FLEX Product Owner Design System

With every journey travel has the power to shape us and our world. Begin your journey at Marriott International voted 24 years in a row as one of Fortunes 100 Best Companies to Work For as a Product Owner Design System Director. Join our high energy and talented Design Systemteamcreating best-in-class digital experiences for one of the most recognized hospitality companies in the world.

We areseekinga highly motivated and experienced Product Owner for our cross-functionaldesignsystem squad. This individual will drive the coordination planning development and delivery of our digital design system as a product ensuring it aligns with the strategic goals of the Marriott Digital organization and meets the needs of our 20 product teams and 38 hotel brands. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in product development an understanding of design principles and a passion for creating cohesive scalableflexibleand user-centered design solutions.

This role will be part of a product squad within the Digital UX Design organization while being aligned to the roles responsibilities and rituals of the product management discipline. You will be focused across all digital product areas and platforms (web app and on-property) to plan and execute a roadmap of featuresreusable components and global stylesthat drive consistency connection between products and an overall user experience that is seamless easyand intuitive.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• 8 years of professional experience in product management of web-based sites and/or native mobile applications front-end development or business analysis.

• 4-yearundergraduate degree in relevant discipline orequivalentexperience.

• Experienceusing Agile project management tools such asJira and Confluence.

• Experience with modern web development technologies such as HTML CSS JavaScript and React.

• Experience with content management systems such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile environment.

• Strong understanding of design principles UI/UX design accessibility standards and front-end development.

• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools such as Figma Sketch Adobe XD etc.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

• Ability to lead influenceoperate and build strong relationships in large-scale complex environments.

• Ability to coordinate planning requirements rollout and reviews across multiple teams.

• Strong written verbal interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Highly organized strong attention to detail and excellent time/task management skills.

• Ability to use data to drive decision making.

Nice to Have:

• Experiencewithworking closely with the design or front-end development ofresponsive web and native mobile app experiences for complex multi-dimensional programs.

• Experience managing the development ofdesign systemcomponents patterns and templatesatscale for large enterprise organizations especially within the commerce or travel space.

• Proficiencywith cross-platform product development for web and mobile applications.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Team Leadership:

• Ensure that the design system is alignedtooverall company goals and product strategies.

• Evangelize the design systemsimpact on product development.

• Build relationships and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including other product owners designers engineers accessibility experts content authors brand teams marketers and external vendors.

• Provide structure support and a strong voice as the decision maker ofdesignsystem squad to get work done and keep it on track.

• Help refine a way of working and governance model that guides teams to use the design system in their products.

• Help pioneer a vision and strategy for the future of the design system development including Figma to code generation across multiple platforms.

Demonstrating and Applying Discipline Knowledge:

• Develop communicate andmaintaina product roadmap and backlog for the design system by balancing user needs business priorities stakeholder dependencies and teamcapacity.

• Lead regular stand-up prioritization story refinement grooming retro and review meetings.

• Leverage analytics tools to track component usage and adoption by products and inform opportunities for design system optimization.

• Field and prioritize intake requests for design system updates from UX product engineering and brand teams.

• Seek opportunities for product teams to contribute back to the design system through their feature work.

• Partner with product teams to prioritize the development of common elements prepare requirements align engineering resources and sync on rollout timelines.

• Make tough decisions based on changing priorities and risks pivot asneeded andset expectations with stakeholders.

• Document technical requirementsand acceptance criteriafor common elements based onspecsprovided by designers.

• Facilitate story refinement and grooming sessions with the design system squad and dependent stakeholders tofinalizerequirements and size Jira stories for development.

• Plan development sprint cycles based onpriorities andengineering teamcapacity.

• Partner with the techleadtodevelopanddeploycommon components global styles and tokens brand updates and bug fixes for web iOS and Android.

• Review common elements developed by both design system and external product team engineers to ensure quality execution and reusability according to design specs and technical requirements.

• Coordinate with product teams on the adoption of commoncomponentsenhancements with breaking changes and the deprecation of legacy components.

• Track and report on key metrics to measure the designsystem squadsperformance and productivity.