With thousands of hotels in over 100 countries and territories, Hilton offers countless opportunities to delight. From an open door to a welcoming smile and an exceptional experience, we offer the millions of travellers who stay with us every year a welcome they will never forget. In addition to our flagship brand, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the family of brands includes Waldorf Astoria, LXR, Conrad, Canopy, Curio Collection, Double Tree, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton and many others.
If you appreciate the impact global travel can have on the world, you may be just the person we are looking for to work as a Hilton Team Member. Because it's with Hilton where we never forget the reason we're here: to delight our guests, Team Members, and owners alike.
From smartphone capabilities like Digital Key to connected rooms that allow for integrated entertainment, temperature, and lighting controls, Hilton's Global Technology team is responsible for creating the hospitality experience of the future - for our guests, owners, and Team Members. Through innovative technology development and deployment, this team ensures Hilton has the technology needed to support our continued global growth while remaining at the forefront of hospitality technology innovation.
What will I be doing?
As the Senior Lead Data Architect - Great China and Mongolia, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Gather requirements for business projects and help shape requirements where there are gaps

• Ensure the broader program architecture across enterprise systems adheres to standard methodologies and established patterns and influence where needed

• Understand the impacts of new project to existing systems/work in the data ecosystem

• Organize the necessary work, identify what data is needed, and design high-level solutions

• Unwind the nuance of our data and the existing technical landscape (both across the enterprise and in legacy data artifacts) to understand implications for new project architectures and analytical reporting

• Develop a project plan for the work, considering broader priorities, resource constraints, and estimates from implementation teams

• Socialize and gain alignment on the information and artifacts with broader data leadership

• Keep a pulse on projects during the implementation phase and surface status and risks/issues to program leadership

• Work with internal partners such as Business, Product, Technology, Analytics to progress prioritized enterprise programs and advocate for data-first mindset further upstream in the lifecycle

• Provide support to our internal data teams by driving clearly defined work, proactively getting ahead of risks and issues, aligning across the broader data organization, and keeping lines of communication open

• Understand and shape high-level requirements for new business projects for the Hilton Data organization and create high-level solutions inclusive of data design and technical patterns to deliver on these projects.

Direct Reports: N/A
What are we looking for?
A/An Senior Lead Data Architect - Great China and Mongolia, serving Hilton Brands is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviors, skills, and values that follow:

• Bachelor's Degree with 15 years of work experience in Technology or a related field.

• 10 years of specialized experience in Data, including data modeling, data quality, ETL and maintenance.

• 8 years of experience in Architecture.

• 8 years of experience managing projects.

• Knowledge of and experience with Cloud, hybrid environments, and data platforms

• Both AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud and Ali Cloud experience

• Customer facing industry experience

• Travel/Hospitality industry experience is a strong plus

What is it like working for Hilton?
Hilton is the world's leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travellers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities, and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every single day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!