting, including market mapping and leadership consulting in support of succession planning and leadership pipeline development.
Advise and influence senior leaders on talent solutions for new, evolving, and strategically critical businesses, categories, and functions.
Partner closely with hiring leaders to define candidate profiles, calibrate leadership requirements, and align on target markets and talent archetypes.
Proactively source, engage, assess, and develop executive-level prospects into high-quality candidates.
Build and maintain deep external talent networks and industry relationships to create sustained access to priority leadership populations.
Lead client update sessions, search reviews, and finalist debriefs, providing clear market intelligence, risk assessment, and hiring recommendations.
Conduct rigorous candidate assessment, due diligence, and reference checking for shortlisted executives.
Develop and present offer proposals and lead complex offer negotiations through to successful closure.
Contribute to the executive recruiting knowledge base by sharing market intelligence, industry trends, competitive insights, and emerging leadership c capabilities.
Deliver a consistently high-quality experience for both candidates and senior stakeholders.
Communicate complex perspectives and recommendations clearly and persuasively with senior executives.
Build credibility quickly with internal leaders and external bottling partners, maintaining appropriate process discipline while adapting to business and market realities when required.
Act as a true thought partner to executive leadership on leadership strategy, not only on individual searches.
Prepare and deliver high quality candidate update reports, market intelligence briefs, and search progress documentation for senior leaders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and timely insight throughout each engagement.

Qualifications and Experience

Demonstrated experience leading executive searches within an in-house executive recruiting function and/or a leading executive search firm.
Proven ability to manage the full executive search lifecycle, including market research, candidate development, senior-level assessment, offer structuring, and negotiation.
Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate and influence effectively with senior leaders, boards, and external partners.
Highly developed stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships that drive timely and high-quality hiring outcomes.
Demonstrated capability to influence at key decision points in the search process, including candidate profiles, target markets and companies, shortlist composition, and offer strategy.
Strong judgment, problem-solving capability, and the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving, and highly confidential environments.
High level of discretion, professionalism, and ethical standards.
Strong understanding of executive labor markets, competitive talent dynamics, and the implications of market trends on search strategy.
Solid business and financial acumen, including an understanding of business performance drivers and how executive talent impacts enterprise outcomes.
Experience in consumer goods, retail, and/or technology sectors is strongly preferred.
Experience operating in complex, multi-market and partner-based business models is a distinct advantage.
Prepare and deliver high quality candidate update reports, market intelligence briefs, and search progress documentation for senior leaders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and timely insight throughout each engagement.
Proven ability to produce polished, accurate, and well structured documentation, including candidate materials, search reports, and executive ready deliverables, maintaining a consistently high standard of quality.

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: 170,000 - 193,000 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

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

Job Posting End Date

September 25, 2026

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