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Director, Strategic Growth

The Coca-Cola Company Tokyo, Japan

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Posted 31 Jul 2026
Last seen 04 Aug 2026
Location Tokyo, Japan
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Management Senior Level external

Director, Strategic Growth

Reports to: Senior Director, Strategic Growth

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Role Purpose

The Director, Strategic Growth plays a critical role within the Strategy function, leading the development and activation of priority growth strategies for the Operating Unit.

Reporting to the Senior Director, this role translates enterprise and OU ambition into clear, actionable growth opportunities, supports strategic prioritization, and drives cross-functional alignment on where to play and how to win.

The Director acts as a trusted strategic partner to senior business leaders-shaping choices, elevating strategic thinking, and enabling effective strategy-to-execution translation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead priority growth strategies

Own and drive selected growth domains (e.g., category, channel, portfolio, whitespace, long-term bets).
Translate macro trends, insights, and competitive intelligence into clear strategic implications and choices.

Support strategic prioritization & choice-making

Frame and analyze strategic options, pressure-test assumptions, and provide recommendations on trade-offs.
Ensure resource and capability alignment for the most critical growth opportunities.

Support strategy execution discipline

Monitor progress of priority initiatives, track key milestones and KPIs, and identify risks and opportunities.
Drive timely recommendations to accelerate, pivot, or reinforce actions.

Partner cross-functionally for integrated planning

Collaborate with Finance, Category, Channel, RGM, and Bottlers to convert strategy into targets, investments, and capability roadmaps.
Support the annual business planning (ABP) and long-range planning (LRP) cycles.

Facilitate strategic dialogue & alignment

Enable structured, evidence-based discussions that drive clarity and organizational alignment.
Support senior leaders in aligning priorities across functions and bottling partners.

Provide thought leadership on complex challenges

Bring structure, insight, and strategic framing to ambiguous business issues.
Support scenario planning, risk assessments, and opportunity shaping.

Develop talent and ways of working

Coach and guide team members or project squads on strategic thinking, synthesis, and problem solving.
Contribute to building future capability for the Strategic Growth team.

Qualifications & Requirements

Essential Experience


Required Skills


Desirable Skills


Analytics Software, Communication, Competitor Analysis, Customer Insights, Data Mining, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Influencing, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Long Term Planning, Microsoft Office, Professional Presentation, Relationship Building, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Stakeholder Management, Storytelling, Strategic Thinking, Syndicated Research, Tactical Planning, Waterfall Model

Location(s):
Japan

City/Cities:
Tokyo

Travel Required:
00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:
No

Job Posting End Date:
December 31, 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.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30
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