The Coca-Cola Company
Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization
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Position Title:
Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization (R-132766)
Travel:
Up to 25% travel with an expectation to be in the office 3 days a week.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.
Location:
Atlanta, GA – incumbent must be currently based in or willing to relocate; this is a People Leader role and requires a hybrid work schedule.
Digital products are central to how we create value, serve customers, and shape consumer experiences. Our product organization empowers small, agile teams to move with clarity, speed, and purpose, making digital a core advantage. We’re raising our standards across product, design, and engineering, deepening user connection, and rebuilding our foundational systems end‑to‑end.
We are building an in‑house engineering capability from the ground up, establishing the technical backbone for our digital products and platforms. This team will define the architecture and build resilient, scalable systems that accelerate value delivery and enable our product vision. If you are an engineering leader who has built modern, product‑led organizations and wants to do it again at a meaningful scale, we want to meet you.
About the Role The Head of Engineering & Platforms is the senior leader responsible for building and scaling the product management team for core customer and commercial experience platforms and the engineering capability that powers digital products for North America. This is a foundational, entrepreneurial role: this engineering organization is in its infancy, and this leader will take it from 0 → 1, establishing the Product Operating Model culture, systems, and technical backbone for how we build software in the largest operating unit ($18 Bn+) in The Coca‑Cola Company.
As the technical visionary, you will set engineering strategy across the Customer Experience Landscape, ensuring our products and platforms are resilient, secure, scalable, and designed for high‑velocity iteration. You will build modern engineering teams, elevate engineering excellence, and establish a platform architecture that accelerates product discovery, delivery, and the ability to measure outcomes across multiple markets, bottlers, and global ecosystems.
In partnership with leaders across the enterprise in North America and globally, you will shape integrated digital experiences and embed engineering in discovery, experimentation, and the delivery of customer, partner, and associate‑facing solutions.
Key Responsibilities Define Engineering Vision & Strategy
Architect the Product Organization’s long‑term technical vision, strategy, and platform roadmap for North America product experiences.
Lead build‑vs‑buy decisions, strategically blending SaaS with proprietary tech. Ensure agile, resilient, observable, API‑first architecture.
Build & Scale a Product‑Led Engineering Org
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.
Drive Engineering Excellence & Velocity
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.
Champion Cross‑Functional Leadership
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.
Ignite Innovation & Platform Leverage
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.
Scope & Impact
Direct accountability for engineering talent and delivery embedded in the Product Organization, including product and platform engineering teams.
Ownership of a ~$40 M+ annual product engineering investment portfolio, spanning engineering capacity, platforms, cloud, and SaaS.
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.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly lead 6–10 engineering leaders, including managers, directors, principal engineers, product leaders, platform leads, and quality leaders.
Design the engineering organization structure, including team topology, decision rights, and operating mechanisms that support empowered product teams.
Build engineering leadership bench strength, coach senior leaders, and ensure robust succession planning for critical technical and managerial roles.
Define engineering career paths, competency expectations, performance standards, and a talent philosophy consistent with world‑class product engineering organizations.
What You'll Need Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.
15+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 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.
3+ years implementing and leading engineering teams operating with a product operating model preferred.
Demonstrated experience building or scaling an engineering organization, ideally in a high‑growth or transformation context.
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.
What We Can Do For You
Iconic Brands: Work on the world’s most recognized brands while helping shape the next chapter of how they show up digitally for consumers and customers.
Access to world‑class leaders: Partner directly with senior marketing, product, and digital leaders across North America and globally, contributing to decisions that touch 2 Bn+ servings every day.
A culture of continuous learning: Invest in your growth through programs like Coke University, LinkedIn Learning, and leadership development initiatives designed to strengthen both technical and leadership capabilities.
Skills
Product Vision, Agile Methodology, Product Design, Product Organization, Product Management Leadership, Data Design, Delivering Value, Engineering Development, Digital Capabilities, Platform Strategy, Digital Technology
The Coca‑Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1‑B visa status and other employment‑based non‑immigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, 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.
