Innovation Tech Lead

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

5d • $202,000 - $229,000

About The Position

The Senior Director, Innovation Technology Lead advances The Coca-Cola Company’s innovation agenda by leading the engineering strategy, technical execution, and evolution of its innovation technology portfolio. The role translates business priorities into scalable digital products, AI-enabled capabilities, and enterprise platforms that support global growth and innovation.

Working in Coca-Cola’s global Digital organization, this leader partners with Product Leadership, Data, Technology, and business teams to deliver AI-powered innovation capabilities. The work includes applying large language models, machine learning, and modern data platforms to improve innovation science, accelerate experimentation, and strengthen innovation outcomes.

The role combines engineering expertise, hands-on problem-solving, and collaborative leadership. It leads engineering teams and delivery across a portfolio of products and platforms, while guiding technical decisions, growing engineering talent, managing technology partners, and promoting secure, reliable, scalable, and adaptable technology across global markets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI-enabled products, platforms, or decision intelligence capabilities from concept through enterprise-scale deployment.
• Deep understanding of modern data and AI engineering practices, including data pipeline architecture, MLOps frameworks, and CI/CD principles for ML and software components.
• Ability to influence technical and investment decisions with senior business and technology leaders and translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Experience building and scaling shared platforms, services, or technical capabilities that support multiple products, teams, or business functions.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or technical leadership within enterprise-scale digital environments.
• Experience designing and operationalizing cloud-native architectures in Azure or other major platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with application development models including React, REST or GraphQL APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with secure and compliant deployment frameworks for multi-market data and application environments.
• 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 working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting technology solutions in consumer products, retail, or marketing analytics ecosystems.
• Practical knowledge of region-specific data governance and permissioning in global technology environments.
• Background integrating AI-enabled components into scalable enterprise platforms aligned with commercial product strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy for Coca-Cola’s innovation agenda, including AI-powered products, decision intelligence capabilities, experimentation platforms, and emerging technology investments.
• Lead teams responsible for building, operating, and scaling innovation products and shared capabilities.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture through coaching, talent development, technical leadership, and continuous learning.
• Manage relationships with critical technology partners to accelerate innovation outcomes.
• Partner with Product, Data, and Business leaders to translate innovation priorities into secure, scalable products and platforms, guide technical decisions, and deliver centralized capabilities across global markets.
• Advance modern software engineering, AI engineering, platform reliability, security, observability, and operating practices.
• Use technical metrics, insights, and feedback loops to measure and improve developer experience and system efficiency.
• Lead delivery across innovation products and platforms, aligning technology investments with business and product priorities.
• Drive technical tradeoff decisions, manage cross-team dependencies, and ensure solutions are secure by design, scalable, resilient, and adaptable.
• Strengthen collaboration across Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Architecture, and Innovation business teams to support shared accountability, knowledge exchange, adoption, and enterprise scaling.

Benefits

• Access to advanced technology environments and professional development focused on cloud, data, and machine learning innovation.
• Opportunities to influence enterprise technology integration that advances consumer connection and business agility worldwide.
• Support for continuous learning, collaboration, and experimentation in a global setting that values curiosity, creativity, and inclusion.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position.
• Relocation provided.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior