Senior UX Researcher II

Coca-Cola

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(45)

Atlanta, GA

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    Position summary

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    As a Senior UX Researcher II, you will own research across a meaningful product area and serve as a strategic thought partner to product, design, and engineering leaders across the organization. You will work on everything from consumer-facing digital experiences to the internal tools that power our sales, service, and operations teams, bringing insight that connects the dots across teams, not just within them. You will operate with real autonomy, real influence, and real accountability for the quality of decisions your research informs.

    What You Will Work On

    Our product teams span the full digital stack of a global CPG business. Depending on your focus area, your research could inform:

    • Consumer-facing digital experiences across The Coca-Cola Company's brand portfolio

    • Sales and service workflows used by the field teams who serve our retail and foodservice partners

    • Operational tools and platforms that connect the business end to end

    • AI-enabled and intelligent product experiences as we integrate emerging capabilities into our products

    Problem spaces vary, but the expectation is consistent: you will get close to real users, generate insight that changes decisions, and do it in ways that make the whole team smarter over time.

    Responsibilities

    Strategic Research Leadership

    • Own research strategy for your product area, defining what questions matter most and how to answer them

    • Lead end-to-end research initiatives that connect directly to customer outcomes and business priorities

    • Present findings with clarity and well-reasoned rationale to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership

    Discovery and Insight at Scale

    • Apply a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to uncover user needs, behaviors, and mental models

    • Use AI-powered synthesis tools and modern research methodologies to analyze, theme, and surface insight faster without losing rigor

    • Design research programs that can serve multiple product teams simultaneously, scaling your impact beyond a single squad

    • Partner with designers and product managers during discovery to frame problems before solutions take shape

    Thought Partnership Across Teams

    • Serve as a strategic thought partner to product, design, and engineering leaders across multiple teams and problem spaces

    • Build strong working relationships with Product, Design, Engineering, and Data partners, operating as a trusted advisor, not just a service provider

    • Cultivate shared understanding and genuine buy-in from stakeholders at all levels, connecting research insights to roadmap decisions and strategic priorities

    • Influence product direction across the organization, not just within the boundaries of your assigned team

    Research Practice and Mentorship

    • Help shape how research works at The Coca-Cola Company, contributing to methods, standards, and ways of working

    • Mentor teammates and partners, elevating the research literacy of the broader product organization

    • Proactively identify opportunities to grow the impact and reach of the research practice

    What We Are Looking For

    Required

    • 6 to 10 years of UX research experience, with a track record of influencing real product decisions across multiple teams or product areas

    • Deep proficiency across qualitative methods: interviews, usability studies, contextual inquiry, diary studies, concept testing

    • Hands-on experience using AI-powered research and synthesis tools to accelerate insight generation and scale research impact

    • Demonstrated ability to operate as a thought partner to senior product and design leaders, not just a research executor

    • Comfort with quantitative approaches and the ability to work alongside data analysts to triangulate findings

    • Strong ability to communicate complex research to varied audiences, including executives, using clear storytelling

    • Experience operating independently in ambiguous, fast-moving product environments

    Preferred

    • Experience in CPG, retail, or enterprise products that span multiple user roles and touchpoints

    • Familiarity with complex operational or workflow tools, not just consumer-facing digital products

    • Exposure to research involving AI-enabled or intelligent product experiences

    • Experience building or contributing to a research practice, not just executing within an established one

    Core Skills

    • Research Strategy: You define the right questions, not just the right methods, and sequence of work to build genuine understanding across multiple teams over time.

    • AI-Augmented Synthesis: You know how to use AI tools to analyze, theme, and deliver insight at speed, without letting automation replace rigor or judgment.

    • Thought Partnership: You show up as a strategic partner to product and design leadership, not just a provider of findings, and you shape decisions before they are made.

    • Insight Communication: You translate nuanced findings into clear, compelling narratives that move people to act.

    • Systems Thinking: You connect what you learn from users to broader product strategy and business context, across teams, not just within one.

    • Mentorship and Practice Building: You make the people around you better at research and raise the bar for user-centricity across the organization.

    Location

    This role is based at The Coca-Cola Company's global headquarters in Atlanta, GA. We work a hybrid schedule of three days per week in office, designed to build the highly cohesive, collaborative team culture we are intentionally creating.

    Atlanta is a city on the rise, with a growing tech and creative scene, a relatively low cost of living compared to coastal markets, and The Coca-Cola Company at the center of it. If you have ever wanted to do the most meaningful work of your career without paying San Francisco rent, this is worth a serious look. Relocation assistance is available for candidates who are open to moving to Atlanta.

    To be considered for this role, please include your portfolio link and any required access credentials (e.g., password) directly on your resume - we'd love to see your work!

    The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

    Agile Methodology, Application Development, Business Processes, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Influencing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office, Negotiation, Process Improvement Plans, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Strategic IT, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model

    Pay Range:
    United States of America: $171,000 - $198,000

    Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

    Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
    30

    Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

    Location(s):
    United States of America

    City/Cities:
    Atlanta

    Travel Required:
    00% - 25%

    Relocation Provided:
    Yes

    Job Posting End Date:
    May 31, 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.

    We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

    Pay Range:United States of America: 0 USD - 0 USD
    Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

    Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30
    Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

    Long-term Incentive Reference Value Percentage:0 - 20
    Long-term Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role

    Why you should apply for a job to Coca-Cola:

  • 4.8/5 in supportive management
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.