Director, Total Rewards

Location(s):

Japan

City/Cities:

Tokyo

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 21, 2026

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Role Type: Individual Contributor

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

Step into the world of Coca-Cola, a global leader in the beverage industry, where our rich history is just the beginning. Our Total Rewards team is at the forefront of employee support, crafting innovative benefits plans that cater to the financial, health, and wellbeing goals of our diverse workforce. We are currently on the lookout for a dedicated professional to join our ranks. If you are passionate about designing, implementing, administering, and communicating programs that align rewards with organizational goals, we invite you to be a part of our journey. Join us and contribute to a legacy while building your own.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Designing, implementation, administration of the company’s employee benefits, including healthcare, retirement, insurance, well-being and other benefit programs.

• Determine employee benefit best practices by benchmarking best practices, researching industry and employment trends, tracking legislation, and estimating impact.

• Recommend employee benefit programs by examining, evaluating, and optimizing employee understanding, acceptance, and interests, costs, regulatory requirements, and competitive advantage.

• Determine employee interest by conducting employee surveys and analyzing responses.

• Explain employee benefits by conducting meetings, preparing written and graphic announcements and explanations, and responding to requests.

• Provide HR management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing employee benefit data and trends.

• Plan and execute location-specific wellness programming.

• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, ADA, Section 125, FMLA, and CA benefit and leave-related laws.

• Respond to inquiries and ensure benefit policies and administrative practices and processes are in compliance.

What We’re Looking For

• A University Degree (Bachelor) or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of prior experience in Total Rewards program development and implementation.

• In-depth knowledge of benefits design and administration principles, laws, and practices.

• Experience in compensation programs and processes.

• A thorough understanding of benefits administration and in-depth understanding of policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations.

• Fluency in English and Japanese. Knowledge of Korean will be an added advantage.

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 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.

• Strong experience in managing senior stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and positively impact teams.

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.  

Skills:

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.