Director - Innovation and Marketing PMO

Location(s):IndiaCity/Cities:GurugramTravel Required:00% - 25%Relocation Provided:YesJob Posting End Date:September 26, 2025Shift:No Time Tracking (India)Job Description Summary: The Innovation and Marketing PMO plays a pivotal role in driving the innovation agenda and marketing prioritization for the INSWA Operating Unit, focusing on delivering fewer, bigger, and better initiatives. The role leads the innovation pipeline, governance routines, and cross-functional collaboration with global, regional, and system partners to ensure growth-focused outcomes. It involves sharing best practices, streamlining resource allocation, and leveraging project management tools to maximize impact. With deep expertise in marketing, innovation, and agile execution, it fosters a culture of collaboration, experimentation, and operational excellence. Focus, Scope and Impact: Support and facilitate the INSWA innovation process to deliver an aligned INSWA Innovation Pipeline with a focus on fewer, bigger, better initiatives. Establish and manage a future-fit innovation model in collaboration with all functions, system partners, Operating Units, and Global teams, including the use of relevant global tools and platforms. Share learnings and transfer successful cases (“lift and shift”) to encourage networked experimentation and accelerate non-duplicative learning. Manage governance routines for innovation, including Operating Unit Gates, Innovation Pipeline Reviews, and Post Launch Reviews. Lead periodic reviews of the innovation pipeline with senior management to ensure initiatives meet required growth contribution targets. Partner with Marketing Leaders and Finance to optimize allocation and tracking of marketing resources. Coordinate across all marketing subfunctions on ABP planning to ensure prioritization of the highest impact projects. Ensure proper and effective use of innovation project management tools and systems (e.g., Adobe Workfront). Build strong relationships within and beyond the marketing team to facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing.  Qualifications & Requirements:   Robust experience (10+ years) in Marketing, Innovation, Project Management  Ability to work in agile cross-functional teams and effectively collaborate with key stakeholders  Experience working in cross-functional and cross-geographical teams, is preferred  Business / commercial / financial acumen  Great written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills in English  Passion, curious and ability to be external-focused and bring freshness from outside  Ability to lead very complex projects and influence critical external stakeholders  Skills:Brand Marketing, Business, Collaborating, Collaborative Leadership, Communication, Data Driven, Innovation, Relationship Building, Taking InitiativeOur 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.

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