The Coca-Cola Company · 1 month ago
Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization
US - GA - Atlanta
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$210K/yr - $237K/yr
15+ years expThe Coca-Cola Company is a globally recognized brand, and they are seeking a Head of Engineering & Platforms to build and scale their product management team for core Customer and Commercial Experience platforms. This role involves establishing the engineering capability that powers digital products, defining the technical strategy, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
Consumer GoodsFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Architect the Product Organization’s long-term technical vision, strategy, and platform roadmap for North America
Lead build-vs-buy decisions, strategically blending SaaS with proprietary tech. Ensure agile, resilient, observable, API-first architecture
Build a 100-150+ person engineering organization from scratch, fully embedded in our Product Operating Model
Hire, develop, and mentor leaders and ICs across full-stack, mobile, platform, data, and quality
Foster a culture of empowerment, ownership, and technical excellence
Implement world-class engineering practices: advanced CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps, observability, and incident response
Instill end-to-end ownership with clear SLAs
Drive continuous improvement in reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency using AI-driven tools
Partner seamlessly with Product leadership on discovery, experimentation, and outcome delivery
Forge strategic alliances across North America and Global Digital & Technology, aligning technical strategy with business priorities
Embed engineering deeply in customer understanding
Accelerate market impact through shared platform capabilities
Introduce cutting-edge tech, AI, and automation to improve customer and operational outcomes
Champion innovation tied to measurable value: speed, reliability, cost, and impact. Influence global platform strategy
Direct accountability for engineering talent and delivery embedded in the Product Organization, including product and platform engineering teams
Ownership of a ~$40M+ annual product engineering investment portfolio, spanning engineering capacity, platforms, cloud, and SaaS
Build and scale a 100–150+ person product engineering organization, directly leading 6–10 senior engineering leaders
Shape multi-year product platform roadmaps and modernization initiatives in partnership with Product leadership
Influence broader technology strategy through collaboration and alignment, not enterprise ownership
The Product Organization operates within a deeply matrixed system spanning Company Operating Units, global platforms, and bottling partners. This role demands strong judgment in balancing product autonomy, enterprise standards, and platform reuse
Modernizes how the enterprise builds, tests, deploys, and operates digital products by introducing advanced engineering practices, automation, and AI-enabled development tools
Drives the creation of scalable, reusable platform services that allow product teams to move faster, reduce redundancy, and deliver consistent experiences across markets and channels
Leads the architecture and technical strategy that enable new digital capabilities, including real-time data, personalization, mobile performance, service reliability, and multi-entity integration
Champions experimentation and rapid learning, enabling engineering teams to test technical approaches, validate patterns, and iterate quickly, while maintaining high standards for reliability and security
Identifies emerging technologies and brings forward solutions that improve performance, cost efficiency, developer experience, and long-term system scalability
Ensures innovation is purposeful, tied to measurable business outcomes, and aligned with commercial, customer, and operational strategies
Directly leads 6–10 engineering leaders, including engineering managers, directors, principal engineers, product leaders, platform leads, and quality leaders
Builds and scales a 100–150+ person engineering organization from the ground up, creating product-focused team models, leadership development programs, hiring standards, and systems that support rapid learning and capability growth
Designs the engineering organization structure, including team topology, decision rights, and operating mechanisms that support empowered product teams
Builds engineering leadership bench strength, coaches senior leaders, and ensures robust succession planning for critical technical and managerial roles
Defines engineering career paths, competency expectations, performance standards, and a talent philosophy consistent with world-class product engineering organizations
Creates a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement, ensuring teams are empowered and aligned to enterprise outcomes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred
15+ years of progressive engineering experience, including both leadership roles and hands-on time building scalable solutions
10+ years in a business-facing role with many non-technical stakeholders, recommending and executing a technical vision to deliver business value
7+ years leading engineering organizations, with proven success managing engineering managers, technical leads, and senior ICs
Demonstrated experience building or scaling an engineering organization, ideally in a high-growth or transformation context where foundational structures and practices needed to be created
Proven track record co-leading with Product, Design, and Data in an empowered product model, including shared responsibility for discovery, prioritization, and outcome delivery
Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to translate technical considerations into business impacts and build alignment across diverse stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to operate in complex, multi-entity, global/local ecosystems with distributed decision rights and shared platforms
Preferred
3+ years implementing and leading a Product Management Engineering team preferred
Benefits
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Access to resources such as Coke University, LinkedIn Learning and management programs that give you the resources to continually develop your skills and knowledge.
Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is a soft drink manufacturer & distributor that makes a variety of soft drinks, including diet coke and regular coke.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1919-09-05IPO
Leadership Team
Henrique Braun
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Henry
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Recent News
2026-01-16
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