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Head of Corporate Products Engineering Services

Role overview

Summary

This role is for leading engineering services across the Corporate Products portfolio at the company. It encompasses strategy, execution, and solution architecture, while collaborating with various departments to deliver scalable and secure solutions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of progressive technology and software-engineering experience
  • Strong Oracle Fusion experience (HCM, ERP/Financials, or both preferred)
  • Generative AI and agentic AI experience
  • Preferred: Experience supporting HR, Finance, Legal, and Communications functions

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for the Corporate Products portfolio
  • Lead engineering teams and Solution Architects; direct talent development and workforce planning
  • Own end-to-end solution design and implementation readiness
  • Manage vendor, systems-integrator, and partner relationships and performance

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication

About the company

IHG Hotels & Resorts logo

IHG Hotels & Resorts

  • Hotels & Lodging
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
About IHG® IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good. With a family of 18 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has over 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries, and more than 1,900 in the development pipeline. Luxury & Lifestyle: Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo Premium: voco hotels, HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels Essentials: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites Exclusive Partners: Iberostar Beachfront Resorts InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 345,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally. Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and IHG One Rewards. To download the new IHG One Rewards app, visit the Apple App or Google Play stores. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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Job description

Leads engineering services across the Corporate Products portfolio: strategy and execution, solution architecture, software and platform engineering, enterprise applications, systems integration, standards and quality, DevSecOps, reliability and production readiness, AI-enabled engineering, talent leadership, and vendor management. Partners with HR, Finance, Legal, and Communications / Corporate Affairs to deliver secure, scalable, supportable solutions.

Your Day-to-Day

  • Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for the Corporate Products portfolio
  • Lead engineering teams and Solution Architects; direct talent development and workforce planning
  • Own end-to-end solution design and implementation readiness
  • Lead Oracle Fusion as a foundational platform within broader enterprise SaaS, cloud, and custom-application engineering
  • Direct integration architecture and engineering, including APIs, events, identity, and data-flow patterns
  • Set engineering standards for SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and reliability
  • Manage application environments and confirm production readiness of solutions before release
  • Manage technical risk, technical debt, and application lifecycle
  • Lead AI-assisted engineering, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions
  • Establish AI security, privacy, monitoring, and governance
  • Manage vendor, systems-integrator, and partner relationships and performance
  • Prepare engineering roadmaps, investment recommendations, and budget stewardship
  • Communicate technical risks, decisions, and trade-offs to HR, Finance, Legal, and Communications / Corporate Affairs

What We Need from You

Education

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Oracle, cloud, architecture, security, AI/ML, or engineering certifications preferred; demonstrated outcomes and technical judgment prioritized over certifications
  • Six Sigma, Lean, or similar process-improvement experience beneficial but not required

Experience

  • 12+ years of progressive technology and software-engineering experience
  • Leadership of enterprise engineering, platform, or Solution Architecture teams, including global team leadership
  • Delivery of complex enterprise technology solutions, with accountability from design through production operations
  • Strong Oracle Fusion experience (HCM, ERP/Financials, or both preferred), alongside broader enterprise platform experience
  • Strategic business advisory: advises senior business leaders and translates technical risks, trade-offs, and investment needs into business terms
  • Enterprise SaaS, cloud, integration, and API experience
  • Generative AI and agentic AI experience
  • DevSecOps, automated testing, and engineering controls
  • Experience supporting HR, Finance, Legal, and Communications functions
  • Systems-integrator and vendor management
  • Technology roadmaps and investment planning

Technical Skill & Knowledge

  • Platforms: Oracle Fusion ecosystem; enterprise SaaS platforms; cloud technologies and services; enterprise application engineering
  • Architecture and integration: Solution Architecture; integration architecture; APIs and event-driven architectures; identity and access management
  • Engineering practices: secure software-development practices; DevSecOps and CI/CD; automated testing; environment management; observability and reliability engineering; security, privacy, and controls
  • AI: generative AI; agentic AI; AI-assisted engineering; AI governance, evaluation, and monitoring
  • Vendor management: vendor, systems-integrator, and service management

Location 

Remote:  Strong preference for Atlanta, Georgia.

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