Senior Director Technology -Data Strategy

Senior Director Technology -Data Strategy focuses on we’re hiring a senior director, data strategy to lead the next stage of our data platform, data science and data product work.

What the role involves

• We’re hiring a Senior Director, Data Strategy to lead the next stage of our data platform, data science and data product work.
• Build a clearer route from idea to production.
• Also help define what data strategy means for Travelport as we build AI capability at real travel industry scale.
• Leading a multidisciplinary data capability across data science, data engineering, analytics and partner-delivered data products.
• Work with Cloud Engineering and Architecture to build a cost-aware AWS data platform that can support high-volume travel data, streaming use cases and production AI workloads.
• Leading vendor and partner relationships where they support data platform delivery, data products or managed delivery capability.

Skills and requirements

• You have recent experience building or modernising cloud data platforms that support machine learning, advanced analytics or data products.
• You have strong AWS experience, or equivalent cloud experience with the ability to adapt quickly.

Confirmed role details

• Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, infamous bachelorette party or long overdue school reunion.
• We offer a package that includes 25 days annual leave per annum, hybrid working model, pension contribution, private medical, life assurance and personal travel insurance.
• Search for #lifeattravelport & for our employee stories on LinkedIn!
• Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.

Additional role context

• Partner with Product and Commercial teams to shape data products that are valuable, differentiated and commercially viable.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code, automated deployment, CI/CD, secure-by-design engineering, FinOps discipline, and platform reliability practices.
• Help define how Travelport scales AI safely and economically across complex, high-volume transaction environments.