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What this role is
This director-level role oversees portfolio planning, budgeting, and roadmap management for BWH Hotels' technology organization, working closely with the CTO to align product and platform teams around strategic priorities and financial discipline. The position suits experienced leaders comfortable influencing matrixed teams, managing complex dependencies, and translating strategy into executable plans without direct authority over most stakeholders.
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What they ask for
Required
- Portfolio, program, and PMO leadership across complex multi-team environments
- Strategic planning and facilitation including structured planning events and multi-year roadmapping
- Financial and budget management including annual planning and budget-versus-actual tracking
- Cross-functional influence and orchestration without direct authority
- Dependency, risk, and capacity management across teams
- Executive communication and synthesis of complex information
- Organizational skills, discretion, and diplomacy at executive level
- Data-driven decision support and fluency with roadmap and planning tools
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years in portfolio or program management, technology strategy, PMO leadership, or technology operations
- Experience serving as chief of staff or senior advisor to a technology or business executive
- Demonstrated success building connected roadmaps and leading structured planning across multiple teams
- Experience owning or leading an annual technology budgeting process
- Strong command of product operating models and program/portfolio management methods
- Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
- Background in hospitality, travel, retail, or enterprise technology