Manager, Product Development

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Location: Singapore  

Role Type: Individual Contributor

Please note: This role is not a fully remote position. The selected candidate will need to be based in Singapore and follow our hybrid work setup—3 days onsite and 2 days working from home each week. This is an Individual Contributor position.

As a Manager, Product Development, you will lead technical projects and product development initiatives for Coca-Cola’s portfolio in multiple categories. You’ll manage projects from concept to commercialization, translating global strategies into products tailored to regional tastes, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing capabilities. Working closely with cross-functional teams and global technical networks, you’ll help deliver competitive, disruptive, and consumer-led solutions that support the business priorities.

What You’ll Do

Key areas of focus of this role can be summarized as follows:

• Lead Product Development End-to-End – Manage formulation, sensory evaluation, pilot trials, and scale-up in collaboration with marketing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain teams, and global R&D networks.

• Integrate Digital & Global Insights – Use digital tools, data, and global learnings to refine concepts and accelerate market readiness.

• Localize Innovation – Adapt global technical platforms into products that resonate with local consumers, meet cost targets, and comply with regulations.

• Collaborate Across Functions – Partner with Marketing, Quality, Procurement, SRA, and Commercialization to ensure flawless execution and market fit.

• Ensure Quality & Regulatory Compliance – Anticipate and mitigate risks in stability, sensory experience, allergens, shelf-life, and microbial safety.

• Leverage External Ecosystems – Work with suppliers, startups, and ingredient innovators to bring new technologies and solutions into products.

• Grow Capability – Transfer knowledge on formulation and technical processes to junior colleagues and foster an inclusive, collaborative mindset.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field.

• 4–6 years in product development for beverages/food,

• Strong technical understanding of ingredient functionality within beverage systems.

• Experience managing multiple projects from ideation to launch in fast-paced environments.

• Familiarity with sensory evaluation, consumer testing, and data interpretation for decision-making.

• Fluent in English; regional languages a plus.

• Regional travel up to ~20%.

Desired Skills:

• Technical depth in formulation, processing, and packaging for nutrition-focused beverages.

• Ability to turn consumer insights into technically feasible product ideas.

• Effective stakeholder engagement and clear communication.

• Strong project management in dynamic conditions.

• Regulatory awareness for nutrition products in ASEAN/APAC.

• Creative, agile problem-solving mindset.

Why Join Us?

• Make an Impact: Bring new nutrition products to life across diverse APAC markets.

• Learn Globally, Execute Locally: Access Coca-Cola’s worldwide technical expertise and adapt innovations for local relevance.

• Work Digitally-Forward: Apply modern tools for faster development and smarter decision-making.

• Collaborate Wide & Deep: Partner with internal teams and external ecosystem players to spark disruptive and competitive innovation.

• Grow Your Skillset: Build your technical capabilities in one of Coca-Cola’s key regional innovation hubs.

What can help you to be successful in the role?

Growth Behavior:

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.

• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.

• Commercially Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.

• Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.

• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and at a fast pace.

• Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

Leadership Behavior

• Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders

• Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.

• Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

What We Can Do For You 

• Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.

• International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.

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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.