The Coca-Cola Company · 1 week ago
Senior Director, Public Affairs and Strategy
US - DC - Washington
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$203K/yr - $235K/yr
10+ years expThe Coca-Cola Company is a leading beverage company known for its iconic brands. They are seeking a Senior Director of Public Affairs and Strategy to develop and lead the legislative strategy for the U.S. Public Affairs team, ensuring alignment with business objectives while providing leadership to a multi-regional team.
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
Strong experience in leading legislative advocacy efforts across multiple U.S. states, with the ability to develop, implement, and oversee comprehensive strategies that align with business objectives
Proven track record of leading and managing a multi-regional team of public affairs professionals, fostering collaboration, high performance, and measurable results in legislative engagement
Exceptional ability to build and sustain relationships with public officials, legislative staff, regulatory stakeholders, and advocacy coalitions across all levels of government
Robust knowledge of public policy issues affecting The Coca-Cola Company and the beverage/consumer goods industry
Skilled in developing and delivering effective messaging to external stakeholders
Ability to analyze legislative trends and regulatory proposals to create proactive, forward-looking solutions
Mastery of PUBLIC POLICY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Mastery of STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Mastery of CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Mastery of INCIDENT MANAGEMENT & CRISIS RESOLUTION
Mastery of SUSTAINABILITY
Preferred
Broad Expertise in BUSINESS & FINANCIAL ACUMEN
Broad Expertise in NGO ENGAGEMENT
Broad Expertise in DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Broad Expertise in PUBLIC SERVICE
Broad Expertise in MEDIA RELATIONS
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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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