Vice President Property Software Engineering
Location: McLean, VA, United States
Employment Type: Full-Time
Posted on: May 31, 2023
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This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA, Dallas, TX, or Memphis, TN.
Fromsmartphone capabilities like Digital Key to Hilton Connected Room that allow for integrated entertainment, temperature, and lighting controls, Hilton's Global Technology team is responsible for creating the hospitality experience of the future. This team ensures Hilton has the technology needed tosupport our continued global growth while remaining at the forefront of hospitality technology innovation.
What will I be doing?
The Vice President of Property Software Engineering will help Hilton deliver reliable and friendly experiences while creating the best, most inclusive home for our Team Members. As a top-level technical leader, you will drive our innovative property technology platforms, development, innovation, and internal/external technical thought leadership. You will lead sophisticated solution architecture, platform architecture, and software engineering to bring new capabilities to life to support our hotels and the entire customer journey lifecycle.
This position collaborates with the broader Software Engineering Leadership Team to build and grow our architectural and software engineering excellence in the organization and evolve our software development methodologies. You will also drive an enhanced Software Engineering culture, partner effectively with our key business leads, and advise numerous internal business partners on all aspects of developing creative technical solutions.
Specific requirements include:
A proven leader capable of guiding and growing humble, hungry, and inquisitive technical teams.A shown progression of successful solutioning and delivery of capabilities via software as a team leader and development manager.Solid ability to partner with key internal collaborators and shape the future technology vision for the property domain.Strong track record of managing vendors and development partners to deliver on their commitments for Hilton property technologies.Expertise in AWS cloud platform, Vue JS, the React framework - Next.js, and associated development technologies.Ability and readiness to be hands-on in guiding the teams through development and technical issues.Experience leading the development of technologies used to support hotel operations, as well as integrating 3rd party technologies into Property management systems.Demonstrated sharp focus on addressing the functional, technical, and implementation-related aspects of the technologies being developed for our properties.Extensive business, technical, and procedural knowledge to handle the workflow, financials, staffing, output, overall standards, and procedures of a large software development team.Experience leading and delivering capabilities for property technologies through the application of a comprehensive software development process and agile methodologies.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Build positive, dependable, and highly effective working relationships across Hilton.Build and manage strong client relationships including setting appropriate expectations and addressing customer satisfaction.Develop successful platform, architecture, and software engineering teams, preparing a succession plan for key positions and top performers annually.Develop current talent to achieve greater strategic goals and performance.Teamwork and partnership with our Customer Experience Organization, Business, and Technology partners to plan and implement projects requiring software engineering.Provide technical leadership and mentorship on software development tools, technology, and SDLC methodologies.Guide the team to complete the modernization and continuous improvement of the property technologies and architecture.Ensure the team never loses sight of our mission to augment/enrich the real Hilton product: The Stay.Drive the collaborative technical culture so team members obsess about scale, performance, quality, security, and ease of use.Maintain deep knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in software development related to the hospitality industry.What are we looking for?
We believe success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:
Strong executive presence along with strong verbal and written communication skills.Dynamic leadership and agent of change capable of influencing the direction of the organization.Ability to link vision and strategy with overall business goals.Must possess superb interpersonal skills with solid attention to detail.Must be highly motivated with a desire to achieve success through collaboration and teamwork.Ability to work well with people from many different fields with varying degrees of technical experience.Demonstrate a repertoire of skills such as scheduling, prioritizing, organizing, planning, problem-solving, decision-making, and attention to detail.Minimum Qualifications:
Fifteen (15) years of experience as a technical leader.Thirteen (13) years of building and managing distributed software development teams across different disciplines.Ten (10) years of direct people leadership experience.Eight (8) years of experience effectively working across key partner groups to deliver large-scale projects.Three (3) years of experience with on-property operations and property technologies.Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in STEM, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or another related technical field.Ten (10) years of hospitality, travel, or transportation industry experience with a mix of experience from a variety of software development roles.What is it like working for Hilton?
The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. We have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and is consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces.
We support the mental and physical well-being of all Team Members, so they can Thrive, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton travel discount program. Hilton prioritizes understanding and integrating our Team Members' unique perspectives and voices to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment for all.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
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