Senior Director, Software Engineering

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

1d • $217,400 - $245,300

About The Position

The Senior Director, Software Engineering is the senior technology leader accountable for end-to-end product development across the global MarTech, AdTech, Customer, and Commercial portfolio. The role owns engineering strategy and execution for products and platforms that support customer and service experiences across North America, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. It is a foundational leadership position with the mandate and executive support to build and run a modern, durable product engineering organization at global scale. The leader directs an organization of 250+ associates and contractors operating within a modern Product Operating Model and is accountable for the resilience, scalability, and performance of platforms affecting consumer engagement, commercial performance, and data-driven decision-making.

The position combines technical authority with product orientation. It calls for a leader who can move between executive strategy and architecture reviews, engage with technology when needed, and guide a large, globally distributed team through complexity and change. A defining priority is advancing the use of Generative AI across the software development lifecycle and product portfolio, moving from AI-assisted workflows toward responsible, measurable AI-enabled delivery and decision-making at scale.

The role’s Senior Directors, Directors, and Managers across product engineering report to it. It reports to the Vice President, Platform & Product Engineering, and partners closely with Senior Directors across Platform, Operations, and Architecture. The position is based in Atlanta, United States, with 0%–25% travel and relocation provided. Applicants must already be authorized to work full time in the United States and must not require company sponsorship to continue working legally.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including senior leadership roles and meaningful hands-on experience building scalable solutions.
• 5+ years leading engineering organizations within a Product Operating Model or equivalent modern product-centric environment.
• 5+ years leading engineering through organizational transformation and modernization at scale.
• 10+ years building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including leading managers and technical leads.
• Strong partnership experience with Product Management and Product Design in empowered team environments.
• Deep expertise in modern software architecture, distributed systems, and platform engineering, with the ability to engage engineers on design and trade-offs and get hands-on when needed.
• Strong command of cloud architectures, including AWS and/or Azure, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Track record delivering complex, enterprise-scale platforms and systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI or Generative AI enablement within product or platform environments, with measurable business impact.
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML platforms, LLM integration and agentic patterns, RAG, and the architectural and governance requirements for scalable, governed AI deployment.
• Proven ability to drive workforce and process transformation in support of AI-augmented development and decision-making.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to senior executives and business stakeholders and influence enterprise technology strategy.
• Strong business acumen connecting engineering investments to measurable business outcomes.
• Calm, steady leadership style that provides clarity under pressure and earns trust across a large, globally distributed, multi-vendor organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field required; equivalent education, training, and demonstrated professional experience will also be considered.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Coca-Cola sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Ideally began as a developer and grew into a technology thought leader.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale platforms, ideally across MarTech/AdTech and consumer-facing digital products.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed engineering organization under the Product Operating Model, with accountability for product and platform outcomes across MarTech and AdTech.
• Build empowered teams that own business problems end to end, from discovery through delivery, operation, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent and leaders, fostering technical excellence, craftsmanship, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Establish engineering standards, operating rhythms, and accountability frameworks aligned to business outcomes.
• Own end-to-end development for the global MarTech and AdTech product portfolio, ensuring quality, reliability, and speed.
• Partner with Product Management and Product Design in a durable one-team model to address business problems.
• Drive measurable outcomes for business impact, system reliability, performance, scalability, and consumer experience.
• Define and evolve technical strategy, architecture, and engineering practices for scalable, resilient, and secure global product platforms.
• Provide technical oversight for critical systems and platform investments, maintaining sufficient technical engagement to lead credibly.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy trade-offs with a long-term view, supporting durability, operability, and speed.
• Ensure systems are designed for scale, resiliency, and long-term sustainability while balancing delivery speed and technical excellence.
• Champion Generative AI and agentic capabilities across the SDLC and product portfolio to improve developer velocity, decision quality, and operational efficiency.
• Drive readiness for AI-augmented work, including workforce and process redesign and change enablement.
• Advise senior business and technology leaders, translating technical concepts into business implications.
• Communicate engineering strategy, risks, trade-offs, and investment needs to executive stakeholders.
• Influence enterprise technology direction, align product engineering with enterprise architecture and business strategy, and participate in executive planning cycles.

Benefits

• Exposure to global technology leaders and emerging technologies and techniques.
• Opportunities to develop, enhance, and maintain global connections.
• Agile work environment with management focused on removing barriers and empowering experimentation, iteration, and innovation.
• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position.
• Annual incentive reference value of 50% at target.
• Long-term incentive reference value of 20%.
• Relocation provided.

What This Job Offers

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