Senior Director, Software Engineering

The Coca-Cola Company • Atlanta, GA

4d • $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 the portfolio’s products and platforms, supporting customer and service experiences across North America, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. It is a foundational leadership role with executive support to build and operate a modern, durable, globally scaled product engineering organization. The leader directs an engineering organization of 250+ associates and contractors under a Product Operating Model and is accountable for platform resilience, scalability, and performance.

The position combines technical authority with product orientation: it calls for a leader who can engage in executive strategy and architecture reviews, and get hands-on with technology when needed. A key priority is to apply Generative AI across the software development lifecycle and product portfolio, advancing from AI-assisted workflows to AI-enabled delivery and decision-making at scale, responsibly and with measurable business value.

Senior Directors, Directors, and Managers across the product engineering teams report to this role. The position reports to the Vice President, Platform & Product Engineering, and partners closely with Senior Directors across Platform, Operations, and Architecture. The role is based in Atlanta, United States, requires 0%–25% travel, and offers relocation. The company will not sponsor employment-based visas for this position; applicants must already be authorized to work full-time in the United States without company sponsorship.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including senior leadership experience and meaningful hands-on work 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.
• Experience partnering closely 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 credibly 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; MarTech/AdTech and consumer-facing digital products are particularly relevant.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI or Generative AI enablement in product or platform environments with measurable business impact.
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML platforms, LLM integration, agentic patterns, RAG, and architectural and governance requirements for scalable, governed AI deployment.
• Ability to drive workforce and process transformation to support AI-augmented development and decision-making.
• Exceptional communication skills for explaining complex technical topics to senior executives and business stakeholders and influencing enterprise technology strategy.
• Strong business acumen connecting engineering investments to measurable business outcomes.
• Calm, steady leadership style that brings 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, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and demonstrated professional experience.
• Must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require company sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Experience that began with hands-on software development and grew into technology thought leadership.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale platforms in MarTech/AdTech and consumer-facing digital products.

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 from discovery through delivery, operation, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent and leaders while 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, delivering quality, reliability, and speed.
• Partner with Product Management and Product Design in a durable one-team model to solve business problems.
• Drive measurable outcomes in business impact, system reliability, performance, scalability, and consumer experience.
• Define and evolve technical strategy, architecture, and engineering practices for scalable, resilient, and secure product platforms.
• Provide technical oversight for critical systems and platform investments, maintaining sufficient technical depth to lead effectively.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy trade-offs and ensure systems are durable, operable, and designed for scale, resiliency, sustainability, and delivery speed.
• Champion Generative AI and agentic capabilities across the SDLC and product portfolio to improve developer velocity, decision quality, and operational efficiency.
• Prepare teams for AI-augmented work through workforce and process redesign and change enablement.
• Advise senior business and technology leaders, translating technical topics 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%.
• Long-term incentive reference value of 20%.
• Relocation provided.

What This Job Offers

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