Senior Director, Product Development - Global Tea

Skip to main contentEnglishSign InSenior Director, Product Development - Global Tea page is loadedSenior Director, Product Development - Global TeaApplylocationsSingapore - Singaporetime typeFull timeposted onPosted 2 Days Agojob requisition idR-132385Job Description Summary: Location: Singapore  Role Type: People Leader/ ManagerPlease 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.Our APAC Innovation Centers sits at the heart of The Coca-Cola Company’s next chapter of growth. We are committed to transforming and evolving our organization and ambitions — bringing our people closer to the consumer, continuously raising the bar, and embracing digitalization to enable sustainable growth.We are looking for a transformational leader to build, inspire, and empower high-performing teams that fuel the innovation pipeline with bold ideas and turn them into real-world impact. This role is not about maintaining the status quo; it is about setting direction, unlocking opportunity, and driving valuable breakthrough innovation at scale. You will lead diverse teams with deep expertise to deliver a strong and balanced portfolio of meaningful innovation — accelerating growth and shaping the future of the organization.As Senior Director, Global & ASP TEA, you will lead and develop a team of talented product developers, setting the strategy for product development in your category and prioritizing resources to deliver key initiatives. You will oversee a portfolio of high‑impact beverage innovations, ensuring concepts are translated into commercially viable products through strong technical rigor and cross‑functional collaboration. You will also build and drive a robust Global 3–5‑year innovation pipeline in close partnership with Global Marketing and RTE (Research to Experiment) for your category for all OU’s together with the other Innovation Centers. This role balances strategic leadership with technical stewardship, coaching leaders, building team capability, and shaping critical decisions across formulation, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing readinessWhat You’ll DoGlobal Scope Develop product innovation strategies to deliver 3–5-year pipeline for growth plans for Global Tea category across all Operating Units (OU). Collaborate closely with Research to Experimentation and Global Supply Chain teams to design and develop scalable solutions for next generation of category products. Responsible for identifying and enabling the execution of the next RtE pipeline that can help step change of the growth of the categories. Collaborate deeply with global and regional SRA teams to get ahead of novel ingredients approval through appropriate agencies and unlock the use of new breakthrough ingredients in category. Deliver impactful programs to deliver against Category Strategy in long range plans and beyond. Partner with GDI Innovation Center peers to leverage project management routines to deliver global innovations with local consumer relevance. Ensure technical efforts on category are informed by consumer insights, business models and important technology trends to deliver advantaged solutions. Establish and maintain process and routines for cross functional inclusion in technical innovation strategy development, planning and project execution. Monitor external environment to identify and action on threats and opportunities for the category. Define and orchestrate the network for optimal people resourcing to deliver global pipelines. Lead and direct a multi-functional technical team focused on the Global pipeline for the Global category. Regional Scope - ASEAN & South Pacific (ASP) Adapt global technical roadmaps into products, packaging, and processes with local resonance and regulatory alignment. Align on the prioritized initiatives for the category with OU...