Senior Director, Solution Architecture

Summary:   Being at the forefront of innovation is exciting ,   and leading transformation in a large global organization is a role that many people aspire to. If this is you, we have a transformational role in our newly developed platform services organization.   We’re   looking for a transformational leader in our technology services hub focused on marketing technologies.      The Senior Director, Solution Architecture , is the senior technical leader accountable for the overall architecture of Coca-Cola’s global   MarTech , AdTech, Customer,   and Commercial platforms and products.   Functioning as the chief architect for marketing technologies, this leader sets the architecture vision, standards ,   and patterns, and   leads the community of Lead and Platform Architects   across these domains, ensuring the technology landscape is coherent, scalable, secure ,   and built to last across all regions (North America, LATAM, EMEA, APAC).   This is a   hands-on, lead-by-example role . The right leader has strong foundations in programming and architectural principles, is comfortable getting into the code with engineering teams when it   helps, and   works shoulder to shoulder with engineers to develop the architectural and coding patterns the organization adopts. The role sets direction through credibility and contribution, not just governance.   In Coca-Cola’s networked organization,   collaboration is essential .   This leader earns influence by working well across teams, listening, and co-creating standards that engineers actually want to use.   They are open-minded, curious ,   and pragmatic, balancing strong technical opinions with the humility to learn from the teams and adapt.   A defining priority of this role is to be   Generative-AI savvy and forward-looking : defining how AI-native frameworks, autonomous agents, orchestration layers, vector data pipelines ,   and model governance operate securely and at scale across the global ecosystem, while keeping the architecture practical and cost-aware.   The   Lead and Platform Architects across   MarTech , AdTech, Customer ,   and Commercial   platforms   report to this leader , who is accountable for growing them and for the health of the overall architecture. This role reports to the   Vice President ,   Platform & Product Engineering ,   and partners closely with the Senior Directors across Product Development, Platform ,   and Operations.     What   You’ll   Do for Us:           Architecture Vision, Standards & Governance   Serve as the   chief architect   for the global   MarTech , AdTech, Customer ,   and Commercial ecosystem (owned consumer platforms, Adobe ecosystem, CDP/identity, workflow and delivery tooling, DAM/content supply chain, and key partner integrations).   Chair and govern the   Architecture Review Board ,   establishing   global engineering standards, reference blueprints, technical guardrails , and a sensible exception process that ensures consistency, security,   and quality across regions.   Define and drive the long-term technology roadmap, including how legacy systems deprecate and how modern paradigms are adopted across the ecosystem.   Provide macro-level oversight to audit,   optimize ,   and resolve major architectural dependencies across the portfolio, removing bottlenecks without micro-managing teams.   Hands-On Technical Leadership & Pattern Development   Stay   hands-on : work directly with engineering teams on critical designs, prototypes ,   and proofs of concept, and write code alongside the team when it accelerates a decision or unblocks delivery.   Co-create the   architectural and coding patterns, reference implementations ,   and “paved roads”   that teams adopt, so the right way is also the easy way.   Review and influence high-risk, high-impact designs (core platforms, identity, data, integrations), making clear, well-reasoned trade-offs