Senior Manager, Media at Coca-Cola in Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Senior Manager, Media Location: Kazakhstan - Almaty Job Description Summary: The Senior Manager – Media is the strategic lead for all media planning, media investment, digital ecosystems, and connections strategy within the Franchise. As a senior member of the Franchise IMX (Integrated Marketing Experience) team, this role ensures that brand strategies translate into highly effective, data-driven, and consumer-centric media plans that drive both brand love and business impact. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and analytics—partnering closely with Marketing, Connections, Digital, EPICS, Insights, Agency partners, and bottlers. The Senior Manager – Media ensures flawless integration across paid, owned, earned, and shared channels, while deploying modern media capabilities such as digital acceleration, precision marketing, data-driven audience targeting, and performance optimization. Media is a critical growth lever for the Franchise given evolving consumer behaviors, fragmented attention spans, and complex media landscapes. This role ensures that the Franchise stays ahead of trends and leverages the full power of media investment. Key Responsibilities 1. Lead Media Strategy & Connections Planning Develop annual and campaign-specific media strategies across all brands and categories. Partner with Marketing and IMX to translate brand strategies into effective and connected media plans. Lead connections planning across paid, owned, earned, and shared touchpoints. Ensure media plans reflect consumer journey insights, brand priorities, and market realities. Ensure strategic alignment with OU (Operating Unit) Media & Connections guidelines. 2. Digital & Precision Marketing Leadership Drive digital acceleration across platforms (social, programmatic, video, search, e-commerce, creator ecosystems). Lead adoption of precision marketing, data-driven targeting, and AI-enabled optimization tools. Partner with Insights & Data teams to build strong audience strategies and signal-based media planning. Ensure strong measurement frameworks are in place (pre/post testing, digital analytics). 3. Media Investment & Performance Optimization Oversee media investment governance and ensure efficient allocation across brands, categories, and channels. Partner with agency teams to track, optimize, and report on media performance. Drive a culture of test-and-learn across touchpoints (creative variations, audience segments, formats). Ensure excellence in brand safety, viewability, reach quality, and fraud mitigation. Support Franchise in building the case for investment, optimization, and ROI improvement. 4. Agency Leadership & Ecosystem Management Serve as the day-to-day leader for media agencies, ensuring high-quality strategy, planning, and execution. Lead agency briefing, evaluation, performance reviews, and capability development. Ensure tight integration between creative, media, digital, and content partners. Leverage global and OU media partnerships (platforms, publishers, data partners). 5. Integration with IMX, EPICS & Campaign Planning Work with IMX Leads, EPICS, Design, Shopper, and Brand teams to build end-to-end connected experiences. Ensure media amplifies creative ideas and brings brand platforms to life meaningfully. Align media activation with IMX flywheel, ABP, and campaign operating rhythms. Ensure consistency and coherence across touchpoints—digital, TV, audio, social, influencers, and commerce. 6. Capability Building & Modern Marketing Enablement Build media capability within the Franchise Marketing and bottler teams. Deploy OU and global media tools, training, and frameworks. Champion modern marketing practices such as: First-party data adoption Precision marketing Dynamic creative optimization AI-enabled media planning Rigorous measurement and attribution Foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and performance-driven media thinking. Success Measures Media plans that deliver strong brand growth, penetration, and consumer connection. Increased effectiveness and ROI of media investment across the Franchise. Strong adoption of precision, digital-first, and data-driven media practices. High-quality integration of media within IMX campaigns and brand strategies. Improved audience reach quality, brand safety, and media performance KPIs. Strong alignment and capability uplift across Franchise and bottler teams. Effective partnership management with agencies and media platforms. Experience & Qualifications TTL Media (TV, OOH, Digital & Social), Connections, Digital Marketing, or Integrated Communications. Strong expertise in media planning, digital platforms, programmatic ecosystems, and measurement. Proven experience working with media agencies, publishers, and technology partners. Strong understanding of consumer journeys, brand strategy, and IMX principles. Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and drive optimizations. Experience managing multi-market media execution is a plus. Leadership & Behavioral Expectations Digitally Native & Media Savvy: deep understanding of evolving media and content landscapes. Strategic Thinker: able to connect insights, creativity, and data into coherent media strategies. Enterprise Mindset: collaborates across IMX, Marketing, Commercial, Insights, and bottlers. Growth Mindset: embraces learning, experimentation, and innovation. Operational Excellence: structured, organized, and strong in managing agency ecosystems. Influential Communicator: skilled in storytelling, stakeholder alignment, and simplifying complexity. Other Considerations Travel may be required for campaign reviews, partner engagements, and market visits. Role requires close alignment with OU Media, Digital, and IMX teams to ensure consistent standards and scalable best practices. Skills: Agency Management, Communication, Connections Planning, Creativity, Digital Media, Digital Signage, Google Analytics, Group Problem Solving, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Strategies, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, Paid Search Marketing, Programmatic (Inactive), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media, Teamwork, Videography, Waterfall Model Location(s): Kazakhstan City/Cities: Almaty Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: May 29, 2026 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.