Senior Director, Product Development
Singapore
Listed on 2025-12-21
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IT/Tech
Data Science Manager -
Management
Operations Manager, Data Science Manager, Program / Project Manager
Location: Singapore
Role Type: People Leader/ Manager
Please note: This role is not a fully remote position. The selected candidate will need to be based in Singapore and follow our hybrid work setup—3 days onsite and 2 days working from home each week. This is a People Leader/ Manager position.
Lead the top and bottom-line growth agenda for multiple fast growing highly segmented and complex global Coca-Cola categories and brands. This role is responsible for building and directing a robust innovation pipeline in partnership with the GDI global network, Global Category & OU Marketing, Strategy, Human Insights, Global Supply Chain, and Research-to-Experimentation. Category Pipelines are expected to deliver sufficiency to drive incremental growth from Innovation, as well as business continuity, and productivity solutions.
Accountable for category product and package competitive benchmarking in markets, ensuring Coca-Cola portfolio remains highly competitive. Orchestrator of multiple TI&SC function subject matter experts and leaders, such as Process Development, TCR, Packaging, SRA, QSE, SC, FM, CPS to identify fit‑for‑purpose concepts and prototypes, which could be then deployed through viable sustainable solutions into the markets.
- Shape future back innovation strategies (product, package, and platforms) and build a high impact pipeline that drives business growth, productivity, and continuity.
- Partner with Research to Experimentation teams to design and scale next generation category solutions through rigorous technical due diligence, including clinical trials, consumer research, and scientific validation.
- Work with global and regional SRA teams to proactively secure novel ingredient approvals across key agencies (FDA, EFSA, etc.).
- Build and deliver robust Ingredient Productivity Pipeline aligned to category and OU priorities.
- Lead product and package innovation to create consumer relevant, advantaged solutions that fuel long‑range growth.
- Strengthen technical rigor and ensure all innovation is grounded in consumer insights, business model viability, and emerging technology trends.
- Continuously enhance ways of working to improve efficiency, prioritization, and digital acumen across the team.
- Establish clear processes and routines that embed cross‑functional collaboration into innovation strategy, portfolio planning, and execution.
- Monitor the external landscape to identify risks, opportunities, and disruptive signals, bringing the outside in to shape future solutions.
- Orchestrate a connected R&D network to optimally resource innovation activities across markets and geographies.
- Build a future‑ready strategic R&D agenda that aligns with category and OU strategies, focusing resources on high impact “Big Bet” initiatives.
- Foster a culture of experimentation, manage budgets effectively, and ensure all initiatives align with business priorities and long‑term plans.
- Build organizational capabilities to enable sustainable, long‑term system growth in the region.
- Ensure quality, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence across all labs and technical programs.
- Establish strong partnerships within the Singapore ecosystem and leverage external networks to accelerate innovation and speed to market.
- Innovation Leadership:
- Drive Big Bet innovations to deliver against metrics.
- Lead the design and front‑end development to ensure full value of initiatives built around consumer needs and deliver full value across the enterprise.
- Provide inspirational thought leadership and enable implementation of innovation pipelines for competitive advantage.
- Leverage routines to ensure early engagement and inclusion of other TI&SC, Marketing and CPS functions.
- Ensure organizational alignment in the design and execution of innovation activities.
- Advanced collaboration skills:
Ability to develop and maintain value‑added relationships with multiple constituencies including GDI global network leaders, Coca‑Cola system leaders and associates; bottlers; customers; suppliers; external stakeholders at multiple levels. - Lead development of clear case for change, desired outcomes, accurate scope, clear roles and…
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