SiteMinder
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Director,AI&DataTransformation
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“Director, AI & Data Transformation at SiteMinder. Skills: AI, Data Transformation, Portfolio Management, Roadmap Shaping, Value Realisation, Business Partnering, Change Management, Team Leadership. Own the internal data and AI asset portfolio and transformation roadmap. Align priorities, dependencies, resourcing, and governance with the Data & Business Systems strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
driving adoption and value realisation across a portfolio of high-impact initiatives; measurable outcomes; Track outcomes such as productivity, revenue, conversion, churn, and time-to-insight; clear adoption and business outcomes
Industry & Context.
systems-thinking approach; simplification and unblocking
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience in data, analytics, digital transformation, strategy, product, or technology-led change, senior leadership experience, Proven experience leading cross-functional transformation portfolios or large programs, ideally focused on data, analytics, or AI, Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders to drive process and operating model change enabled by technology or data, Experience owning or co-owning internal platforms or products, such as data platforms, shared services, or internal tooling, with clear adoption and business outcomes, Experience working with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, and Product or Product Marketing on go-to-market enablement for new data and AI capabilities, experience working with data, engineering, and product teams in a modern cloud environment, portfolio and product management capability across intake, prioritisation, delivery, lifecycle, and KPI management for internal data and AI products, business partnering, analysis, and process or operating model design skills, Proven change management and communication skills for shifts in tools, processes, and decision-making, Excellent stakeholder engagement, influence, and negotiation skills in complex, cross-functional environments, Solid data and AI literacy, including data platforms, analytics, ML/LLM, and governance, with the ability to translate between business and technical teams, delivery skills, including planning, risk and dependency management, and benefits tracking, with a bias for simplification and unblocking, An outcome-oriented and pragmatic mindset, focused on real business impact, A strategic and systems-thinking approach, connecting AI, data, internal products, processes, and governance to SiteMinder’s broader strategy, A commitment to responsible AI and data use, balancing innovation with governance, risk, and ethics, A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to build trust, work through ambiguity, and lead through evolving priorities
Nice to Have
AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, PhD preferred, specific ML framework experience, cloud platform certs
What You'll Do.
Own the internal data and AI asset portfolio and transformation roadmap
and governance with the Data & Business Systems strategy
and releases for internal data and AI assets
ensuring they are useful
Shape ideas into clear use cases with defined value
Ensure every initiative has a simple business case and measurable outcomes
Provide oversight across initiatives to manage scope
Track outcomes such as productivity
Lead cross-functional governance for AI and data transformation
Align priorities across Go To Market
and the central AI and data portfolio
Partner with senior leaders across business
and engineering to facilitate decisions
and represent AI and data transformation in planning forums
Lead change management for new AI and data capabilities
and adoption so teams use new tools effectively
Lead and develop key roles across change
Build a culture of experimentation
and continuous improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and business leaders to redesign processes and operating models enabled by AI and data; Lead cross-functional governance for AI and data transformation; Align priorities across Go To Market, Support, Success, Onboarding, Business Systems, and the central AI and data portfolio; Partner with senior leaders across business, product, and engineering to facilitate decisions, resolve trade-offs, and represent AI and data transformation in planning forums; Work with data, engineering, and product teams in a modern cloud environment; Collaborative leadership style
Communication Scope
Proven change management and communication skills for shifts in tools, processes, and decision-making; Excellent stakeholder engagement, influence, and negotiation skills in complex, cross-functional environments; ability to translate between business and technical teams
Process & Methodology
Portfolio, roadmap and governance, delivery skills, including planning, risk and dependency management, and benefits tracking
Full Job Description
At SiteMinder we believe the individual contributions of our employees are what drive our success. That’s why we hire and encourage diverse teams that include and respect a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their unique selves to work and be proud of doing so. It’s in our differences that we will keep revolutionising the way for our customers. We are better together! What We Do… We’re people who love technology but know that hoteliers just want things to be simple. So since 2006 we’ve been constantly innovating our world-leading hotel commerce platform to help accommodation owners find and book more guests online - quickly and simply. We’ve helped everyone from boutique hotels to big chains, enabling travellers to book igloos, cabins, castles, holiday parks, campsites, pubs, resorts, Airbnbs, and everything in between. And today, we’re the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, supporting 50,000 hotels in 150+ countries - with over 130 million reservations processed by SiteMinder’s technology every year. About the Director, AI & Data Transformation role… The Data & Business Systems team provides the digital foundation that powers SiteMinder’s operations and growth. We build and run the core data and business systems that enable data- and AI-powered products, reporting, and automation. Within this team, the AI & Data Transformation function leads SiteMinder’s internal data and AI product portfolio and broader transformation agenda. The Director, AI & Data Transformation is responsible for shaping the roadmap, governing delivery, and driving adoption and value realisation across a portfolio of high-impact initiatives. This role leads a small specialist team over time, including Change Managers, a Data Product Owner, and a Senior AI Enablement Lead, and partners closely with Product, Engineering, and business leaders to redesign processes and operating mo
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