Director - Procurement Technology

JOB SUMMARY

The Technical Director of Procurement Technology will lead the design, architecture, development, implementation, and management of Marriott’s procurement platform, as well as ensure strategic alignment, seamless integration, and delivery of innovative digital solutions like a supplier engagement portal as part of a multi-year transformation program. This pivotal role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills to ensure the procurement platform is efficient, scalable, and aligned with the organization's goals. You will collaborate closely with procurement leaders, global technology, and cross functional stakeholders, acting as the technology domain product owner to drive innovative solutions, create process efficiencies, streamline workflows, and leverage technology to streamline and enhance procurement processes and decision-making. The ideal candidate shall have a deep understanding of procurement technology ecosystems, ERP systems, automation, data governance, compliance and regulatory standards, and experience with delivering web applications leveraging modern frameworks.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required Qualifications:
●    Bachelor of Science or Equivalent degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science or Engineering 
●    8+ years of progressive leadership in technical solutions development and architecture that includes: 

o    8+ years of experience implementing and supporting Cloud Source to Pay (S2P) procurement platforms.
o    5+ years of experience designing and implementing digital web technology solutions, APIs, or microservices

●    Extensive experience with integration architecture patterns, data integration tools, and experience integrating Cloud S2P platforms with different business systems (APIs, middleware tools etc.) utilizing cloud native tech and capabilities.
●    Expert understanding of systems architecture and ability to design and prototype scalable performance-driven solutions in a SaaS model.
●    Extensive experience implementing and managing supplier engagement platforms to drive a seamless experience for supplier interaction.
●    Expert understanding of data architecture, database objects and data design patterns for reporting and analytics.
●    Hands on experience designing and building technology solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
●    Familiarity with platform authentication and authorization patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth)
●    Understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies (DevOps).
●    Knowledge of and experience with cloud native technology to design and implement solutions in a multi cloud environment.
●    Background in design/development of large-scale system capabilities, or complete software product lifecycle exposure.
●    Experience with technology product ownership and delivery.
●    Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards relevant to finance and technology (e.g., GDPR, SOX, PCI-DSS).
●    Ability to review and manage usage, licensing, and costs with vendor platforms. 
●    Ability to learn modern technologies and adopt new technologies to streamline and simplify processes, keep related systems in sync and maintain data parity across an integrated ecosystem.
●    Strong communication skills with a passion for mentoring and guiding diverse teams through strategic initiatives.
●    Production support experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
●    Graduate degree
●    Experience with Cloud Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms.
●    Experience with Source to Pay analytics capabilities including designing and implementing visualization solutions like Power BI, Tableau and associated data warehouses.
●    Experience with managing the end-to-end lifecycle of a digital product and team of full stack developers and UI/UX designer
●    Experience designing and architecting multi-cloud integrations.
●    Experience with cloud native technologies and microservices architecture.
●    Experience with RPA tools and other automation capabilities.
●    Understanding of procurement and contracting processes.
●    Experience in agile software methodologies and associated tooling.
●    Demonstrated ability to anticipate future data platform opportunities.
●    Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technology Product Ownership
●    Own the procurement technology stack helping drive product strategy and roadmap for Cloud S2P procurement platform, CLM, supplier portal and ancillary technology ecosystem.
●    Define the product visio