The Coca-Cola Company · 13 hours ago
Senior Director, Public Affairs and Strategy
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$203K/yr - $235K/yr
10+ years expThe Coca-Cola Company is a leading global beverage company, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Public Affairs and Strategy. This role involves developing legislative strategies for the U.S. Public Affairs team, providing leadership to a multi-regional team, and serving as a liaison to the North American Government Affairs team to ensure alignment on legislative priorities.
Consumer GoodsFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Set the legislative strategy and direction for the U.S. Public Affairs team, ensuring alignment with North American Operating Unit business priorities
Oversee the development of a comprehensive legislative framework to guide advocacy efforts across region and engage in and provide oversight of priority states. Ensure effective relationships with local industry and business coalitions
Provide hands-on leadership to a multi-regional Public Affairs team across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Central/Southwest regions of the United States, ensuring they are equipped and empowered to execute advocacy strategies effectively in their respective regions
Coach and manage team members, driving accountability, collaboration, and alignment across regions
Foster a high-performing, engaged team culture that prioritizes legislative and advocacy expertise, cross-region collaboration, consistent policy engagement and superior relationship management across the organization
Act as the primary link between the Policy & Public Affairs and Government Affairs teams ensuring alignment and coordination of legislative priorities
Provide regular updates to Government Affairs colleagues on state and local legislative trends including escalating issues that have the potential to influence federal policymaking or require a broader strategy
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, networked teams, the Franchise Organization and the bottling community, providing analysis and counsel on how state and local government policy developments may impact business priorities
Support internal decision-making on policy and advocacy opportunities
Oversee the monitoring and reporting of legislative and regulatory developments at the state and local levels and ensure compliance with all local lobbying and political expenditure disclosure requirements
Qualification
Required
10 - 15 years of relevant experience, ideally in senior roles with responsibility for state and local government affairs, including state legislation, state policy development, and/or political and issue campaigns, as well as communications, stakeholder management and sustainability
Proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams, and successfully collaborating with colleagues from across a broad spectrum, including team members, those in other parts of the organization, industry peers and political stakeholders
Ability to analyze complex business and regulatory issues, manage divergent stakeholders and bring together multiple concepts across functions to define and lead the public affairs and government relations strategy for the business across U.S. states in partnership with peers
Mastery of PUBLIC POLICY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Mastery of STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Mastery of CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Mastery of INCIDENT MANAGEMENT & CRISIS RESOLUTION
Mastery of SUSTAINABILITY
Skilled in developing and delivering effective messaging to external stakeholders
Demonstrates ease in navigating a matrix system and continually develops and nurtures partnerships that facilitate the successful endorsement and execution of our strategies especially with Franchise Operations and bottlers
Ability to analyze legislative trends and regulatory proposals to create proactive, forward-looking solutions
Preferred
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL ACUMEN
NGO ENGAGEMENT
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
PUBLIC SERVICE
MEDIA RELATIONS
Benefits
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is a soft drink manufacturer & distributor that makes a variety of soft drinks, including diet coke and regular coke.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1919-09-05IPO
Leadership Team
Henrique Braun
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Henry
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Recent News
2026-01-16
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