Director, Strategic Insights & Analytics

The Director, Strategic Insights & Analytics serves as a strategic thought leader who transforms data, analytics, and market intelligence into actionable business recommendations for North America Operating Unit in the Coca-Cola company. This role independently leads complex analytical workstreams that inform strategic decisions, identify growth opportunities, and improve business performance.

The successful candidate combines strategic thinking, analytical rigor, business acumen, and strong communication skills to translate complex data and ambiguous business questions into clear insights and impactful recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Thinking & Insight Generation

• Translate complex business questions into structured analytical approaches and actionable recommendations.
• Connect insights across multiple data sources, business functions, and projects to identify opportunities, risks, and strategic implications.
• Monitor market, consumer, customer, and competitive trends to inform business decisions.
• Apply strategic thinking and scenario analysis to evaluate alternatives and support decision making.

• Lead high-impact analyses focused on business performance, growth drivers, consumer behavior, and market dynamics.
• Integrate diverse internal and external datasets into cohesive business narratives and decision frameworks.
• Apply advanced analytical techniques, forecasting methods, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities to generate business insights.
• Evaluate new data sources, analytical tools, and external vendors to assess business applicability, data quality, and potential value.
• Translate analytical findings into practical recommendations and measurable business actions.

• Independently own project workstreams from problem definition through final recommendation.
• Manage stakeholders, priorities, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, data visualizations, and written communications.
• Influence decisions through analytical expertise, sound judgment, and compelling storytelling.

• Strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
• Advanced analytics and quantitative analysis.
• Experience working with complex, large-scale, and highly granular datasets, including consumer, customer, transaction, panel, syndicated, and disaggregated data.
• Ability to assess data quality, methodology, sample design, representativeness, and data limitations when generating insights.
• Experience integrating multiple datasets into a holistic view of business performance and growth opportunities.
• Data storytelling, executive communication, and presentation development.
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

• Bachelor's degree in business, Economics, Analytics, Statistics, Marketing, Finance, Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in strategy, analytics, consulting, consumer insights, business intelligence, or related disciplines.
• Experience with syndicated data, consumer research, customer analytics, forecasting, and market intelligence tools.
• Experience evaluating third-party data providers and analytical solutions.
• Ability to leverage generative AI, AI-assisted coding, and advanced analytics tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and similar technologies) to accelerate research, data analysis, insight generation, automation, and strategic decision-making.
• Experience in consumer-packaged goods, retail, beverage, consulting, technology, or related industries.

• Intellectual curiosity and continuous learning mindset.
• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Sound business judgment.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
• Ability to influence through insights, credibility, and effective communication.

• Provide opportunities to lead enterprise-impacting projects that shape Coca-Cola's growth strategy and commercial priorities.
• Equip you with advanced analytics platforms and emerging AI technologies to accelerate insight generation and decision quality.
• Offer exposure to senior leadership and integrated business teams, positioning you as a trusted advisor on strategic initiatives.
• Support continuous development with a culture of learning, innovation, and opportunity for advancement in an evolving business landscape.