Senior Manager Data Architecture

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA, Dallas, TX or Memphis, TN
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Senior Manager Data Architecture, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Enterprise Architecture & Data Operations team reporting to the Director Data Architecture, you will support projects including new business initiatives by shaping high-level requirements and delivering data design and technical solutions.
What you'll do during a typical day:
Gather and refine business requirements, translating needs into clear, actionable data architecture inputs.
Ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices, recommending improvements as needed.
Assess impacts to existing data systems, pipelines, and reporting, identifying risks and dependencies across the data landscape.
Define data needs and design scalable, high-level architecture solutions while simplifying legacy environments to support modernization.
Guide the architectural direction of AI/ML-driven data solutions (e.g., RAG pipelines, vector and graph databases, knowledge platforms), ensuring they align with enterprise data standards and scale across the data landscape.
How you'll collaborate with others:
Develop and manage project plans that balance business priorities, resource constraints, and delivery timelines.
Partner with data leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to share insights, align on solutions, and drive informed decision-making.
Deliverables you'll take ownership of:
Monitor project progress through implementation, identifying risks and proactively communicating status and mitigation plans to program leadership.
What It Takes to Make the Stay
You have these minimum qualifications:
Seven (7) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
Five (5) years of specialized experience in data engineering, analytics, or architecture
Five (5) years of experience managing teams or projects
Knowledge of and experience with Cloud, hybrid environments, and data platforms
This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, Memphis)
Travel up to 10% as needed
It would be useful if you have:
Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience
Ten (10) + years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
Experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Travel/hospitality industry experience

Work arrangement
Hybrid