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Location: Singapore  

Role Type: People Leader/ People Manager  

Please note: This role is not a fully remote position. The selected candidate will need to be based in Singapore and follow our hybrid work setup—3 days onsite and 2 days working from home each week. This is a People Leader/ Manager position.

As Senior Manager, Product Development, you’ll own the technical and innovation agenda of the Coca-Cola portfolio; from concept to consumer, leading breakthrough products that set new standards in taste, quality, and impact.

This is a rare opportunity to influence the beverage landscape across Asia-Pacific, translate global strategies into locally relevant pioneers, and leverage cutting-edge digital tools, consumer insights, and agile development to accelerate speed-to-market.

What You’ll Lead

Innovation Leadership

• Own the regional categories innovation portfolio with end-to-end oversight and decision authority.

• Design innovation strategies built on consumer and market analytics, embedding digital prototyping, predictive modelling, and agile iteration.

• Adapt global technical roadmaps into products, packaging, and processes with local resonance and regulatory alignment.

• Champion a culture of creativity, speed, and excellence in product development.

Strategic Partnerships

• Collaborate with OU Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, and Manufacturing to unlock innovation pipelines.

• Engage with global networks to share technical breakthroughs and integrate best practices across markets.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee multi-category project portfolios, ensuring resources and budgets drive maximum strategic impact.

• Introduce digital efficiencies that enhance speed, reduce complexity, and elevate quality.

Technical Mastery

• Anticipate and mitigate risks — from formulation stability to regulatory compliance — before they affect launch.

• Transfer critical technical knowledge to plants and market teams to deliver flawless, first-time-right execution.

Talent & Capability Building

• Develop next-gen technical talent, embedding data fluency, design thinking, and collaborative innovation.

• Promote diversity, inclusion, and an entrepreneurial mindset within the innovation center.

Market & Technology Intelligence

• Spot emerging ingredient science, processing methods, and tech platforms for competitive advantage.

• Pilot and adapt cutting-edge solutions for regional consumer appeal and manufacturing viability.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field.

• 8-10 years of product development experience delivering successful product innovation in FMCG/beverage/food, including senior leadership experience.

• Proven track record of turning insights into market-leading products.

• Strategic thinker with strong cross-cultural leadership, stakeholder influence, and commercial acumen.

• Fluent in English; regional languages a plus.

• Regional travel up to ~20%.

Why Join Us?

• Impact at Scale: Shape products enjoyed by millions across diverse APAC markets.

• Global Connectivity: Access world-class technical expertise, innovation labs, and global R&D networks.

• Digital Future: Lead with next-gen tools — from AI-driven formulation insights to virtual product design.

• Creative Freedom: Drive innovation that blends science, consumer desire, and brand vision.

• Legacy: Be part of a team building the future of beverages, with agility, ambition, and excellence.

What can help you to be successful in the role?

Growth Behavior:

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.

• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.

• Commercially Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.

• Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.

• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

• Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

Leadership Behavior

• Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders

• Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.

• Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

What We Can Do For You 

• Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.

• International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.

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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.