Engineering Project Manager

About Us: Marriott International Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, was founded in May 1927 by J. Willard Marriott and Alice S. Marriott with a modest nine-seat A&W root beer stand. Guided by the family's leadership and core principles, Marriott International today has grown into a global hospitality giant, operating approximately 9,000 properties and over 30 leading brands in more than 140 countries and territories. From such humble beginnings to becoming the world’s largest hotel company, Marriott International has never stopped searching for inventive ways to serve its customers, provide opportunities for its associates, and grow their business. At Marriott Tech Accelerator, we are a team of passionate engineering minds dedicated to creating and building cutting-edge solutions that streamline operations and elevate guest experiences. Principal Engineer, Mobile – iOS Leads architecture and framework initiatives, partners with other Principal Engineers, Engineering Directors, Enterprise Architecture, and squad Tech Leads to advise on solutioning for major features and adherence to architecture and security standards. Educates the mobile engineering community, internal and external. Ensures compliance with standard application development tools and processes for SDLC (waterfall and agile), estimating, and deployment. Monitors projects for adherence to defined application development processes. Communicates opportunities for broader IT standards and policies. Communicates important application development policy changes. Manages application development projects in partnership with IT teams, business partners, and providers. Provides project management, oversees reporting, leads project reviews, and manages relationships to promote delivery of services that meet or exceed client expectations. Assists with application development and maintenance of service provider project management standards and tools. Demonstrates improvement through quality, consistency, and client satisfaction metrics. Building a Successful Team: Builds cohesive teams, inspires engagement. Building Relationships: Generating Talent and Organizational Capability: Business Acumen: Manages operations, generates innovative solutions. Technical Intelligence: Identifies new learning opportunities. Computer skills, mathematical reasoning, oral and reading comprehension, effective writing. Skills and Experience: 8+ years of application development leadership experience, including: ~ Expert-level iOS architecture and coding abilities in Swift, SwiftUI, and knowledge of Objective-C. ~ Extensive experience developing large-scale apps supporting millions of users in iOS. ~ Experience with Automation, CI/CD, Release Management, and App Store deployments. ~ Familiarity with Enterprise-level SDKs for Analytics, Networking, Customer Engagement, Application Performance Monitoring. ~ Strong understanding of API platforms, backend services, database, and networking components of full-stack infrastructure. ~ Experience with MVVM architecture, UIKit, Combine, and GraphQL. ~ Undergraduate/graduate degree or equivalent education + experience. Demonstrated success leading medium- to large-scale initiatives/transformations. Proven knowledge of Agile methodology (preferably SAFe Agile). Experience with mixed and offshore delivery models. Knowledge of/familiarity with Android platform. Solid understanding of IT financial structures and ability to manage corporate financial processes and standards. Experience using AI/ML and LLMs to automate code generation, documentation, testing, or feature development in mobile apps. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification. Work Mode: Hybrid. Being part of Marriott Tech Accelerator means being part of a proud history and a thriving culture.