Senior Manager Data Architecture
Hilton · McLean
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.