Senior Director IT Product - Corporate Functions

What does the Senior Director IT Product do at Swire Coca-Cola?
Swire Coca-Cola is looking for a strategic minded Senior Director Product to support the Corporate functions as we drive our technological roadmap. This leadership position is a technology enthusiast with a customer centric mindset who is passionate about driving a company's digital transformation and value. Working in a fast paced environment, you will lead a team of direct and indirect reports, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability to resolve complex technical and business challenges. In this position you are responsible for development of the departmental technology strategies and roadmaps and overseeing the prioritization and execution of high-impact projects, ensuring alignment with the company's vision and goals. You will help both business units and IT ensure we are pursuing technology solutions that support Swire's strategic goals with high-value business outcomes. This leader will also engage with the bottler community to help leverage best practices and maintain awareness of industry trends and areas for optimization.

Responsibilities:

• Technology Strategies and Roadmaps: Collaborate with business leaders to design and implement technology solutions that enhance operational efficiency and advance digital capabilities.
• Strategic Leadership: Guide the Technology Products team to deliver initiatives that support business goals, collaborate on budgeting with department heads, and find opportunities for technological advancement within Swire IT.
• Technology Initiative Management: Drive strategic process improvements, develop project frameworks and infrastructure, and ensure the Technology Product team is trained in key methodologies.
• Executive Collaboration: Partner with C-suite executives, senior leadership, and other stakeholders to drive organizational success and innovation. Work with IT functional leaders to coordinate priorities, resolve issues, mitigate risks, and ensure delivery of high-value, high-quality work.
• Initiative Oversight: Oversee critical initiatives related to infrastructure, security, reporting and insights, third-party software implementation and integration, and postproduction system support. Ensure rigorous accountability for project cost, quality, and schedule, maintaining high standards of performance.
• Financial Accountability: Manage project budgets effectively, ensuring cost control and financial accountability. Optimize resource allocation to maximize return on investment for all projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate stakeholder engagement by building strong relationships and maintaining clear communication across the organization. Ensure stakeholders are informed through regular dashboard reporting and PMO trackers, recommend improvements, and share best practices in collaboration with the Corporate Enterprise PMO.
• Operational Process Excellence: To support operational process excellence, the Senior Director IT Technology Solutions enforces the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), drives ongoing process improvements, and evaluates IT service results and user satisfaction. These efforts streamline operations, cut costs, and boost project success, reinforcing a culture of accountability and high performance.
• Leadership and Team Development: Leadership and Team Development focuses on building a high-performance team culture by enhancing skills, improving processes and KPIs, and ensuring team members have the support needed to excel in technology project and product management.
• Process Improvement: Drive strategic process improvements, develop project frameworks and infrastructure, and ensure the Technology Product team is trained in key methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Information Systems required
• Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Information Systems preferred
• 10+ years in Technology or IT experience across multiple disciplines managing IT related projects/products including large enterprise required
• 5+ years in people leader role leading a product, project, or program managers including leading large enterprise IT initiatives required
• 4+ years experience using Scrum PM methodologies either as a Scrum Master or as a Product Owner or PMBOK principles preferred
• 3+ years experience in food/beverage industry or CPG or other manufacturing industry preferred
• 5+ years product, Program Management or Portfolio Experience preferred

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Swire Coca-Cola is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer that participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Swire Coca-Cola does not sponsor applicants for work visas.