Full-Time Architect - Technology Workplace Products

Marriott is seeking a Director - Architect Technology Workplace Products to provide architectural leadership across our Global Technology Workplace Tower, including Digital Experience Management, Unified Endpoint Management, and the M365 estate. This role reports to the Vice President of Technology Workplace Products and is part of the leadership team of the Technology Workplace Products tower and plays a key role in shaping the company's overall technology workplace strategy. This pivotal role will be responsible for defining and driving the overall technology architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and fostering innovation across these domains. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams and stakeholders to design scalable, resilient, and flexible solutions that enhance our technology workplace ecosystem.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience/certification
• 8+ years' experience progressive infrastructure engineering and/or architecture experience including:
  • 6+ years of relevant experience with solution architecture, from concept to implementation and approval
  • 5+ years of experience designing solutions for large-scale enterprise systems
  • 5+ years of relevant experience with large-scale business integrations
  • 3+ years of experience building and deploying applications globally in a cloud environment
  • Proven experience in enterprise systems that support 99.99% service availability in SAFE Agile environment
• Experience with geographically diverse HR, Legal, and Privacy practices and standards
• Experience architecting applications that support multi-cloud providers and globally distributed user bases
• Experience leading collaborative architecture work across multiple disciplines
• Strong understanding of Digital Experience Management, Unified Endpoint Management, and M365 technologies
• Change management skills are crucial for driving adoption of new architectures and technologies
• Proficiency in Design Thinking methodologies
• Technical knowledge of various operating systems (Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android)
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas in user-friendly language
• Strong negotiating, influencing, and problem-resolution skills
• The successful candidate will be expected to balance innovation with compliance and security needs
• Travel may be required to support global initiatives and collaborate with international teams

Preferred:

• Graduate Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Active learner who seeks to learn about new technologies and approaches.
• Knowledge of business environment and service requirements within the hospitality industry

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

• Lead and define architecture solutions to enable business objectives, drive stakeholder alignment, and guide detailed design across technology workplace products
• Develop and maintain the overall architectural vision for the Technology Workplace Tower, including Digital Experience, Unified Endpoint Management, and M365 technologies
• Define solutions and patterns that address integration and standardization across multiple technology domains
• Facilitate capacity planning, lifecycle management, usage requirements, feasibility studies, and other architecture tasks
• Develop standard prototypes and architecture artifacts to support the platform
• Partner and consult with other projects, businesses, and stakeholders to enable consistent solution design and implementations aligned to the architecture
• Engage in appropriate IT Governance activities to ensure consistency, compliance, and integration
• Provide leadership, oversight, governance, and strategic direction related to technology workplace products
• Oversee the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work
• Represent the Technology Workplace Tower in project design and execution plans, aligning them with Infrastructure Delivery Projects and Roadmap
• Research, design, and guide implementation of high-performing software components that are standards-based, highly available, and secure
• Lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine potential impact on the overall infrastructure architecture
• Support Solution and Domain Architecture by providing architecture direction in terms of technology, software, and infrastructure for projects in the delivery lifecycle
• Evaluate and select infrastructure-based products
• Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work across the technology workplace domain
• Performance will be measured on factors such as successful architecture implementation, system performance, and alignment with business objectives

Technology Management

• Provides input to the Marriott infrastructure architecture and governance model
• Researches, designs, and implements high-performing technology solutions that are standards-based, highly available and secured, delivering the required business functionality
• Institutes governance based on best practices and ensure proper alignment to projects and major initiatives
• Leads analysis of the current environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement

Managing Projects and Priorities

• Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department.
• Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep moving forward toward achievement of goals.
• Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote completion of any projects on schedule.
• Reviews vendor proposals and selects appropriate vendor for services/technologies/hardware.
• Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new project plans.

Building Relationships

• Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards
• Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential
• Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities.

Providing Technical Support and Consultation

• Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams.
• Provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of processes and programs.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
• Foresees, identifies and resolves problems.
• Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.
• Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position.
• Travel may be required to support global initiatives and collaborate with international teams