Director, Talent & Development - Leadership

The Coca-Cola Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, GA seeks a Director of Talent and Development - Leadership to drive the enterprise leadership development portfolio from strategy to scalable experiences. You will ensure offerings are mobilized, adopted, measured, and continuously improved across HR, People Services, and business partners.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in leadership development, strong project and vendor management skills, and the ability to collaborate across geographies without direct

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Organizational Psychology, or related field.
• Typically 7+ years of relevant experience in leadership development, team development, coaching, talent management, learning, project management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead leadership development offerings and projects with scalable deployment.
• Turn portfolio strategy and design direction into practical experiences, tools, resources, implementation plans, and measurement approaches.
• Coordinate vendor performance, user experience, access, communications, issue resolution, and service improvements in partnership with People Services and other delivery teams.
• Evaluate usage, experience, behavior change, and value to inform decisions to maintain, modify, scale, or retire offerings.
• Ensure assigned leadership development offerings are mobilized, adopted, and embedded into leadership practice.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and T&D field resources to understand needs, test approaches, enable local use, and clarify ownership for follow-through.
• Develop implementation guidance, communications inputs, enablement resources, and adoption plans in partnership with People Services and other functions.
• Document delivery roles, handoffs, governance, and support requirements so offerings operate reliably and do not depend on informal relationships.
• Coordinate with Succession and Assessments colleagues so leadership offerings reflect recurring readiness themes and relevant assessment insight.
• Analyze portfolio data and qualitative feedback, identify gaps or duplication, and prepare recommendations for HR leadership.
• Maintain external awareness of leadership and team development practices and contribute ideas to future portfolio choices.

Skills

Leadership development

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Org Psychology or related

7+ years leadership development experience

Job description

The Director, Talent and Development - Leadership leads offerings and workstreams within the enterprise leadership development portfolio, with an initial emphasis on team and broad-based leadership development. The role turns portfolio strategy into practical, scalable experiences and ensures offerings are mobilized, adopted, measured, and continuously improved rather than simply created or made available. Reporting to the VP, Talent and Development - Leadership and Assessments, the role works across HR and talent teams, People Services, business stakeholders, and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership Development Delivery

• Lead offerings, projects, or workstreams within the leadership development portfolio, with an initial emphasis on team and broad-based leadership while remaining deployable across portfolio priorities.

• Turn portfolio strategy and design direction into practical experiences, tools, resources, implementation plans, and measurement approaches.

• Coordinate vendor performance, user experience, access, communications, issue resolution, and service improvements in partnership with People Services and other delivery teams.

• Evaluate usage, experience, behavior change, and value to inform decisions to maintain, modify, scale, or retire offerings.

Mobilization and Field Enablement

• Ensure assigned leadership development offerings are mobilized, adopted, and embedded into leadership practice, not simply launched or made available.

• Partner with HR Business Partners and T&D field resources to understand needs, test approaches, enable local use, and clarify ownership for follow-through.

• Develop implementation guidance, communications inputs, enablement resources, and adoption plans in partnership with People Services and other functions.

• Document delivery roles, handoffs, governance, and support requirements so offerings operate reliably and do not depend on informal relationships.

Portfolio Integration and Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate with Succession and Assessments colleagues so leadership offerings reflect recurring readiness themes and relevant assessment insight.

• Analyze portfolio data and qualitative feedback, identify gaps or duplication, and prepare recommendations for HR leadership.

• Maintain external awareness of leadership and team development practices and contribute ideas to future portfolio choices.

Leadership Profile

• Practical and outcomes-focused, able to convert leadership development strategy into high-quality offerings and experiences.

• Collaborative across functions and geographies and comfortable coordinating delivery without direct authority.

• Uses data, user feedback, and structured problem solving to improve adoption and effectiveness.

• Brings strong vendor, project, and stakeholder management with attention to the leader and team experience.

• Balances operational discipline with flexibility as portfolio priorities evolve.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Typically 7 or more years of relevant experience in leadership development, team development, coaching, talent management, learning, project management, or a related field.

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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