Senior Director, Technology Transformation Lead

Marriott•Bethesda, MD

7h•$146,000 - $242,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Technology Transformation Lead serves as the central orchestrator of large-scale technology transformation programs, acting as the bridge between strategy, delivery, and executive leadership. This role is accountable for driving integrated program execution, enabling data-driven decision-making, and ensuring consistent governance across a complex, multi-year transformation portfolio. The position operates as the face of the Transformation Office, maintaining alignment with C-suite stakeholders while ensuring that delivery teams execute against a cohesive, enterprise-wide roadmap and governance framework. This role involves large-scale, multi-year enterprise transformation programs (often spanning 10+ years and dozens of teams), cross-functional coordination across business tracks, technology domains, and global teams, and direct engagement with executive leadership and governance bodies (SteerCo, OpCo, Tech Leadership).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related technical field
10+ years’ experience in leading complex programs that include: Managing relationships with IT organizations, Managing direct report and matrixed teams, Project and program management expertise, Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts and drive direction/focus
6+ years’ experience in project management and/or developing and executing strategic Information Technology programs and/or project portfolios
Proven ability to influence senior executives and lead transformation in complex, matrixed enterprises
Excellent analytical skills resolving complex problems/issues

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree
Project Management Certification
Proven experience in planning, budgeting, and analysis
Experience with development of program and project standards in a sourced environment
Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others.
Experience with business process re-engineering
Strong process management, negotiating, influencing and problem resolution skills.
Ability to understand and communicate the lifecycle of technologies and applications and to translate into business strategies for the client organizations
Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing partnerships with discipline and IT teams
Experience developing and executing multi-year plans.
Skilled at converting business needs into technology requirements and working within IT to manage the execution of those initiatives / projects.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously reinforce the vision, priorities, and value realization strategy of the technology transformation
Act as the primary liaison to executive leadership (VP, SVP, C-suite), translating technical progress into strategic insights
Ensure alignment across business and technology stakeholders to enable unified program execution
Lead and coordinate multiple PMO functions including: Solution Roadmap, PI Planning & Execution, Reporting & Tooling, Governance (RAID, Change Control), Communications
Oversee delivery across multiple teams, tracks, and workstreams, ensuring alignment to overall program milestones
Drive development and management of integrated program plans and roadmaps across all domains
Define and enforce enterprise governance structures, decision forums, and escalation pathways
Own program health visibility through RAID management, change control, and executive reporting
Ensure predictable delivery by embedding standardized processes, tools, and operating rhythms
Lead development of executive-level reporting, dashboards, and predictive insights
Translate complex program data into clear, actionable narratives for leadership and boards
Establish and enforce data governance and reporting standards across the transformation
Drive creation and maintenance of the end-to-end solution roadmap across all business and technology domains
Ensure integration between requirements, capabilities, and delivery milestones
Oversee tools and frameworks (IMS, Jira, Power BI, etc.) that enable a connected view of program progress
Manage relationships across technology, business, and executive stakeholders globally
Act as a trusted advisor and right-hand partner to senior client leadership
Coordinate communications across diverse audiences—from delivery teams to boards
Design and drive change, communications, and readiness strategies to support transformation adoption
Enable teams to adopt new ways of working, tools, and governance models
Support talent development, team structure, and scaling of transformation capabilities