Director, Data Platform and Governance, Global

Rosewood Hotel Group; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Complimentary room nights

Learning & development opportunities

Global career opportunities

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Rosewood Hotel Group is seeking a Director, Data Platform, Global to shape strategy, architecture, and operations for the enterprise data and analytics platform. You’ll lead a global team, drive governance, and enable AI-ready data foundations across cloud environments.

You’ll collaborate with CIO, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure data services meet quality and regulatory standards while enabling enterprise AI initiatives. London-based?

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data architecture, platform engineering, or solution design in large organisations.
• Leadership of engineers and senior professionals in mission-critical environments.
• Hands-on capability with SQL and Python; cloud data platforms across AWS, GCP, Azure.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern global enterprise data platform strategy and architecture.
• Lead data platform team including governance, security, and observability.
• Partner with senior leaders to drive AI/GenAI use cases and data-driven decisions.

Skills

Data architecture

Platform engineering

Solution design

Cloud data platforms

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

dbt

SQL

Python

Job description

General InformationCountry/RegionHong Kong SARProvince/CityHong Kong SARHiring EntityRosewood Hotel Group, Hong KongDepartmentInformation TechnologyJob TypeFull-time PermanentJob DescriptionOUR PURPOSE AND CULTUREWe are driven to create a future where people and place enrich one another. We are wholly committed to rooting ourselves more deeply in every place we are in while setting new benchmarks for positive impact.As a pioneering collective with a common purpose, we curate extraordinary moments and honor the soul of every place along our journey. At Rosewood Hotel Group, we answer The Calling. Together, we Make the Place.THE TEAMReporting directly to the Chief Information Officer, you will lead the global data platform function within Information Technology, with responsibility for the end-to-end lifecycle of our enterprise data and analytics platform. You will provide leadership to the global data platform team, including the Data Engineer, Global, while working closely with Enterprise Architecture, Applications, Technology Experience, Talent & Culture, and stakeholders across our corporate offices and hotels.YOUR ROLEAs Director, Data Platform, Global, you will shape the strategy, architecture, engineering, operations, governance, and continuous improvement of our enterprise data and analytics platform. You will translate business, digital, and AI ambitions into a reliable, secure, scalable, and AI-ready data foundation that supports corporate offices, existing hotels, and new property openings.Providing executive-level guidance on data platform investments, you will ensure our data services meet defined service levels, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Through strong leadership and partnership across the organisation, you will help Rosewood Hotel Group operate as a data-driven organisation and safely scale enterprise AI and GenAI use cases.HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE PLACEDefine and maintain the global enterprise data platform strategy, aligning it with business priorities, corporate IT roadmaps, and AI and digital transformation initiatives.Establish and govern enterprise data architecture and design patterns across cloud data warehouses, lakehouses, master data management, data integration, event streaming, analytics, and consumption tools.Own the global operational performance of the data platform, including availability, reliability, data freshness, quality, observability, incident response, service levels, and continuous improvement.Build and operate governed, semantically documented, AI-ready data foundations that support analytics, retrieval-augmented generation, feature serving, automation, and enterprise AI and GenAI solutions.Embed data governance and privacy engineering into the data lifecycle, covering policy enforcement, access controls, classification, cataloguing, lineage, data quality, sensitive-data handling, retention, and auditability.Lead platform modernisation and cost optimisation across AWS, GCP, and Azure, applying infrastructure-as-code, modern transformation and orchestration frameworks, and FinOps discipline.Manage strategic vendor relationships, multi-year budgets, investment planning, business cases, contracts, service performance, and technology consolidation across the data platform environment.Develop a high-performing global data platform team and build strong relationships with senior business leaders, property management, corporate stakeholders, technology partners, and Talent & Culture.COULD THIS BE YOU?You bring extensive progressive experience in data architecture, platform engineering, or solution design within large multinational organisations, including substantial global or multi-site responsibility.You are an experienced people leader with a strong record of managing engineers and specialists in complex, mission-critical environments and developing future technical leaders.You have deep expertise in cloud data platforms and modern lakehouse or warehouse architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure, together with hands-on capability in SQL and Python.You understand modern data integration, transformation, modelling, master data management, data observability, dbt, event streaming, data cataloguing, lineage, and policy enforcement.You have successfully built and operated governed, AI-ready data foundations that support analytics, automation, and enterprise AI and GenAI use cases.You bring practical knowledge of data privacy and regulatory compliance, including GDPR, PDPA, China PIPL, anonymisation, masking, tokenisation, pseudonymisation, and secure test-data practices.You are a strategic thinker and influential communicator who can translate complex business needs into scalable platform capabilities while leading cross-functional delivery, vendor relationships, and senior stakeholder engagement.You hold a bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, communicate effectively in spoken and written English, and bring an international mindset with the flexibility to support global changes, cutovers, and incident response when needed. An advanced degree, relevant cloud, privacy, governance, service management, or project management certification, and experience in luxury hospitality or multi-brand environments would be advantageous.OUR BENEFITSAs part of our team, you’ll enjoy a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your wellbeing, professional growth, and life beyond work. This includes medical coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, complimentary room nights, learning and development opportunities, global career opportunities, and industry-leading paid parental leave supporting eligible associates across all paths to parenthood.OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUAt Rosewood Hotel Group, your voice is heard and valued. We’re a community that encourages associates to be themselves, not fit into a fixed culture, and this philosophy shines through in our commitments to reflect and honor the history, culture and geography of our destinations. We’re not only committed to building and nurturing genuine, long-lasting relationships but to transforming them, and our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy helps put these principles into practice.About UsRosewood Hotel Group, privately owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, is one of the world’s leading global lifestyle and hospitality management groups. It encompasses four brands: ultra-luxury Rosewood; upper-upscale New World Hotels & Resorts; Asaya, an integrated well-being concept; and Carlyle & Co., a modern and progressive private members club. Its combined hotel portfolio consists of 60 properties in 26 countries and territories with more than 30 new properties currently under development. For more information, visit rosewoodhotelgroup.com