Senior Director, Enterprise Architect

As a strategic leader at The Coca-Cola Company, you will shape the technical and architectural landscape, bridging business strategy and technology execution. You will ensure our global digital ecosystem—including core SAP ERP systems, Salesforce, Marketing platforms, AI platforms, and next-generation emerging technologies—is designed for massive-scale infrastructure, agility, scalability, and future readiness.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Architectural Vision: Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap. Align technical investments with long-term business goals, focusing on total cost of ownership (TCO), scalability, and security.
• Platform Governance & Standardization: Oversee the architectural integrity of global core applications across core tech, digital, cloud, and AI infrastructure. Establish standards for integration, data flow, and platform interoperability.
• Transformation Leadership: Lead the rationalization of global application portfolios, drive cloud-first initiatives, and ensure robust support for complex enterprise-wide functions with AI and agentic workflows in mind. Act as a key stakeholder in the Global PMO, influencing project prioritization and shaping multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Portfolio Shaping: Partner with senior business leadership and IT project managers to evaluate new technology, assess technical debt, and ensure the project portfolio delivers maximum business value without compromising system stability.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the "Architectural Consultant" to senior leadership and functional leaders. Translate complex technical requirements into business outcomes, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Change Agent: Navigate the complexities of a large, matrixed organization. Drive the adoption of modern architectural practices (e.g., API-first design, microservices, cloud-native architecture, agentic) across global business units.

Success Metrics

• Roadmap Alignment: Influence the annual IT project portfolio to ensure 80%+ of investments align with the defined target architecture.
• Technical Debt Reduction: Measure the rationalization and decommissioning of legacy systems over a 24-month period.
• Agility & Time-to-Market: Demonstrate improvements in the delivery speed of enterprise-wide initiatives through standardized integration patterns and cloud adoption.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, IT strategy, or large-scale technology leadership, with significant experience at enterprise or global scale.
• Proven leadership experience at senior or executive level, leading large, cross-functional teams and influencing C-suite and business leaders.
• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and practices (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and governance models.
• Strong experience defining and executing enterprise-wide technology roadmaps aligned to business strategy and measurable outcomes.
• Extensive knowledge of modern architectures including cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), data and analytics platforms, integration, security, and scalable application ecosystems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive digital transformation, modernization of legacy platforms, and adoption of emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, automation).
• Proven success in portfolio investment decisions, technology standardization, and cost-benefit analysis at enterprise scale.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority across executive, technical, and business audiences.
• Strong vendor and partner management experience, including sourcing strategy, contract negotiation, and performance governance.
• Experience operating in Agile and product-based delivery models within complex, regulated, or multi-market environments.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, cloud architecture certifications) strongly preferred.

Reports to VP Core Technology. The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (e.g., H1-B visa) for this position; applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Pay

• Base Pay Range (United States): 217,400 USD – 245,300 USD. Offer may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 50% (market-based competitive value for the role, indicating performance at target).
• Long-term Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 20% (market-based competitive value for the role).

Schedule

• Travel Required: 0% – 25%.
• Relocation Provided: Yes.
• Location(s): United States of America (Atlanta).