Senior Manager, Legal IT

The Senior Manager, IT Legal provides strategic and operational leadership for technology solutions supporting the Legal function within Enterprise IT. This role oversees the design, delivery, and ongoing optimization of legal IT platforms and digital capabilities, ensuring alignment with business strategy, compliance requirements, and enterprise architecture standards. The Senior Manager partners closely with Legal leadership, Enterprise Architects, and cross-functional IT teams to modernize systems, drive innovation, and ensure stable, secure, and scalable operations. In addition to technical leadership, the role is responsible for managing vendor management, stakeholder management, and governance across IT Legal initiatives., Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as the primary IT partner to the Legal function, translating legal and regulatory business needs into scalable IT solutions and roadmaps.

• Collaborate with Legal leadership, Enterprise Architects, and other IT leaders to define strategic priorities and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.

• Provide thought leadership on modern legal technology solutions, automation, and data-driven capabilities to improve efficiency and compliance.

Solution Delivery & Operations

• Lead the design, implementation, enhancement, and support of Legal IT platforms and related enterprise solutions, including integration with ERP and master data systems.

• Ensure adherence to development standards, security policies, compliance requirements, and best practices across all Legal IT solutions.

• Oversee production operations, including incident management, root cause analysis, enhancements, automated testing, and hyper-care support.

• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of Legal IT systems across global operations.

• Oversee project and test management activities, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and clear documentation.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance teams to ensure IT solutions meet regulatory, privacy, and data governance requirements.

• Establish and enforce governance models for solution design, change management, and vendor engagement within the Legal IT domain.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive exploration and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled legal tools, automation, and analytics, to solve complex business challenges.

• Lead prototyping and proof-of-concept initiatives, evaluating trade-offs and benefits of proposed solutions.

• Promote continuous improvement through process optimization, automation, and platform modernization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline (Master’s degree preferred).

• 5+ years of experience in IT, with progressively increasing responsibility in enterprise application delivery and support.

• Strong understanding of Legal, compliance, contract management, or related enterprise domains.

• In-depth knowledge of SAP (any module), Legal tech platforms, or Master Data Management.

• Experience with databases such as SQL, Oracle, or SAP HANA.

• Exposure to AI, ML, automation, or advanced analytics in enterprise or legal technology contexts.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and enterprise collaboration tools.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Relevant technology certifications (SAP, Cloud, or Enterprise Platforms, Project Management, Agile, or ITIL certification).

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, including interaction with senior leaders.

Reporting Relationships

Role reports to Senior Director, IT Finance Services

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company’s sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Budget Management, Communication, Data Analytics, DOT Regulations, Group Problem Solving, JDA (Inactive), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Oracle Transportation Management, SAP Manufacturing Execution (SAP ME), Supply Chain, Tableau (Software), Transportation Logistics, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Transportation Planning

United States of America: 152,000 USD - 178,300 USD

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 15

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target., Pay Range:United States of America: 0 USD - 0 USD Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.