Description
Summary:
Job Title:Senior Director, People & Culture Strategy, Planning & Capabilities
Reports to:SVP, People & Culture, EUROPE OU
Position Overview
As a growth company, we bring people, brands and beverages that make life’s everyday moments more enjoyable—while doing business the right way. In Europe, People & Culture (P&C) is an essential partner to the business and a driver of sustainable growth.This role leads the Strategy, Planning & Capabilities agenda for the Europe OU P&C function,including enterprise-wide Organizational Effectiveness, ensuring tight integration with the OU Long Range Planning (LRP) and Annual Business Planning (ABP) processes, and enabling the organization to execute strategy with speed, clarity, and impact.Additionally, the team leadsPeople & Culturestrategicprojectsand be thePeople & Culture lead intransformational cross functional initiativesin Europe with the OU Leadership teams and function specialists. Lastly,this team co-ordinates ourOU budget and our capability workacross the P&C in Europe
This Senior Director is accountable for:
1. Enterprise-wide strategic orchestration of P&C initiatives and outcomes across the OU
2. Governance, portfoliomanagementand performance (OKRs/KPIs) to shift resources into the work that matters most
3. Capabilities transformation to future-proof P&C and enable business strategy
4. Budget stewardship and dynamic resourcing (agile) to unlock productivity and reinvest in growth
5. IntegratedStrategic Long-Term and Annual Business Planning for People & Culture
6. Enterprise Organizational Effectiveness: shape and evolve the Europe OU organization design, operating model, governance, and ways of working to enable business strategy, improve execution quality, and sustainably deliver performance outcomes.
You will steward Europe P&C routines and operating mechanisms, elevate execution excellence, and build the capabilities, infrastructure and culturerequiredfor a world-class People & Culture function.
WhatYou’llDo for Us
Strategy, Planning
7. Lead the P&C contribution and integration to the OU LRP & ABP, translating business priorities into a focused P&C strategy,portfolioand resourcing plan.
8. Own the P&C ABP System priorities and planning process with our top markets and functions, ensuring shared agendas, clear charters, and measurable outcomes.
Portfolio Governance, Execution & Performance
9. Design and run the Europe P&C governance model (cadence, forums, decision rights)to drive clarity,accountabilityand high performance.
10. Lead Performance Management for the function:maintainand evolve theP&COKR/KPI dashboard,facilitatemonthly readouts with HRLT and OULT, and propose actions to shift resources into the highest-value work.
Organizational Effectiveness
11. Lead the Europe OU Organizational Effectiveness agenda, integrating organization design, operating model, decision rights, and ways of working into the P&C strategy and portfolio.
12. Partner with OU Leadership and Functions to assess and evolve org structures, spans & layers, role clarity, and accountabilities in line with LRP and ABP priorities.
13. Embed organizational health, execution effectiveness, and agility metrics into the P&C performance framework, complementing financial and capability measures.
14. Work in close collaboration with the Finance team topro-actively understand OE impact on OPEX
Capability Transformation & Change Leadership
15. Architect and lead the P&C capability transformation (skills, processes, infrastructure, culture) to enable LRP/ABP delivery and competitive advantage.
16. Lead Organizational Effectiveness initiatives across Europe to improve enterprise performance—spanning organization design, operating model effectiveness, and ways of working—while delivering headcount, OPEX, and OI goals.
Budget, Resourcing & Productivity
17. Own the P&C budget governance and introduce aFuelight-style productivity model for P&C—reallocatingspendfrom low-value to high-impact capabilities and initiatives.
18. Plan, organize and control resources to achieveABPobjectives within scope, time,qualityand budget constraints; run ongoing risk assessments and mitigation across all major initiatives.
Data, Insights & Communities of Practice
19. Elevate analytics—translate people, organizational design, decision effectiveness, and organizational health insights into actionable recommendations for senior executives.
20. Lead internal culture and data communities of practice to embed evidence-based decision-making, inclusive leadershipbehaviors, and continuous improvement.
21. Leadautomation in P&C processes
Qualifications & Requirements
22. MinimumBachelor’sdegreeor equivalent;advanced degree preferred.
23. 15+ yearsof international experience in People & Culture/HR, Strategy/PMO, Corporate Functions, or adjacent areas in multinational companies; experience in other OUs or with bottlers is a plus.
24. Demonstratedbusiness/commercial acumenand the ability to convert strategy into executable portfolios with measurable outcomes.
25. Proven successleading cross-functional programsand complex change at OU/System scale; mastery ofstakeholder influenceat senior levels.
26. Experience withagile methodologies/dynamic resourcingand transformation programs.
27. Fluent English(written and spoken);additionalEuropean languages are a plus.
Communication Focus
28. Influence senior executives including OU Leaders and OU President;facilitatedecisions across diverse viewpoints.
29. Inspire passion anddesirefor change across the P&C function and the broader OU/System.
30. Communicate complex, multi-layered issues simply; provide clear narratives, options, and recommendations.
Mastery of
31. Building trusted relationships at all management levels.
32. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including executive storytelling and board-level framing.
33. Multi-tasking and information processing across diverse sources (business, people, regulatory, reputation).
34. Analytical rigor—ability to synthesize complex documents, KPIs, and insights into actions.
35. Accountability,collaborationand inspirational leadership; meticulous attention to detail and follow-through.
Broad Expertise (Good to Have)
36. Advanced writing and public speaking.
37. Certifications in Project/Program Management (e.g., PMP) or Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP).
38. Experience leading Organizational Effectiveness and enterprise design work (e.g., org design, operating models, governance, decision effectiveness) in complex, matrixed organizations.
Direct Reports:2(mix of PMO leaders, capability leads, and analytics/governance).
Travel: As required across Europe to support OU priorities.
Skills:
Location(s):
United Kingdom
City/Cities:
London
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
April 27, 2026