Senior Manager, Innovation & Pmo, Saf

Coca-Cola HBC AG

South Africa
End-to-end innovation pipeline management
Marketing planning and execution
Cross-functional collaboration
The Senior Manager – Innovations & PMO integrates Innovation Management, Marketing PMO, and Marketing Orchestration to ensure a consistent pipeline of winning innovations, disciplined marketing planning, and coordinated execution across markets

Job Summary

  • The Senior Manager – Innovations & PMO integrates Innovation Management, Marketing PMO, and Marketing Orchestration to ensure a consistent pipeline of winning innovations, disciplined marketing planning, and coordinated execution across markets.
  • This role serves as the operational backbone for the Franchise, leading innovation governance, enabling rigorous prioritization, orchestrating key marketing processes, and embedding tech- and data-enabled ways of working.
  • Key responsibilities include leading the end-to-end innovation pipeline, managing structured PMO governance across key marketing processes, and orchestrating marketing workflows across various functions.

Matching Summary

The Senior Manager – Innovations & PMO integrates Innovation Management, Marketing PMO, and Marketing Orchestration to ensure a consistent pipeline of winning innovations, disciplined marketing planning, and coordinated execution across markets.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • end-to-end innovation pipeline management
  • marketing planning and execution
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • data and tech enablement
  • operational excellence and harmonization

Nice-to-have

  • growth mindset and curiosity
  • enterprise-first thinking
  • influential communication skills
  • collaboration and orchestration

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in marketing, innovation, project management, or portfolio management
  • Strong expertise in innovation processes, cross-functional orchestration, and commercial planning
  • Experience managing complex, multi-market or multi-stakeholder projects
  • Proven ability to embed processes, tools, and governance frameworks

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