As Senior Manager, Product Development, you'll own the technical and innovation agenda of the Coca-Cola portfolio from concept to consumer, leading breakthrough products that set new standards in taste, quality, and impact. This is a rare opportunity to influence the beverage landscape across Asia-Pacific, translate global strategies into locally relevant pioneers, and leverage cutting-edge digital tools, consumer insights, and agile development to accelerate speed-to-market.
What You'll Do
- Lead Technical Projects End-to-End - From concept and prototype to pilot and commercialization, ensuring flawless execution against timelines, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with regional cross functional teams, global teams for E2E innovation projects creation and execution.
- Bring Ideas to Market Faster - Use consumer insights, digital modelling, and agile methods to accelerate product innovation.
- Leverage Global & External Networks - Access GDI technical specialists, ingredient innovators, and technology partners to drive competitive and disruptive solutions.
- Localize Global Strategies - Adapt global formulations and processes to suit local consumer tastes, manufacturing capabilities, and sourcing realities.
- Ensure Excellence & Compliance - Proactively manage risks, maintain product integrity, and adhere to food safety and regulatory requirements.
- Build Capability - Mentor junior developers to deepen expertise in technologies, and functional product design.
- Lead and Develop Direct Reports - Where applicable, serve as a people manager for direct reports, providing leadership, coaching, performance management, and career development. Set clear objectives, support skill development, and foster a highperforming, engaged team environment.
- Stay Ahead of the Curve - Monitor market trends, emerging science, and new technologies to spot opportunities for the region.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelor's/ Master's in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
- 8-10 years delivering successful product innovation in FMCG/beverage/food, including senior leadership experience.
- Proven track record of turning insights into market-leading products.
- Strategic thinker with strong cross-cultural leadership, stakeholder influence, and commercial acumen.
- Fluent in English regional languages a plus.
- Regional travel up to 20%.
Why Join Us
- Impact at Scale: Shape products enjoyed by millions across diverse APAC markets.
- Global Connectivity: Access world-class technical expertise, innovation labs, and global R&D networks.
- Digital Future: Lead with next-gen tools - from AI-driven formulation insights to virtual product design.
- Creative Freedom: Drive innovation that blends science, consumer desire, and brand vision.
- Legacy: Be part of a team building the future of beverages, with agility, ambition, and excellence.
What can help you to be successful in the role
Growth Behavior:
- Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
- Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
- Commercially Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.
- Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
- Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
- Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.
Leadership Behavior
- Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
- Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others development to achieve their full potential.
- Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.
What We Can Do For You
- Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.
- International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.
