Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization

Position Title
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Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization (R-132766)
Travel
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Up to 25% travel with an expectation to be in the office 3 days a week.
Education
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Bachelor’s degree required;advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.

This is a People Leader role. The incumbent must be currently based in or willing to relocate to the Atlanta, GA area
and work 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'reraisingour 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 technicalbackbone for our digital product sand 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 passionate about building modern, product-led organizations and defining our technical future, we want to meet you.

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 going forward in the largest operating unit ($18Bn+) in The Coca-Cola Company.

This leader sets the engineering vision and technical strategy across the Customer Experience Landscape, ensuring our products and platforms are resilient, secure, scalable, and designed for high-velocity iteration. They 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.

The Head of Engineering & Platforms is a critical partner to leaders across the enterprise within both North America and the globe. Together, they shape integrated digital experiences and ensure engineering is tightly embedded in discovery, experimentation, and the delivery of customer, partner, and associate facing solutions.

This role requires deep technical judgment, business acumen, a product-oriented mindset, and the ability to build and scale engineering capabilities in a complex, multi-entity operating environment. The leader will define not just how we build technology, but how technology creates true business value and a strategic advantage for the System.

• 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, Dev Ops, 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…