Senior Director, AI Cyber Programs & Emerging Technology

The Coca‑Cola Company

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Closes in 5 days

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Work type
On-site
Location
Atlanta, GA
Salary
$202,000–$229,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 6, 2026 (soon)

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This role pays less than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $198,262–$282,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $240k for comparable roles.

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About The Coca‑Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company is the world''s largest beverage company, producing and distributing iconic soft drinks, juices, water, and other beverages across more than 200 countries. Industry: Beverages & Consumer Goods

The Coca‑Cola Company currently has 7 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,300–$163,250 across 6 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Director, AI Cyber Programs & Emerging Technology

The Senior Director, AI Cyber Programs & Emerging Technology leads the efforts to harness artificial intelligence for cyber defense while ensuring secure, resilient, and responsible enterprise AI deployment. Reporting to the Senior Director, Cyber Defense, this leader builds and manages a specialized team of AI security and automation professionals. Key responsibilities include defining strategies for agentic security operations, automated threat detection, and AI-assisted vulnerability management. The role involves performing technical assessments for risks like prompt injection, data poisoning, and model exfiltration while overseeing an AI red team. Required expertise includes large language models, ML pipelines, and agentic frameworks. The position addresses technical challenges involving quantum computing readiness, post-quantum cryptography, and adversarial AI testing using frameworks like NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the strategy for deploying AI and machine learning capabilities across the cybersecurity function.
  • Identify, evaluate, and pilot emerging AI technologies to improve the speed and accuracy of cyber defense operations.
  • Serve as the senior technical advisor on securing large language models, machine learning pipelines, and agentic AI systems.
  • Translate governance policies into hands-on technical controls and security requirements for enterprise AI systems.
  • Oversee the AI red team capability to conduct systematic adversarial testing of AI models and infrastructure.
  • Monitor the technology landscape for emerging risks such as quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography.
  • Build and lead a high-performing team of AI security and automation professionals.
  • Manage goals, objectives, vendor relationships, and resource planning for the AI Cyber Programs function.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field is required.
  • Master's degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience and certifications, is highly desirable (preferred).
  • Minimum 12–15 years of progressive cybersecurity experience is required.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in leadership roles is required.
  • Significant hands-on experience applying AI and machine learning to security operations is required.
  • Demonstrated experience building and deploying AI-driven security capabilities in a large, complex enterprise environment is required.
  • Strong technical understanding of AI fundamentals, including LLMs, ML pipelines, agentic frameworks, and adversarial AI techniques is required.
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or AI-specific credentials like IAPP AIGP are preferred (preferred).

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