The Coca-Cola Company · 4 hours ago
Senior Director, Engineering, Service
US - GA - Atlanta
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$193K/yr - $224K/yr
8+ years expThe Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Senior Director of Technology accountable for technical leadership and engineering strategy. This role manages Tech Leads within cross-functional product teams, ensuring technology decisions drive customer outcomes and business results.
Consumer GoodsFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Partner with Product and Design leadership to co-own outcomes, not output
Ensure Tech Leads actively contribute to product discovery, feasibility assessment, and rapid experimentation
Translate product strategy into cohesive technical direction across teams
Own the technical vision and architecture guardrails for the product portfolio
Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability
Drive architectural consistency while enabling team-level autonomy
Make explicit trade-offs across speed, cost, risk, and scalability
Ensure teams consistently deliver reliable, secure, and high-quality software
Establish and enforce engineering standards (CI/CD, testing, observability, security, resilience)
Remove systemic impediments to flow and throughput
Use data to continuously improve delivery performance (cycle time, reliability, defects, availability)
Directly manage and develop a cohort of Tech Leads
Set clear expectations for technical leadership, decision-making, and collaboration
Coach Tech Leads to operate as strong partners to Product Managers and Designers
Build bench strength through mentoring, succession planning, and targeted growth plans
Serve as a senior technology voice with peers in Product, Architecture, Security, Data, and Operations
Influence funding, sequencing, and prioritization through evidence-based recommendations
Ensure compliance with enterprise risk, security, and regulatory requirements without slowing teams unnecessarily
Act as a primary technology partner to business leadership, translating business strategy, customer needs, and market dynamics into clear technical direction and delivery plans
Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders by communicating progress, trade-offs, risks, and investment decisions in clear, outcome-focused language
Ensure Tech Leads are effective communicators who can explain technical decisions in business terms and engage confidently with non-technical audiences
Represent technology with external customers, partners, and vendors, articulating product capabilities, roadmap intent, architectural posture, and delivery commitments with credibility and clarity
Proactively surface and frame technology constraints, dependencies, and risks early, enabling informed business decisions rather than late surprises
Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and Business teams by ensuring shared understanding of goals, success measures, and value realization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree preferably in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience in the Product Operating Model
Prefer 8+ years experience leading a Product technology team
Proven success leading product teams in continuous discovery and delivery
Strong system design and architecture expertise in modern cloud-native environments
Deep understanding of DevOps, SRE, and secure-by-design principles
Demonstrated ability to coach senior engineers and scale teams
Benefits
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
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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