Senior Director, Legal Counsel - Global Strategic Partnerships

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 10, 2026

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

The Senior Legal Counsel, Global Strategic Partnerships will seek to advance the Company's strategic digital transformation, marketing, and procurement objectives by negotiating global marketing and technology transactions and supporting the Company's relationships with global agencies and marketing, technology, and data vendors. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working in a networked manner with colleagues in the Global Legal Function, corporate functions such as Marketing, Procurement, Finance, IP, IT, Privacy and Data Security, and across the Company's global Operating Units.

What You'll Do for Us:

• Actively participate on the Global Strategic Partnerships legal team, collaborating with other attorneys in the Global Legal Function and business colleagues across the Coca-Cola system;

• Establish strong relationships to help drive the strategic priorities of the Global Marketing and Procurement functions and the Company's digital transformation plan, with an emphasis on marketing technology and data transactions, agency agreements, IT procurement, and digital strategy; .

• Maintain an ongoing understanding of trends in digital marketing and technology to anticipate and evaluate risk and think and act strategically in support of the business.

• Draft, review, and negotiate Master Agreements and related documents with strategic global marketing and technology partners and vendors, including enterprise software licensing, managed services, SaaS, hardware, cloud, hosting, outsourcing, and related agreements.

• Provide commercial contracting support and subject matter expertise for the Company's digital transformation initiatives, including the ability to identify issues attendant to technology contracting, such as AI and transactional data privacy issues.

• Manage and prioritize assignments to ensure timely, customer-oriented support for the business.

• Ensure compliance with the Company's Code of Business Conduct and ethical standards by providing guidance and governance to our client groups.

• Collaborate with colleagues and work to a performance standard that helps establish service level consistency across the Global Strategic Partnerships Legal Team and the Global Legal Function overall.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Juris Doctorate Degree or its equivalent;

• Licensed to practice law under any U.S. State or International equivalent and maintaining good standing under the corresponding legal practice regulatory body;

• 5+ years of legal practice experience in a large law firm or similar large corporate in-house environment, with at least 3 years managing complex commercial transactions and negotiations;

• 1-2+ years' experience working on deals related to digital marketing, technology, enterprise software licensing, SaaS, and AI, as part of an IP transactional or technology transactions practice at a law firm and/or in a busy in-house environment.

• Experience with IP (copyright, trademark, name-image-likeness) and technology related transactions, including the ability to identify issues attendant to technology contracting, such as AI and transactional data privacy issues.

• Strong legal digital skills including digital marketing literacy, legal analytics and AI, cybersecurity awareness, and document management.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyze and articulate complex issues for a non-legal audience and provide business-practical legal advice where possible.

• Business acumen and a non-"siloed", enterprise-wide mindset, with a demonstrated global perspective.

• Ability to anticipate risks and find creative and practical solutions to complex problems.

• Ability to manage and pivot multiple urgent projects and priorities.

• Ability to build positive relationships instilling confidence in senior stakeholders and drive consensus among multiple functions.

What We Can Do for You

You'll operate as a trusted legal advisor on high visibility global partnerships within a collaborative, high performing legal team. The role offers broad exposure to senior stakeholders, complex transactions, and evolving areas of digital and marketing law, along with meaningful opportunities to grow your influence as the business evolves.

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.

Skills:

Digital Marketing, SaaS Agreements, Software as a Service (SaaS), Technology Contracts

Pay Range:

$0 - $0

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:

30

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.

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.