Senior Director, Cyber Solutions & PMO operations

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Job Description Summary:

Overview  

The   Sr.   Director, Cyber Solutions & PMO Operations leads the delivery of a large, multi-year program to modernize cyber defense and enterprise resilience across The Coca-Cola Company. The role is accountable for the end-to-end program management of this initiative — charter, plan, milestones, dependencies, risks, budget, and executive reporting — and for the disciplined PMO operations that keep   a highly complex , highly visible program on track.  

A defining focus of the program is Artificial Intelligence — both leveraging AI to modernize the Company's defensive capabilities and enterprise   resilience, and   hardening the Company against AI-enabled threats and misuse. The   Sr.   Director orchestrates the work of Cyber, Enterprise Technology, business, and external delivery partners to ensure this modernization delivers measurable outcomes at   Coca -Cola scal e.  

This is an individual-contributor role. The Director leads through influence rather than direct authority, working across a networked global organization to align senior stakeholders, remove obstacles, and drive execution. The role reports to the Senior Director, Cyber Defense / Deputy CISO within the Chief Information Security Office.  

Key Responsibilities  

Program Leadership  

• Own end-to-end delivery of the cyber defense and enterprise resilience modernization program, translating executive vision into a clear multi-year roadmap, milestones, and measurable outcomes.  

• Establish and   maintain   the   program   charter, scope, dependencies, and success criteria in partnership with the CISO, Deputy CISO, and enterprise technology leaders.  

• Sequence workstreams and investments across a portfolio of interdependent initiatives, ensuring the program stays coherent as priorities and technology   shift .  

• Drive execution to committed milestones, actively unblocking   teams   and escalating decisions to keep the program   on   pace.  

PMO Operations  

• Run disciplined program-management operations: integrated plan, dependencies, budget and financial tracking, resource plan, RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions), and change control.  

• Manage workstream intake, prioritization, and dependency governance across the program's portfolio of initiatives, ensuring new demands are sequenced against capacity   and critical path.  

• Design and stand up the program's governance structure   ( steering   group , decision forums, working sessions, and escalation paths )   with clear decision rights,   cadences, and accountability   appropriate to   a highly visible enterprise program.  

• Set standards for planning quality, artifacts, and metrics across the program's workstreams; hold workstream leaders to those standards through influence, coaching, and executive visibility.  

• Manage the program budget and forecast with rigor, partnering with Finance and Procurement on approvals, capitalization, and vendor spend.  

• Own the program's executive reporting   capabilities ( dashboards, scorecards, milestone narratives, and   executive reporting   materials )   ensuring leadership has continuous,   decision-ready visibility into program progress, risks, investment performance, and value delivered.  

AI Enablement & Defense Focus  

• Ensure the program consistently   identifies   opportunities to   leverage   AI — including agentic and automation capabilities — to modernize defense, resilience, and operations.  

• Ensure the program's designs and deliverables address defense against AI-enabled threats, AI misuse, and emerging AI risks in partnership with the CISO organization and the AI Risk Governance Council.  

• Coordinate with the Chief AI Office, Data & AI, Legal, and Privacy so that AI-related program decisions are consistent with the Company's broader AI risk and governance posture.  

Enterprise Technology Integration  

• Partner with   the CISO leadership function leads,   Platform Services,   Data ,   IT Core , and Application Owners to ensure program deliverables integrate cleanly with the Company's technology landscape.  

• Bring practical, hands-earned experience of large enterprise technology delivery to program decisions — architecture trade-offs, build-vs-buy, cloud adoption, integration, data, and change adoption.  

• Ensure program deliverables are designed and delivered with resilience, operability, and long-term supportability in mind.  

Executive Engagement & Stakeholder Management  

• Serve as the program's senior operating leader with executive stakeholders across the CISO organization, Enterprise Technology, Finance, Legal, Privacy, HR, Communications, and the Bottling System.  

• Prepare and deliver clear, executive-framed reporting to the CISO, Deputy CISO, and enterprise leadership on program progress, risks, and decisions   required .  

• Support steering committee and board-adjacent updates with credible narratives, data, and options.  

• Build durable trust with senior leaders so that difficult trade-offs can be surfaced and resolved quickly.  

Vendor & Delivery Partner Management  

• Manage relationships with major implementation and technology partners, holding them accountable   to   outcomes, SLAs, and value delivered.  

• Coordinate with Procurement, Legal, and Privacy on contracts, statements of work, change orders, and third-party risk requirements.  

• Balance the mix of internal and external delivery capacity to keep the program cost-effective and   on   pace.  

Cross-Functional Influence  

• Lead a virtual program team of workstream leaders, subject-matter experts, and delivery partners without direct-reporting authority.  

• Set clear expectations, hold others accountable, and coach workstream leaders on program-management practice.  

• Build consensus and alignment across functions with different priorities, timelines, and operating styles.  

Continuous Improvement  

• Continuously improve the program's

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