Senior Director, AI Cyber Programs & Emerging Technology

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

5d • $202,000 - $229,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Director, AI Cyber Programs and Emerging Technology leads The Coca-Cola Company's efforts to harness artificial intelligence for cyber defense while ensuring the Company's growing use of AI across the enterprise is secure, resilient, and responsibly deployed. This is a dual-mission role: accelerating AI adoption within the cybersecurity function and serving as the hands-on technical leader who partners with AI governance, Data & AI, and business units to safeguard the Company's AI investments. Reporting to the Senior Director, Cyber Defense, this role builds and leads a specialized team of AI security and automation professionals. The Senior Director sets the technical direction for agentic security operations, AI-driven detection and response, and adversarial AI testing, while also scanning the horizon for emerging technology risks such as quantum computing, next-generation adversary tradecraft, and novel attack surfaces introduced by rapidly evolving technology platforms. The role requires equal comfort working with senior leadership within the Company and hands-on technical environments.

Requirements

• Minimum 12–15 years of progressive cybersecurity experience, with at least 5 years in leadership roles and significant hands-on experience applying AI and machine learning to security operations.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying AI-driven security capabilities in a large, complex enterprise environment, including agentic AI, automated detection and response, or AI-assisted threat analysis.
• Strong technical understanding of AI and machine learning fundamentals, including large language models, ML pipelines, agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, and adversarial AI techniques.
• Working knowledge of AI security risks, including prompt injection, data poisoning, model inversion, training data extraction, and supply chain risks in AI/ML toolchains.
• Familiarity with AI governance and risk frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.
• Experience with emerging technology risk assessment, including quantum computing implications for cryptography and security.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear, actionable language for senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Track record of building and leading technical teams, including hiring, mentoring, and developing talent in a fast-moving domain.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field required.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience and certifications, highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC (any), or AI-specific credentials (e.g., IAPP AIGP) are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for deploying AI and machine learning capabilities across the cybersecurity function, including agentic security operations, automated threat detection, intelligent triage, and AI-assisted vulnerability management.
• Identify, evaluate, and pilot emerging AI technologies that can measurably improve the speed, accuracy, and coverage of cyber defense operations.
• Partner with Cybersecurity Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Security Engineering teams to embed AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling.
• Establish metrics and feedback loops to measure the effectiveness of AI-driven security capabilities and continuously improve them.
• Serve as the senior technical advisor on securing the Company's use of AI, including large language models, machine learning pipelines, agentic AI systems, and third-party AI-enabled products.
• Partner with AI Risk & Governance, Legal, Privacy, and Data & AI to translate governance policies into hands-on technical controls and security requirements.
• Lead technical assessments of AI systems for risks including prompt injection, data poisoning, model exfiltration, training data leakage, and adversarial manipulation.
• Develop and maintain security standards, reference architectures, and guardrails for the secure development and deployment of AI systems across the enterprise.
• Oversee the Company's AI red team capability, ensuring systematic adversarial testing of AI models, AI-enabled applications, and AI infrastructure before and after deployment.
• Ensure testing methodologies align with industry frameworks such as NIST AI Risk Management Framework, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.
• Coordinate with external partners, consultants, and bug bounty programs for specialized AI security assessments as needed.
• Monitor the technology landscape for emerging risks and opportunities, including quantum computing readiness, post-quantum cryptography, novel adversary techniques, and new attack surfaces introduced by evolving enterprise technology.
• Advise Cyber Defense leadership and the CISO on the security implications of emerging technology trends and recommend proactive measures.
• Represent the Company's cybersecurity perspective in cross-functional emerging technology forums and industry working groups.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of AI security and automation professionals.
• Set clear performance expectations, provide regular coaching and feedback, and create career development paths for team members.
• Foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning within the team.
• Manage goals, objectives, vendor relationships, and resource planning for the AI Cyber Programs function.

Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.

What This Job Offers

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