Senior Director, IT Change & Release Management

$183,200 - $235,300/Yr

Marriott International - Columbus, OH

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Columbus, OH

Accommodation

About the position

The Senior Director of Change and Release Management at Marriott is a pivotal leadership role responsible for guiding a global team through a transformative period. This position focuses on modernizing IT Service Management (ITSM) practices by integrating DevOps methodologies, ensuring efficient software and infrastructure changes. The role emphasizes fostering innovation, implementing best practices, and maintaining compliance in a complex IT environment, ultimately aligning change and release management strategies with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Change and Release Management team through transformation initiatives.
• Oversee the creation and implementation of processes for efficient change flow and release coordination.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and relevant standards for change and release processes.
• Act as the process owner for change management, evaluating risks associated with proposed changes.
• Develop and communicate effective process vision and strategy to stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across partnering organizations.
• Manage relationships with Product Managers and Business Service Owners to communicate the value of Change and Release Management.
• Conduct audits of change and release processes and implement necessary improvements.
• Chair meetings to review and progress control of changes and releases.

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall work experience in Information Technology or application development.
• 7+ years of experience supporting cross-functional application and infrastructure teams.
• 5+ years in a technical discipline role with experience in change and release processes.
• 4+ years of applications support in a cloud environment and technical infrastructure.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology or related field.
• Extensive experience with ServiceNow ITSM, ITOM, Asset Management, and Application Portfolio Management.
• Advanced knowledge of ITSM processes and infrastructure change management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with IT outsourcing activities in a managed services environment.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience in a DevSecOps environment.
• Knowledge of measurement processes for assessing program outputs and outcomes.
• Experience working with global, distributed teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Health care flexible spending account.
• Dependent care flexible spending account.
• Life insurance and disability insurance.
• Accident insurance and adoption expense reimbursements.
• Paid parental leave and educational assistance.
• 401(k) plan and stock purchase plan.
• Discounts at Marriott properties and commuter benefits.
• Employee assistance plan and childcare discounts.