Director, Value Delivery, Planning & PMO

Our Digital Transformation
TheCoca-ColaCompany is evolving into a moredigital-first,data-drivenenterprise to fuel sustainable growth, increase speed to market, and unlock new sources of value. Rapid advances in technology, data, and AI create a unique opportunity to accelerate the KO system's next chapter of growth by reimagining our core competitive advantages. Building ona strong foundationof modernized infrastructure, global digital experiences, early data capabilities, and proven use cases, we are now shifting from early wins to scaled, end to end impact on growth, productivity, and efficiency.

This next phase moves us from an analog world to a fully digitized one, powered by a digital growth engine that embeds data, technology, and AI into our most critical business domains. Success willrequiremore than technology implementation, it demands a strategic transformation of core capabilities, a domain based, product centric operating model, and a cultural shift toward experimentation, data and technology fluency, and seamless partnership between business and digital teams.

Role Overview
The Director, Value Delivery, Planning & PMOis responsible forleading the Digital PMO and enterprise portfolio management capabilities across the Operating Unit, ensuring digital investments are strategically planned, effectively governed, successfully delivered, and continuously measured against business outcomes. This role serves as thecentral pointof coordination for portfolio planning, investment governance, delivery oversight, resource optimization, and value realization.

Working across Product Management, Technology Delivery, Engineering, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, and business leadership, the Directorestablishesthe operating rhythm for strategic planning, portfolio governance,financial management, performance reporting, and executive decision-making. The role ensures digital investmentsremainaligned to enterprise priorities while driving transparency, accountability, andexecutionexcellence across the Digital Transformation portfolio.

As a strategic leader, this rolefosters a culture of outcome-based delivery, data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and disciplined portfolio management that maximizes enterprise value.

What You will do for us Requirements and Qualifications Skills

• Lead the Digital PMO and enterprise portfolio management function,establishinggovernance, planning, and value realization processes across the Operating Unit's digital portfolio.
  

• Drive annual, quarterly, and rolling portfolio planning cycles that align strategic priorities, business demand, funding, and delivery capacity.
  

• Establish investment governance frameworks that prioritize digital initiatives based on strategic alignment, business value, risk, and organizational capacity.
  

• Partner with Product, Technology Delivery, Engineering, Finance, Enterprise Architecture, and business leaders to develop integrated portfolio roadmaps and execution plans.
  

• Develop and manage portfolio performance frameworks, including KPIs, OKRs, valuerealizationmetrics, financial performance, anddeliveryhealth indicators.
  

• Lead executive governance forums byprovidingportfolio insights, investment recommendations, delivery performance updates, and strategic decision support.
  

• Oversee portfoliofinancial management, including investment planning, budget alignment, forecasting, benefits tracking, and business case governance.
  

• Drive portfolio risk management by proactivelyidentifyingdependencies, resource constraints, execution risks, and mitigation strategies.
  

• Establish standardized portfolio management methodologies, governance practices, reporting frameworks, and delivery controls across the Digital organization.
  

• Leverage analytics, AI-enabled planning, and scenario modeling to improve forecasting accuracy, resource optimization, and investment decision-making.
  

• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and outcome-based delivery across the Digital PMO.
  

• Develop organizational capabilities in portfolio management, governance, planning, and value realization through coaching, standards, and best practices.
  
  Education
  

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, ora relatedfield.
  

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise portfolio management, PMO leadership, digital transformation, strategy, technology delivery, business operations, or related leadership roles.
  

• Proven experience leading enterprise PMOs or portfolio management organizations supporting complex digital transformation initiatives.
  

• Demonstrated success implementing governance frameworks, portfolio planning processes,financial management, and value realization methodologies.
  

• Strong understanding of product-centric operating models, Agile portfolio management, Lean Portfolio Management, and enterprise governance practices.
  

• Experience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, Technology Delivery, Finance, and executive business leadership.
  

• Strong financial acumen with experience in investment planning, budgeting, forecasting, business case development, and benefits realization.
  

• Strong digital and data fluency, including experienceleveragingAI, analytics, and portfolio management tools to improve planning and decision-making.
  

• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and organizational leadership skills.
  

Agile Methodology, Application Development, Business Processes, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Influencing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, Process Improvement Plans, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Strategic IT, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model

Location(s):
South Africa

City/Cities:
Johannesburg

Travel Required:
00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:
No

Job Posting End Date:
August 20, 2026

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 to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.