About the Role
The Senior Director, Data Analytics leads data strategy and delivery for the Japan & South Korea Operating Unit. The role owns the data and analytics portfolio and demand governance, builds AI, machine learning, and data science capability, drives advanced analytics and modeling, and partners across the Coca-Cola system to deliver measurable business value. The role leads a team spanning data engineering, data science, data governance and operations, and data product management — delivering local data and analytics products while rolling out and driving adoption of global data and analytics tools. As JKOU scales AI-enabled decision-making across its growth model, this role builds the data foundation and analytical capability that turn data into decision advantage.
Responsibilities
- Own the OU data and analytics strategy, roadmap, and portfolio, aligned with JKOU business priorities and the global data agenda.
- Lead demand governance and prioritization for data and analytics investments based on business value and feasibility.
- Build and develop AI, ML, and data science capability within the OU, growing both talent and reusable analytical assets.
- Drive advanced analytics and modeling that directly inform commercial, marketing, vending, and supply chain decisions.
- Lead delivery of local data products and adoption of global data tools.
- Own the OU data platform architecture and engineering roadmap in partnership with global data teams.
- Establish data governance, quality, privacy, and responsible AI standards across the OU, embedded in platforms and processes.
- Lead bottler relations and alignment on data sharing and operationalization, building the system data backbone.
- Provide people leadership and capability development across the Data & Analytics team.
- Serve as a senior advisor to OU leadership on data strategy, AI opportunities, and analytics-driven performance.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in data, analytics, or AI leadership roles within complex, matrixed organizations.
- Proven track record building data platforms, analytics portfolios, and data science teams.
- Deep expertise in modern data architecture, ML/AI applications, and data governance.
- Experience partnering with commercial functions to deliver measurable business outcomes from analytics.
- Strong stakeholder leadership across business, technology, and external partners.
- Business-level English required; Japanese proficiency strongly preferred.
Skills
- Data Strategy
- Data Delivery
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Advanced Analytics
- Modeling
- Data Engineering
- Data Governance
- Data Operations
- Data Product Management
- Data Platform Architecture
- Stakeholder Leadership
- Commercial Acumen
- Technical Depth
- Executive Presence
- System-Level Stakeholder Skills
Location
- Japan
- Tokyo
Work Type
- 00% - 25% Travel Required
Experience Level
- Senior Director
- 12+ years of experience
About the Company
- The Coca-Cola Company is evolving into a more digital-first, data-driven enterprise 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 on a strong foundation of 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 will require more 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.
- 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.
