Director, Sustainability Tech Lead

Coca-Cola; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola is seeking a Director, Sustainability Tech Lead to bridge sustainability, business, and technology. You will define the sustainability technology roadmap, govern architecture and data standards, and ensure systems align with Azure and regulatory reporting needs.

You will lead a cross-functional team to deliver scalable carbon accounting, ESG reporting, and supply chain transparency, working with SAP SFM, Enablon, and related platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, CS, Engineering or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with Azure cloud services and data platforms.
• IT architecture experience with oversight or DevOps modeling.
• Develop, test, and deploy application functionalities per project specs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end sustainability technology roadmap and data architecture.
• Define technical architectures and data integration patterns for ESG reporting and carbon accounting.
• Provide architectural guidance to IT engagements supporting sustainability teams.
• Lead proofs of concept and vendor evaluations to advance enterprise capabilities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to translate business needs into sustainable technology solutions.
• Oversight of architecture and ensure integration with Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Business architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in MIS / CS / Engineering

Tools

Azure cloud services

Data Lake

SAP SFM

Enablon

Job description

Job Description Summary:

Our IT delivery and support system are continuously evolving to matchour entrepreneurial pace to mettevolving global regulatory, corporate compliance requirements andconsumer needs. The candidate in this role will work with our businessquality, safety andenvironmental(QSE)andenvironmental, social and governance (ESG)teamstop roadmap desired system functionality and deliver scalable capabilities.

The Director, Sustainability Tech Lead role serves as a strategic bridge between sustainability, business, and technology teams, translating environmental and social goals into scalable,dat‑driven technology capabilities. The role defines the sustainability technology roadmap, governs architecture and data standards, and ensures systems are compliant withour Microsoft Azure cloud ecosystem andevolving regulatory and reporting requirements.

The successful candidate has end-to-end architectural responsibility for systemswithin the sustainability technology stackand will work closely with other technical architects within the company to transform comprehensive integrated solutions, defining the enterprise sustainability technology roadmap,governing data standards, and ensuring full integration with our Microsoft Azure cloud ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstratedbusiness understandingofSustainabilityandexperience with QSE &ESG platforms (e.g., SAP SFM, Enablon)

• Experience withStakeholder toestablishstrong partnerships andbuildbusinessrelationshipsincluding leading highly productive teams.

• Experience with Enablon or Enterprise Sustainabilityor related carbon management solutions.

• Work withstakeholdershipartnershipsto understand business strategy and define business architecture, inclusive of artifacts such as capability maps, valuestreamsand roadmaps.

• Act as Technical Product Manager leading the project team that develops and implements the vision andstrategy for enterprise sustainability technology solutions (e.g., SAP SFM,Enablon)across our Microsoft enterprise platform.

• Define strategic sustainability capabilities, technical architectures, and data integration patterns needed to support automated carbon accounting, ESG reporting, and supply chain transparency.

• Provide architectural guidance to IT client engagement lead for sustainability teams

• Propose, develop, and execute proof of concepts for new technologieswhich could result in differentiating capabilities.

• Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technology concepts, vendors, and products. As well as managevendor relationships.

• Lead vendor assessments, security reviews, and compliance audits. Ensure compatibility and integration of products/services within the broader ecosystem.

• Clearly defineobjectives, coordinate with vendors, and lead execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and test & learn pilots to investigate issues, accelerate learning and confirm feasibility.

• Understand business needs, define solutions, produce design artifacts with required functions, interfacesand detailed technical architecture, including system, sub-system, and componentdesigns.

• Develop solution alternatives, schedule and cost estimates, proposalsand SOWs for approval.

• Create and deliver presentations to senior leadership in support of technology strategy, investments, and initiatives.

• Lead andfacilitate business process modeling sessions to develop, assess, streamline, redesign andoptimize processes and workflows.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science,Engineeringor related field preferred

• 5+ years’ experience with Azure cloud services,Data Lake, Fabric or full-stack application development, and product operating model delivery.

• Experience inIT architecture experience with architectural oversight or managing dev-ops models.

• Develop,test,and deploy appfunctionalities according to project specifications and development standards