Lead: Cloud Services at The Coca-Cola Company

Job Description    

• Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for a Lead: Cloud Services , to join the Enabling Technology team at CCBA. The role will report to the Group Head: Technology Enablement.

Key Purpose:

• To provide strategic and operational ownership of enterprise cloud services, ensuring secure, reliable, resilient and cost-effective cloud platforms while driving service governance, FinOps, automation, transformation enablement and consistent operational maturity.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Key Outputs and Accountabilities include, but not limited to:

• Stable & Resilient Cloud Services: Ensure secure, reliable and high-performing cloud services that support business continuity, operational effectiveness and digital platforms.
• Cloud Operational Excellence: Drive effective cloud operations through proactive monitoring, service management discipline, performance optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Cloud Governance & Service Ownership: Establish strong cloud governance, accountability, service ownership models and operational standards to improve control and consistency.
• Cloud Cost Optimisation: Improve cloud financial management through effective cost monitoring, optimisation initiatives, forecasting and value realisation.
• Cloud Transformation Enablement: Enable business modernisation and digitisation by delivering scalable cloud capabilities and supporting the transition of new services into operational support.
• Vendor & Service Performance: Strengthen cloud provider governance, SLA performance, supplier accountability and service improvement outcomes.
• Security & Operational Resilience: Maintain secure cloud environments through effective risk management, compliance controls, disaster recovery readiness and resilience practices.
• Standardised Cloud Operations: Drive consistent cloud operational practices, service maturity and delivery standards across countries and functions

Skills, Experience & Education    
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification advantageous.

Experience:

• 8–12 years’ experience in infrastructure, cloud services, platforms or enterprise technology operations.
• Experience owning cloud services and operational delivery.
• Experience managing cloud operations within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience managing strategic technology vendors and managed service providers.
• Experience supporting multi-country or large-scale operational environments.

Skills:

• Cloud platforms and operations (Azure / AWS / GCP)
• Cloud service management and governance
• Cloud monitoring, performance management and optimisation
• Hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Cloud security and compliance principles
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• IT service management practices
• Vendor and SLA management
• Cloud cost management (FinOps)
• Strong operational ownership and accountability
• Business-focused and customer-centric mindset
• Data-driven decision making
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Ability to simplify and standardise complex environments
• Strong governance and risk management discipline

Deadline:3rd September,2026