Marriott International Inc. , headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, was founded in May 1927 by J. Willard Marriott and Alice S. Marriott with a modest nine-seat A&W; root beer stand. Guided by the family's leadership and core principles, Marriott International today has grown into a global hospitality giant, operating approximately 9,000 properties and over 30 leading brands in more than 140 countries and territories. From such humble beginnings to becoming the world's largest hotel company, Marriott International has never stopped searching for inventive ways to serve its customers, provide opportunities for its associates, and grow their business. At Marriott Tech Accelerator, we are a team of passionate engineering minds dedicated to creating and building cutting-edge solutions that streamline operations and elevate guest experiences.
Role Title: Senior Engineering Manager
The Senior Manager leads a Loyalty product engineering team of engineers and product owners that owns a set of Marriott Bonvoy loyalty capabilities end to end, from backlog to production. capability building 10%. The balance shifts with the operating model the role is leading.

Own a set of Loyalty capabilities end to end with one team of engineers and product owners, from backlog and refinement through release and production.
Measure outcomes for members and the business rather than output, and make scope, sequencing and trade-off decisions with product and business leaders in clear business language.
Own planning, estimation, risks and dependencies across teams, architects and partners, and give early visibility when plans change.

Own release management for the teams led: release calendars, change approval, environment strategy and deployment pipelines across custom-built services and SaaS platforms, with quality gates agreed with Quality Engineering.
Partner with SRE, DevOps and platform teams to meet SLOs and SLAs for an always-on platform; Drive adoption of engineering standards, information security, SDLC and IT governance,



balancing delivery speed with quality and operational risk.
Directly manage lead engineers, engineers and product owners end to end: hiring, goals, performance reviews, promotions and managing underperformance.
Set clear priorities and short-term resource plans, and build an inclusive culture that models Marriott values in a high-pressure, matrixed environment.
Retain and grow talent in a competitive market through career paths, coaching and early action on attrition risk.

Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including automation and AI-assisted development and testing, with measurable gains in quality and throughput.

Building successful teams; setting high performance standards; Building Relationships: Talent and Organisational Capability: Skills and Experience:

- 12+ years in software development, including 5+ years of direct people management with lead engineers reporting in.
- Has led both a multi-year build or transformation program and an ongoing run portfolio (enhancements, production support, L3), and can explain how each was run differently.
- Has led delivery on a platform that combines custom-built services (Java/Spring or similar) with an enterprise SaaS platform (Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Dynamics or similar), including the integrations, data flows and release coordination between them. Salesforce experience will be a robust plus.
- Experience in a product operating model, ideally in product companies or global capability centres; services-firm experience should include multi-year ownership of a single product or platform. Experience leading product owners or business analysts is a strong plus.
- Hands-on engineering background with current technical judgment across services and APIs, cloud, CI/CD, observability, automated testing and production operations.
- Experience with Agile at scale (preferably SAFe) and ITIL 4 service practices.
- able to translate technical considerations into clear business language and drive decisions.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification

Hybrid
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📌 Senior Engineering Manager (Temporary) (Secunderabad)
🏢 Marriott Tech Accelerator
📍 Secunderabad