DescriptionTheSr. Director Engineering (Advise/Consult)is responsible forenabling the organization to deliver high-impact GenAI solutions through aconsultative advisory and enablement model. This role partners with product teams engineering leaders and theData & Analytics organizationto shape GenAI use-case strategy accelerate delivery with reusable patterns and reference implementations and ensure solutions meet standards for security privacy reliability and Responsible AI.
This leaderoperatesas an internal engineering consultant and force multiplierhelping teams make sound technical decisions assess readiness structure delivery plans and adopt best practices across the lifecycle (discovery prototype production scale).
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead GenAI advisory engagements end-to-end: intake discovery solution shaping and delivery recommendations to help product/engineering teams move from idea prototype production.
- Provide technical consulting and decision support on GenAI approaches (e.g. RAG vs. fine-tuning orchestration/agents model/vendor selection) architecture tradeoffs and delivery plans.
- Define and scale reusable GenAI patterns and golden paths: reference architectures templates/SDKsimplementationplaybooks and engineering standards that accelerate adoption across teams.
- Partner closely with Data & Analytics to ensure data readiness and alignment: governed data access quality/lineage knowledge base strategy (indexing/retrieval) and shared measurement/telemetry.
- Embed Responsible AI security and privacy-by-design: guardrails evaluation/safety testing red-teaming support risk reviews and controls for sensitive data and vendor usage.
- Establish a scalable operating model for the Studios consult function: engagement prioritization SLAs governance checkpoints stakeholder communications and outcome tracking.
- Build organizational capability through coaching and enablement: mentoring leaders running workshops creating communities of practice and improving GenAI engineering maturity across the enterprise.
Qualifications/Skills/Experience:.
- 10years of engineering experience with significant leadership at the Director/Sr. Director level (leading leaders and influencing acrossorgs).
- Provensuccessadvising and enabling teams deliveringproduction-grade AI/ML or GenAI solutions.
- Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems API design cloud-native architectures and operational excellence.
- Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes through influence in complex matrixed environments (no direct authority over all execution teams).
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; comfortable operating with executives and translating ambiguity into clear plans
- Bachelors or Masters in a technical field.
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 greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture talent and experiences of our are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis including disability veteran status or other basis protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Exec
DescriptionTheSr. Director Engineering (Advise/Consult)is responsible forenabling the organization to deliver high-impact GenAI solutions through aconsultative advisory and enablement model. This role partners with product teams engineering leaders and theData & Analytics organizationto shape GenAI...
DescriptionTheSr. Director Engineering (Advise/Consult)is responsible forenabling the organization to deliver high-impact GenAI solutions through aconsultative advisory and enablement model. This role partners with product teams engineering leaders and theData & Analytics organizationto shape GenAI use-case strategy accelerate delivery with reusable patterns and reference implementations and ensure solutions meet standards for security privacy reliability and Responsible AI.
This leaderoperatesas an internal engineering consultant and force multiplierhelping teams make sound technical decisions assess readiness structure delivery plans and adopt best practices across the lifecycle (discovery prototype production scale).
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead GenAI advisory engagements end-to-end: intake discovery solution shaping and delivery recommendations to help product/engineering teams move from idea prototype production.
- Provide technical consulting and decision support on GenAI approaches (e.g. RAG vs. fine-tuning orchestration/agents model/vendor selection) architecture tradeoffs and delivery plans.
- Define and scale reusable GenAI patterns and golden paths: reference architectures templates/SDKsimplementationplaybooks and engineering standards that accelerate adoption across teams.
- Partner closely with Data & Analytics to ensure data readiness and alignment: governed data access quality/lineage knowledge base strategy (indexing/retrieval) and shared measurement/telemetry.
- Embed Responsible AI security and privacy-by-design: guardrails evaluation/safety testing red-teaming support risk reviews and controls for sensitive data and vendor usage.
- Establish a scalable operating model for the Studios consult function: engagement prioritization SLAs governance checkpoints stakeholder communications and outcome tracking.
- Build organizational capability through coaching and enablement: mentoring leaders running workshops creating communities of practice and improving GenAI engineering maturity across the enterprise.
Qualifications/Skills/Experience:.
- 10years of engineering experience with significant leadership at the Director/Sr. Director level (leading leaders and influencing acrossorgs).
- Provensuccessadvising and enabling teams deliveringproduction-grade AI/ML or GenAI solutions.
- Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems API design cloud-native architectures and operational excellence.
- Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes through influence in complex matrixed environments (no direct authority over all execution teams).
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; comfortable operating with executives and translating ambiguity into clear plans
- Bachelors or Masters in a technical field.
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 greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture talent and experiences of our are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis including disability veteran status or other basis protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Exec
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