Senior Director, Global Product Integrations Africa

The Coca‑Cola Company is evolving into a more digital‑first, data‑driven enterprise to fuel sustainable growth, increase speed to market, and unlock new sources of value. Rapid advances in technology, data, and AI create a unique opportunity to accelerate the KO system’s next chapter of growth by reimagining our core competitive advantages. Building on a strong foundation of modernized infrastructure, global digital experiences, early data capabilities, and proven use cases, we are now shifting from early wins to scaled, end to end impact on growth, productivity, and efficiency. 

This next phase moves us from an analog world to a fully digitized one, powered by a digital growth engine that embeds data, technology, and AI into our most critical business domains. Success will require more than technology implementation, it demands a strategic transformation of core capabilities, a domain based, product centric operating model, and a cultural shift toward experimentation, data and technology fluency, and seamless partnership between business and digital teams. 

Job Description Summary 

The Global Product Integration Lead serves as the strategic and operational bridge between business priorities, enterprise platforms, and cross-functional delivery teams to ensure seamless integration of data, systems, and digital capabilities across the Coca-Cola ecosystem. 

This role is responsible for driving end-to-end integration strategy, execution governance, and operational alignment across enterprise initiatives, enabling scalable, secure, and interoperable solutions that accelerate business value realization. The Global Product Integration Lead partners closely with global product teams, operating units, bottlers, and technology stakeholders to simplify complexity, standardize integration patterns, improve data flow and system connectivity, and ensure successful adoption of enterprise capabilities. 

The role requires strong program leadership, stakeholder management, technical fluency, and the ability to translate business transformation priorities into scalable integration solutions that support Coca-Cola’s digital-first, AI-enabled operating model. 
 

Responsibilities include: 
 

• Lead enterprise integration strategy and execution across global, OU, and bottler ecosystems to ensure scalable and interoperable digital solutions. 

• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, architecture teams, product owners, and delivery teams to align integration priorities with enterprise objectives. 

• Drive integration planning, dependency management, and execution governance across multiple platforms, systems, and data domains. 

• Define and implement integration standards, governance models, APIs, and best practices to improve consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. 

• Coordinate cross-functional delivery activities to ensure successful deployment, testing, cutover, and stabilization of integrated solutions. 

• Identify integration risks, system dependencies, and operational impacts early and proactively drive mitigation and resolution strategies. 

• Partner with business teams to translate operational requirements into technical integration capabilities and scalable solution designs. 

• Enable effective data flow, interoperability, and synchronization between enterprise platforms, third-party systems, and bottler environments. 

• Support Agile program execution by managing integration backlogs, release coordination, prioritization, and delivery readiness activities. 

• Drive adoption of integration capabilities through stakeholder engagement, governance forums, training, and operational support models. 

• Evaluate emerging technologies, integration tools, AI-enabled automation opportunities, and evolving enterprise architecture needs to improve delivery effectiveness. 

• Partner with vendors, external partners, and system integrators to ensure alignment with enterprise integration standards and delivery expectations. 
   
  ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT 
   

• Leads integration strategy and execution across complex enterprise programs spanning multiple functions, operating units, geographies, and external partners. 

• Drives short- and mid-term integration roadmaps that directly impact operational efficiency, scalability, data quality, and enterprise transformation outcomes. 

• Influences enterprise architecture, delivery governance, and platform interoperability decisions that support Coca-Cola’s digital growth agenda. 

• Operates across highly matrixed environments requiring alignment between business, digital, data, infrastructure, security, and bottling stakeholders. 

• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on integration priorities, execution risks, dependency management, and transformation readiness. 

• Provides leadership, coaching, and direction to cross-functional project teams, integration partners, and technical delivery resources. 
   
  INNOVATION & COMPLEXITY 

• Solves highly complex integration and interoperability challenges involving multiple enterprise systems, data sources, business processes, and external partners. 

• Drives simplification and standardization across fragmented processes, platforms, and integration approaches. 

• Leverages modern integration patterns, automation, APIs, cloud technologies, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve speed, resilience, and scalability. 

• Balances strategic transformation objectives with operational execution realities in fast-paced and evolving business environments. 

• Identifies root causes of integration issues and drives sustainable, scalable solutions across the enterprise landscape. 
   
  COMMUNICATION & INFLUENCE 

• Influences senior business and digital leaders on integration strategy, prioritization, governance, and execution decisions. 

• Communicates complex technical and operational concepts in a clear, business-oriented manner to diverse stakeholder groups. 

• Facilitates alignment across product teams, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, vendors, and operating units. 

• Leads executive-level discussions related to program dependencies, delivery risks, integration readiness, and operational impacts. 

• Builds strong relationships across the Coca-Cola system to drive collaboration, adoption, and successful business outcomes. 
   

Candidate Profile 

A highly collaborative and execution-oriented leader with deep experience managing enterprise integrations, cross-functional transformation programs, and complex stakeholder ecosystems. Combines strategic thinking with operational rigor to simplify complexity, accelerate delivery, and enable scalable digital transformation across global organizations. 

Strong ability to navigate ambiguity, align diverse stakeholders, and drive outcomes across business and technology domains while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. 

Experience & Qualifications 

• 10–15+ years of experience in enterprise integration, digital transformation, technology delivery, program management, or related leadership roles within complex global organizations.  

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, APIs, middleware, cloud integration, data flows, and system interoperability principles.  

• Proven experience leading large-scale cross-functional integration initiatives across multiple business domains and geographies.  

• Demonstrated ability to manage dependencies, risks, governance processes, and stakeholder alignment across enterprise programs.  

• Strong program leadership, structured problem-solving, and executive communication capabilities.  

• Experience working within Agile delivery models and managing integration planning across product-oriented organizations.  

• Ability to partner effectively with business leaders, digital teams, vendors, and external stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.  

• Familiarity with AI-enabled automation, modern integration platforms, and enterprise data ecosystems preferred.  

• Experience within consumer products, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, or bottler ecosystems preferred.  

• Expertise in Microsoft 365 tools, project/portfolio management platforms, and enterprise collaboration environments.