Pay Range:
$210,000 - $237,000 Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
50%
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Position Title:
Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization (R-132766)
Travel:
Up to 25% travel with an expectation to be in the office 3 days a week.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.
Location:
Atlanta, GA – incumbent must be currently based in or willing to relocate; this is a People Leader role and requires a hybrid work schedule.
Digital products are central to how we create value, serve customers, and shape consumer experiences. Our product organization empowers small, agile teams to move with clarity, speed, and purpose, making digital a core advantage. We’re raising our standards across product, design, and engineering, deepening user connection, and rebuilding our foundational systems end‑to‑end.
We are building an in‑house engineering capability from the ground up, establishing the technical backbone for our digital products and platforms. This team will define the architecture and build resilient, scalable systems that accelerate value delivery and enable our product vision. If you are an engineering leader who has built modern, product‑led organizations and wants to do it again at a meaningful scale, we want to meet you.
About the Role The Head of Engineering & Platforms is the senior leader responsible for building and scaling the product management team for core customer and commercial experience platforms and the engineering capability that powers digital products for North America. This is a foundational, entrepreneurial role: this engineering organization is in its infancy, and this leader will take it from 0 → 1, establishing the Product Operating Model culture, systems, and technical backbone for how we build software in the largest operating unit ($18 Bn+) in The Coca‑Cola Company.
As the technical visionary, you will set engineering strategy across the Customer Experience Landscape, ensuring our products and platforms are resilient, secure, scalable, and designed for high‑velocity iteration. You will build modern engineering teams, elevate engineering excellence, and establish a platform architecture that accelerates product discovery, delivery, and the ability to measure outcomes across multiple markets, bottlers, and global ecosystems.
In partnership with leaders across the enterprise in North America and globally, you will shape integrated digital experiences and embed engineering in discovery, experimentation, and the delivery of customer, partner, and associate‑facing solutions.
Key Responsibilities Define Engineering Vision & Strategy
Architect the Product Organization’s long‑term technical vision, strategy, and platform roadmap for North America product experiences.
Lead build‑vs‑buy decisions, strategically blending SaaS with proprietary tech. Ensure agile, resilient, observable, API‑first architecture.
Build & Scale a Product‑Led Engineering Org
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.
Drive Engineering Excellence & Velocity
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.
Champion Cross‑Functional Leadership
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.
Ignite Innovation & Platform Leverage
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.
Scope & Impact
Direct accountability for engineering talent and delivery embedded in the Product Organization, including product and platform engineering teams.
Ownership of a ~$40 M+ annual product engineering investment portfolio, spanning engineering capacity, platforms, cloud, and SaaS.
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.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly lead 6–10 engineering leaders, including managers, directors, principal engineers, product leaders, platform leads, and quality leaders.
Design the engineering organization structure, including team topology, decision rights, and operating mechanisms that support empowered product teams.
Build engineering leadership bench strength, coach senior leaders, and ensure robust succession planning for critical technical and managerial roles.
Define engineering career paths, competency expectations, performance standards, and a talent philosophy consistent with world‑class product engineering organizations.
What You'll Need Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.
15+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 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.
3+ years implementing and leading engineering teams operating with a product operating model preferred.
Demonstrated experience building or scaling an engineering organization, ideally in a high‑growth or transformation context.
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.
What We Can Do For You
Iconic Brands: Work on the world’s most recognized brands while helping shape the next chapter of how they show up digitally for consumers and customers.
Access to world‑class leaders: Partner directly with senior marketing, product, and digital leaders across North America and globally, contributing to decisions that touch 2 Bn+ servings every day.
A culture of continuous learning: Invest in your growth through programs like Coke University, LinkedIn Learning, and leadership development initiatives designed to strengthen both technical and leadership capabilities.
Skills
Product Vision, Agile Methodology, Product Design, Product Organization, Product Management Leadership, Data Design, Delivering Value, Engineering Development, Digital Capabilities, Platform Strategy, Digital Technology
The Coca‑Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1‑B visa status and other employment‑based non‑immigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, 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.
Pay Range:
$210,000 - $237,000 Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
50%
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