The Coca-Cola Company Hiring for Director, Global Learning & Leadership Programs – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Job at Atlanta, GA Full Time

Location: Atlanta, GA

This role leads the practice area for learning and leadership development related to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). The person leading the practice will be responsible for development of a comprehensive, long-term learning and leadership development strategy for DEI, and ensuring that this forms the red thread throughout all our leadership development and learning efforts.

This is a key role that builds a culture of equity and inclusion integrating a range of specific lighthouse programs and key content into our main leadership and learning development experiences. This role will partner very closely with the DEI COE to ensure alignment to strategy as well as with all the US based BRGs, the Global Women’s Leadership Council and other Inclusion Networks globally. This role will build the next generation of programs such as the Global Women in Leadership Program, Multicultural Edge etc.; as well as drive our DEI learning / training investment in the next several years. In addition, this role will provide inputs into our Executive and Core leadership development efforts to ensure that the right DEI insights are embedded into the programs as well as identify opportunities to build capability and train different parts of the organization to ensure that our talent practices are fair and equitable (for example, recruiting).

This role will identify opportunities where leadership development or personal development investments are required for minority/ underrepresented groups and the right development solutions and investments are put into place for them.

In addition, this role will develop and build key external partnerships to ensure that we have the right stakeholder network plugged into our DEI learning and leadership development efforts and we are constantly ahead of the market in driving key investments and long-lasting change.

What You’ll Do

• Implement a comprehensive strategy and key solutions that will be offered as part of the Learning and Leadership Development offerings. Ensure that this strategy is grounded in proven research, best practice, and data.

• Take overall responsibility for DEI learning and development utilizing adult learning principles. Collaborate with the rest of the COEs and take full ownership for initiatives and programs.

• Maintain awareness of global issues and trends in diversity, equity and inclusion and use emerging information to educate workforce.

• Keeps current on diversity programs and developments by developing and maintaining strong networks with others in the field (such as professional associations and educational groups, and professional development efforts).

• Evaluate, monitor, measure and report the learning and development activities throughout the organization to promote continuous improvement through needs analysis, developing plans and identifying the right resources and materials, identifies and makes adjustments accordingly

• Develop evaluation systems to ensure that the strategic goal of the initiatives is achieving a desired return on investment.

• Develop coaching strategies, implement dialogue that address specific concerns and issues, and oversee resolution of conflicts relating to diversity and/or cross-cultural training and leadership development initiatives and activities. This includes leading After-Action Reviews, to support a learning culture.

• Take full accountability on how the learning and leadership development solutions are delivered including selection and curation of the right solutions. This will be done in partnership with our services organization. However, given the sensitivity of this very important practice, greater decision rights will be on the COE lead (this position).

• Ensure the Platform Services delivery team is effectively upskilled to deliver internally facilitated DEI development solutions.

Work Focus

• Craft the strategy for DEI learning and leadership development, including identification of the right solutions and roadmap for making substantive change.

• Ensure alignment of strategy with broader organization, including with the DEI COE.

• Design end to end products for diversity and inclusion. Some examples include our Global DEI training, Women in Leadership, Multicultural Edge, etc.

• Work with enterprise capability and functional teams to integrate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion concepts into wider capability solutions. Do the same for all other Executive development and core leadership development solutions.

• Work with the rest of the Talent team to identify where bespoke solutions may be needed. For example, work with the Talent Acquisition organization to ensure that we have the right solutions in place to train people managers to run a fair and equitable hiring process, and help develop the right communication tools to candidates anchored on our DEI principles.

• Work with the LXA team to design and develop solutions, working in conjunction with third party vendors

• Upskills delivery team on new solutions – ensure high quality delivery and high impact outcomes.

• Develop the right protocols and governance to ensure that all our DEI learning and leadership development solutions are appropriately vetted and signed off (including the Executive Leadership Team). Manage all after action reviews and ensure that solutions are continuously being upgraded and updated with new information.

• Share outcomes and progress with the business and with HR.

Communication Focus

• Communicates the DEI solutions to wider organization through LXP content editor and community manager and Platform Services communication for larger marketing and communications activities.

• Passionate advocate with HR community on DEI solutions, active contributor in learning communities to maintain the profile of DEI solutions.

• Communicates progress, opportunities and need for change to HR and to the business.

• Highly sophisticated in delivering sensitive messages in a culturally appropriate manner and helping build understanding and empathy in the organization.

Qualifications & Requirements

• At least 8-10 years experienced learning and development manager / consultant. Desirable experience would be about 10 – 15 years including some direct experience in working on DEI initiatives.

• Experienced in working on cultural change initiatives to build diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Experienced in developing strategies and solutions related to learning and leadership development.

• Has a finely nuanced and evolved understanding of DEI through research and networks.

• Experienced in working with third party vendors to commission bespoke programs.

Experience in working in a COE, matrixed learning organization, managing key stakeholders and leading a significant component of the leadership / learning agenda.

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 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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