Head of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization

Head Of Engineering & Platforms, Product Organization

Location(s):
United States of America

City / Cities:
Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:
Yes

Job Posting End Date:
January 14, 2026

Shift: Up to 25% travel with an expectation to be in the office 3 days a week.

Primary

Location:

Applicants must currently reside in, or be willing to relocate to the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Education:

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field preferred.

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.

1. Engineering Vision, Technical Strategy & Architecture : (30%)

• Define the long‑term engineering vision and technical strategy for North America, including platform architecture, shared services, integration patterns, and modernization priorities.
• Establish architectural principles that support rapid product development, global platform alignment, and multi‑market scalability.
• Lead build‑vs‑buy strategy, leveraging modern SaaS and platforms (e.g., Salesforce) while ensuring strategic capabilities are built in‑house for flexibility and differentiation.
• Ensure our architecture supports speed, resiliency, observability, and API‑first extensibility.

2. Build & Scale a Modern Technology Delivery Organization : (25%)

• Build an engineering organization centered around the Product Operating Model from inception, including structure, embedded product governance, talent model, leadership pipeline, and operating mechanisms.
• Hire, develop, and grow engineering managers, tech leads, and IC engineers across full‑stack, mobile, platform, data, and quality disciplines.
• Establish engineering culture rooted in empowerment, high ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Create career paths, competency models, and promotion frameworks consistent with elite product engineering organizations.

3. Engineering Excellence, Delivery Velocity & Operational Maturity : (20%)

• Implement world‑class engineering practices : CI / CD, automated testing, Dev Ops, observability, incident response, and performance engineering.
• Ensure teams own what they build end‑to‑end with defined SLAs, performance metrics, and operational readiness criteria.
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, through automation, scalability, and cost efficiency across digital systems.
• Modernize workflows with AI‑driven development tools, automated QA, and intelligent developer productivity platforms.

4. Cross‑Functional Leadership & Enterprise Collaboration : (15%)

• Operate as the engineering counterpart to the Product Leader, co‑owning discovery, experimentation, prioritization, and outcome delivery.
• Build strategic partnerships across North America functional leadership teams and with both North America and Global Digital & Technology Services.
• Align technical strategy with commercial, customer, and operational priorities across a highly matrixed system.
• Ensure engineering is deeply embedded in customer understanding and business context.

5. Innovation, Platform Leverage & Future Capability Creation : (10%)

• Accelerate time‑to‑market through shared platform capabilities, reusable primitives, and high‑leverage engineering patterns.
• Introduce new technologies, AI capabilities, automation, and modern integration approaches that materially improve customer and operational outcomes.
• Champion innovation grounded in measurable value : speed, reliability, cost, or customer impact.
• Influence global platform strategy by representing North America needs and identifying reusable patterns across markets.

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