Vice President, Artificial Intelligence

Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW) is a leading global vacation company that offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products, and services. The Company has over 120 vacation ownership resorts and approximately 700,000 owner families in a diverse portfolio that includes some of the most iconic vacation ownership brands. The Company also operates exchange networks and membership programs comprised of nearly 3,200 affiliated resorts in over 90 countries and territories, as well as provides management services to other resorts and lodging properties.

As a leader and innovator in the vacation ownership industry, the Company upholds the highest standards of excellence in serving its customers, investors and associates while maintaining exclusive, long-term relationships with Marriott International, Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the development, sales and marketing of vacation ownership products and services.

The vision of MVW is to strive to build long-lasting relationships with their Owners, Members, customers, and associates to help them live their lives to the fullest. Innovation. Integrity. Excellence. This is the story of MVW. And while the company spans brands and businesses, decades and continents, their shared inspiration continues to drive them forward: delivering unforgettable experiences that make vacation dreams come true.

The Global Technology (GT) team at Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW) is on a multi-year journey to modernize technical and digital products and platforms across all business lines. This role demands a visionary leader with a range of strategic, innovative, and deep technical understanding across disciplines including machine learning, artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and platforms, agentic AI, data science, software development languages, methodologies, and operations (Dev Ops), data engineering, architecture tools and frameworks, as well as business acumen to apply to solving complex business challenges.

Proven success as a leader in recruiting, developing, and retaining technical talent on high performing teams is required. The incumbent is a proven thought leader, a consensus builder, and an integrator of people, processes, and technology.

Based at the Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW) Corporate Office in Orlando, FL, and reporting to the CIO, the Vice President (VP), Artificial Intelligence (AI) is responsible for driving the adoption of AI technologies related to machine learning, deep learning, augmented analytics, robotic process automation, and natural language processing.

This position requires a visionary leader with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs (Large Language Models), RAG (Retrieval, Augmentation Generation) and AI Adoption who can spearhead the development and implementation of AI strategies across the enterprise. This role is responsible for building and managing an AI team, establishing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

This role is accountable for developing innovative & value adding AI solutions, enhancing machine learning and deep learning models, boosting AI and machine learning adoption, and strengthening AI ethics and compliance across the MVW Enterprise. In addition, the incumbent builds and maintains a team of AI engineers with the knowledge, skills, and capabilities necessary to successfully deliver AI solutions required for MVW to achieve its strategic objectives while establishing and maintaining the appropriate third-party relationships.

The incumbent confirms the appropriate governance and controls are in place, to ensure the delivery meets MVW’s quality, cost, and compliance requirements.

The complexity of this position requires a leadership approach that is engaging, imaginative, and collaborative, with the ability to develop scalable, supportable, maintainable, and high-performing AI solutions that enable the achievement of MVWs vision and mission in a cost-appropriate and effective model.

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