Senior Manager, Card Data Products

Marriott • Bethesda, MD

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Card Data Products is a member of the Data, Analytics and AI
team and an integral part of Marriott’s Revenue and Technology organization.
 This position will be a technical and subject matter expert in customer,
digital and marketing data with a special focus on Marriott’s Cobrand Credit
Card line of business.  This is an individual contributor role that entails
hands-on data analysis & engineering skills to build and manage data products
supporting analytics, reporting and machine learning needs.  The Senior Manager
will also partner with banks on data integration & provide technical support to
large-scale Marriott reporting and operational projects; implement system and
business process changes to improve data quality; and support departmental
initiatives in the areas of data governance, data management, and analytics. The
Senior Manager will also be responsible for contributing to the development of
our cloud data platform by setting requirements and consulting on future
platform initiatives.

We are looking for a driven individual with strong consulting skills, a SQL
programming background to manage robust data pipelines and experience with cloud
computing & modern data warehousing environments. This hybrid technical
management role will include collaborating with business disciplines, IT and
external 3rd parties to bring in new data engineering technologies, build and
manage data processing frameworks, and help deploy analytics reports & models to
production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or similar quantitative discipline required (MS or MBA preferred)
• 5+ years of progressive experience in data management, analytics, data warehousing, or data science OR 3+ years with a Master's degree
• Strong background in SQL for data analysis and new dataset development
• Proven track record delivering from ideation to execution with data, visualization tools and analytic technique
• Customer obsessed product mindset with ability to architect technical solutions for complex business problems
• Technical Skills
• Cloud Data Warehouse (Snowflake - preferred, Big Query/Redshift & traditional data warehouses considered)
• Cloud Data Platform (AWS - preferred, Azure/GCP/Hadoop also considered)
• Data Analysis/Programming languages (SQL, Python, Spark)
• Experience with Data Visualization Tool (Tableau, PowerBI preferred)

Nice To Haves

• Cloud Data & Project Management Certification or background desired
• Experience working on Hospitality data analytics and reporting strongly desired
• Experience understanding marketing & digital data to enable omnichannel customer experience & measurement desired

Responsibilities

• Manage data product development using Snowflake SQL and/or Spark including: o    Facilitate data integration & exchanges with domestic and international bank partners o    Manage customer journey tagging & tracking requirements for digital & email data collection o    Hands-on design of data products in Snowflake for enabling reporting and analytics o    Develop & automate data engineering jobs using stored procedures & task schedulers
• Identify new ways of engineering existing data or acquiring new data sources to support development of customer data products
• Act as a bridge between GT and analytics teams facilitating data shares in a timely and accurate manner
• Collaborate with peers and Director, Data Strategy & Management to develop systems and technologies that promotes automation & monitoring
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert & partner with analytics teams to make recommendations on data usage
• Perform user acceptance testing and build quality assurance plans for new data products
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders across the organization.  Fosters a positive climate to build effective teams that are committed to organizational goals and initiatives.
• Updates stakeholders on key initiative wins and opportunities, responds to concerns, and solicits feedback.  Engages leadership to develop and execute action plans to address gaps.
• Assists direct reports with building and maintaining stakeholder relationships as business partnerships.

Benefits

• All positions offer a 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts.
• Full-time positions also offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave and educational assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level