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This position leads the planning and execution of programs supporting Property Management System platforms, enterprise integrations, quality engineering, deployment readiness, and production operations.\nThe Director partners across Product, Engineering, Hotel Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Infrastructure, Quality Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and external technology providers to establish integrated roadmaps, align delivery commitments, manage dependencies, and drive measurable program outcomes. The position operates across a complex, multi-vendor technology ecosystem and is accountable for bringing structure, transparency, and disciplined execution to initiatives that have broad operational and business impact.\nThe successful candidate combines technical acumen, strategic program management, executive communication, vendor leadership, and a strong understanding of enterprise software delivery. This leader anticipates delivery and operational risks, facilitates timely decision-making, and promotes scalable and sustainable solutions that support Marriott’s evolving hotel technology landscape.\nCANDIDATE PROFILE\nEducation and Experience\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\n\nEight or more years of experience in technical program management, technology delivery, application development, platform engineering, or a related discipline, including leadership of complex, cross-functional enterprise technology initiatives.\n\nDemonstrated experience leading programs involving cloud or SaaS platforms, enterprise integrations, external technology providers, and multiple business and technology stakeholder groups.\n\nPreferred\nExperience with hospitality technology, hotel operations platforms, Property Management Systems, reservations platforms, or similarly complex operational technology ecosystems.\n\nExperience leading large-scale modernization, platform implementation, deployment, or transformation programs across geographically distributed organizations.\n\nProject Management Professional, Program Management Professional, SAFe, Agile, or comparable program and delivery management certification.\n\nCORE WORK ACTIVITIES\nDrives the technical delivery and quality engineering strategies for Property Management System platform initiatives and related hotel technology capabilities.\n\nPartners with Product, Engineering, Hotel Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Infrastructure, Quality Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and Support teams to align priorities and coordinate execution.\n\nDrives the identification, assessment, communication, and mitigation of program risks, delivery constraints, technical dependencies, resource gaps, and operational readiness concerns.\n\nCoordinates the delivery of enterprise integrations across PMS platforms, application programming interfaces, middleware, event and messaging services, property interfaces, and upstream and downstream enterprise systems.\n\nGuides technical and architectural discussions to ensure program decisions align with enterprise architecture, security, resiliency, scalability, data protection, and operational support standards.\n\nOversees integrated quality and release readiness across system integration testing, end-to-end testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, performance validation, deployment preparation, and production verification.\n\nDirects implementation and launch-readiness activities, including release planning, technical cutover coordination, deployment sequencing, production validation, hypercare, and transition to steady-state support.\n\nPartners with production support and Site Reliability Engineering teams to improve platform observability, operational resilience, incident response, root cause follow-through, and continuous service improvement.\n\nProvides clear, concise, and decision-oriented communication to senior leaders regarding program health, accomplishments, risks, trade-offs, delivery forecasts, and matters requiring leadership action.\n\nFacilitates cross-organizational decision-making, resolves competing priorities, and removes impediments that affect delivery across internal teams and external providers.\n\nBuilds strong working relationships across global business and technology organizations while promoting accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\n\nAt Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. 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