COKE

Lead Data Engineer

Japan · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerCOKE
LocationJapan
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted16 Sep 2026

Job Description Summary:

Lead Data Engineer (Director)

Team:OU Digital, Japan & South Korea Operating Unit

Reports To:Senior Director, Data & Analytics

The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) is evolving into a more digital-first, data-driven enterprise to fuel sustainable growth, increase speed to market, and unlock new sources of value. Rapid advances in technology, data, and AI create a unique opportunity to accelerate The Coca-Cola Company system's next chapter of growth by reimagining our core competitive advantages. Building ona strong foundationof modernized infrastructure, global digital experiences, early data capabilities, and proven use cases, we are now shifting from early wins to scaled, end-to-end impact on growth, productivity, and efficiency.

This next phase moves us from an analog world to a fully digitized one, powered by a digital growth engine that embeds data, technology, and AI into our most critical business domains. Success willrequiremore than technology implementation — it demands a strategic transformation of core capabilities, a domain-based, product-centric operating model, and a cultural shift toward experimentation, data and technology fluency, and seamless partnership between business and digital teams.

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Job Description Summary

The Lead Data Engineer owns the data engineering function for the Japan & South Korea Operating Unit, leading the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise data platforms and pipelines. The role translates data strategy into scalable engineering roadmaps, builds and leads a data engineering team, andrepresentsdata engineering in OU data governance forums.

As the engineering leader for JKOU's data foundation, the Director ensures platforms are reliable, automated, and engineered for scale — enabling trusted, high-quality data across the organization's most critical business domains.

Responsibilities include

Own and lead ETL and data pipeline engineering for OU data products and platforms, setting technical direction and engineering standards.

Translate the data strategy into scalable engineering roadmaps, technical designs, and multi-year platform plans.

Design, build, andoperateenterprise data platforms in alignment with global architecture standards, ensuring scalability and resilience.

Automate data pipelines and operations to maximize reliability and minimize manual effort.

Ensure CI/CD reliability, platform performance, and engineering excellence across the data estate.

Integrate local and system data sources, including bottler and partner data, into governed platforms.

Partner with data science, governance, and product management to deliver end-to-end data products.

Manage vendor engineering resources and partnerships, ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and delivery accountability.

Build, lead, and develop a data engineering team, fostering technical excellence and career growth.

Represent data engineering in OU data governance forums,advocating forplatform standards, data quality, and architectural integrity.

Organizational Impact

Owns the engineered data foundation for OU analytics, AI, and data products, directlydeterminingtheir reliability and scalability.

Leadsa dataengineering team and vendor partners, shaping engineering talent and capability for the OU.

Representsdata engineering in governance and architecture forums, influencing OU-wide data standards.

Innovation & Complexity

Sets the technical direction for modern data engineering practices — automation, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code — to raise platform excellence across the OU.

Solvescomplex, ambiguous data integration challenges across system, bottler, and partner sources, often withoutestablishedprecedent.

Balances near-term delivery pressure with long-term architectural sustainability.

Communication & Influence

Communicates engineering strategy, trade-offs, and platform health to senior data and business leadership.

Coordinates across global platform teams, local stakeholders, and vendors to align priorities and resolve conflicts.

Representsdata engineering in OU governance forums, influencing standards adopted across teams.

Candidate Profile

A senior data engineering leader witha track recordof building and leading engineering teams, architecting platforms at scale, and translating strategy into reliable, automated systems. Combines deep technicalexpertisewith the leadership and influence needed torepresentdata engineering in cross-functional governance.

Experience & Qualifications

10+ years of experience in data engineering, including ETL/ELT, data platforms, and pipeline operations, withdemonstratedprogression into leadership.

Proven experience building and leading data engineering teams.

Strongproficiencyin modern data stacks (cloud data platforms, orchestration, CI/CD).

Experience designing scalable data architectures aligned with enterprise standards.

Experiencerepresentingengineering functions in governance or architecture review forums.

Experiencewithvendor management and Agile delivery.

Business-level English and Japanese required.

Skills:

Location(s):

Japan

City/Cities:

Tokyo

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

November 30, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

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.

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