Director, People & Culture

Job Title: Director, People & Culture

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Reports to: Vice President P&C, Central Functions

At The Coca Cola Company, we are guided by a global purpose-to refresh the world and make a difference through our brands, our business, and our people. With a portfolio that spans beloved beverages and a system that connects hundreds of markets, we succeed by empowering our teams and cultivating an environment where everyone can thrive. The Central Functions organization plays a critical role in enabling our long-term growth by driving operational excellence, capability development, and strategic alignment across the enterprise.

Role Purpose

As Director, People and Culture, you will partner with leaders across our Central Functions to shape a strong people agenda that supports business goals, fosters a high performance culture, and builds the capabilities needed for future success. This is a strategic and hands on role that integrates talent development, organization effectiveness, employee experience, and workforce insights to deliver meaningful impact. Working closely with senior leaders, People and Culture Centers of Excellence, and Associate Services, you will help create a workplace that attracts top talent, accelerates growth, and reflects Coca Cola's commitment to inclusion, learning, and continuous improvement.

We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, and forward thinking People and Culture leader who excels in influencing stakeholders, supporting change, and implementing people strategies that drive measurable results.

What You'll Do for Us

 Provide People and Culture guidance to leaders across Central Functions, applying workforce analytics, market insights, and organizational trends to inform people strategies and business decisions.

 Lead and execute integrated talent practices including performance management, succession planning, talent assessment, leadership capability building, and development planning.

 Support organization design and effectiveness efforts, ensuring teams have the structures, capabilities, and processes needed to deliver current and future business priorities.

 Partner with leaders to shape and activate a strong, inclusive culture built on engagement, accountability, continuous learning, and shared purpose.

 Serve as a trusted advisor to managers on leadership, coaching, employee relations, and change readiness, supporting effective decision making and team development.

 Lead components of change initiatives including communications, stakeholder alignment, workforce transition planning, and capability building, ensuring smooth and sustainable adoption.

 Partner with Associate Services to ensure seamless execution of People and Culture processes including compensation, benefits, mobility, employee lifecycle activities, and policy implementation.

 Collaborate with People and Culture Centers of Excellence to deploy global and regional people programs, tailoring solutions to meet functional needs while ensuring consistency and compliance.

 Monitor employee engagement, identify insights, and partner with leaders to design and implement actions that enhance connection, wellbeing, and team effectiveness.

 Support employee relations processes, including Works Council or local labor interactions where applicable, ensuring fairness, compliance, and positive employee experience.

 Leverage digital tools, people analytics platforms, and artificial intelligence enabled insights to drive databased decision making and proactive problem solving.

 Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion by embedding inclusive practices across hiring, development, performance, and culture shaping initiatives.

 Partner with Total Rewards to support compensation and benefits processes including job evaluations, benchmarking, and annual reward cycles.

 Support leadership capability building by providing coaching, feedback, and access to learning opportunities aligned to enterprise leadership expectations.

 Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across People and Culture processes, supporting simplification, digitization, and operational excellence.