Director Privacy Engineering; Research, Legal & Compliance

Company: Marriott Hotels Resorts
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Description Organization Description Marriott International is the world’s largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you. JOB SUMMARY Help Marriott achieve its vision to be the world favorite travel company by transforming the customer domain and identity management journey on our shared platform. Provide leadership for Privacy initiatives and Data Governance. Manage relationship with business discipline and Legal teams to ensure IT processes, initiatives, and investment maintain company compliance with global and emerging privacy regulations. This role will contribute to the integration and advancement of Marriott’s modernization & digital transformation efforts. Partners with business and Legal to define and manage an Enterprise Privacy and Data Governance model and processes to promote and enforce Privacy by Design principles, and partners with Security to define changes in processes to support Data Governance. In this role, you will lead the business planning for Privacy initiatives with an understanding of priorities and the ability to clearly articulate IT capabilities. You will manage large-scale functional and cross-functional initiatives that require coordination across business discipline and IT to deliver incremental value against a multi-year roadmap. CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience Required: 7 years’ relevant work experience with 5 years’ experience in policy and data driven programs or privacy engineering technology projects that include Ability to effectively communicate with executive and delivery teams. Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others. Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts constructively, drive direction and focus while having limited information. Managing relationships with business customers, IT organizations and external service providers Ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, and decide and influence appropriate courses of action. Converting business needs into technology requirements and working within IT to manage project executions. Ability to understand and drive towards the strategic goals as well as dive into details, including doing research and complex analysis. Working with data driven initiatives, governance, or complex technology projects that touch multiple systems. Very strong technically with experience manipulating data across diverse platforms and technologies. Ability to dissect vague requests from non-technical stakeholders into clear actionable tasks and outcomes Ability to converse in technical terms with engineering teams as well as in non-technical speak that business can understand 3 years working with cross functional team analysts, project managers, and product owners. Technical background Proven experience working with complex SQL on large datasets Strong Python programming ability to manipulate structured and unstructured data Strong understanding of AWS access management, AWS libraries (e.g., AWS Wrangler) and utilities. 5 years of experience using multiple programming languages developing batch or microservices. 3 years of experience developing cloud-based technology solutions using AWS developer tools. 3 years of experience building enterprise scale applications (front-end or back-end) 3 years of experience working and querying Snowflake database, Athena or Presto Familiarity with GIT, Jupyter notebooks. Understanding of Marriott data models for Reservation, Profile, and Property domains in Marriott Data Platform (MDP) 4-year degree or equivalent experience/certification Preferred: Experience in implementing technology processes across large organization. Experience leading software development teams, guide solutioning, and ensuring solutions meet business needs and supports growth. Demonstrated knowledge of Data Management and Reporting/Analytics related business functions and applications. Demonstrated resourcefulness in responding to issues under time constraint. Excellent analytical skills where problems are very unusual and extremely difficult. Proven experience in planning, budgeting, and analysis within one or more business groups. Experience with development of program and project standards in a sourced environment. Ability to understand and communicate the lifecycle of technologies and applications and to translate into business strategies for the client organizations. Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and partnering in a managed service environment. Prior experience in customer domain, MDM, Profile Management, Privacy, data localization, and Identity management. Graduate degree Project Management Certification Technology certifications CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Business/Discipline Partnership Provides thought leadership to business/discipline to align technology with business strategies Provides input to discipline technology roadmaps Participates in forums for technology governance and portfolio management and prioritization Serves as the escalation point of contact for assigned discipline(s); leads efforts to resolve escalated issues Prepares and delivers presentations on technology investments Negotiates trade-offs within and across different solution platforms. Provides insights on impacts of the timing of solution introduction and technology retirement Fosters strong discipline relationships to fully understand business needs Program Management Supports or leads modeling and planning phases for new initiatives under consideration Define roadmaps and processes to support business and IT goals Document business goals and high-level requirements, providing direction to Business Analysts Collaborates with Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure Delivery to confirm proposed solutions are compatible with IT standards Accountable for the development of thorough and accurate business requirements, validating that solutions will meet discipline needs prior to development. Accountable for business case development. Partners with customer and IT Build teams to complete business cases by providing relevant IT information and monitoring its ability to meet all relevant IT standards. Aligns projects with technology roadmaps and technology enterprise architecture. Incorporates project plans, costs, schedules, and deliverables to meet business need and in support of the business case. Monitors project risk management, creates and implements mitigation plans for each risk. Financial, Contract and Risk Management Provides input to discipline partners to develop annual budgets Partners with other IT groups to provide financial transparency to discipline partners Manages technology roadmaps to guide solutions along a common path as well as retirement or migration of lesser-used or expensive to maintain technologies. Aligns with Security and Privacy to validate that processes are followed to protect and secure customer and/or associate data Engages with Vendor Relations to develop service agreements with external companies on behalf of the discipline as needed IT Governance Follows all defined IR standards and processes (i.e., IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk Follows the defined project management standards and processes Leadership Accountabilities Mentors and coaches business analysts, software engineers, and program team members as appropriate Actively drives maturity of IT operating model (i.e., participation in Communities of Practices) and continuous improvement Serves as escalation for project managers, if required. Service Provider Management Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics. Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources Monitors Service Provider outcomes Reviews estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers for accuracy Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES Leadership Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods. Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action. Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges. Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action. Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values. Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes. Managing Execution Building a Successful Team - Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization. Strategy Execution – Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes. Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required. Building Relationships Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company’s service standards. Global Mindset - 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. Strategic Partnerships - Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed. Generating Talent and Organizational Capability Developing Others - Supports the development of other’s skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively. Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit. Learning and Applying Professional Expertise Continuous Learning - Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application. Technical Acumen - Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges Technical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process Development Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space. Information Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges. Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities. Basic Computer Skills - Using basic computer hardware and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc.). Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues. Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.

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