Director, Data Science - Applied AI at IHG

Director, Data Science - Applied AI at IHG. Est. up to $200k. Apply with swipeandhired.

IHG is seeking a Director, Applied AI for our Data Science team to lead efforts across forecasting, predictive modeling, optimization, ModelOps, and GenAI. In this role, you'll set the strategy, prioritize high-value opportunities, and build reusable capabilities that improve business decisions and deliver measurable impact.

In this position, you'll act as a bridge to centralize efforts in three specific areas: Non-guest predictive modeling & forecasting - solutions supporting commercial planning, channels, sales, groups and events, hotel performance revenue, and operations, ModelOps-MLOps & LLMOps - shared capabilities and standards that help data science teams deploy, evaluate, monitor, and scale solutions reliably, and GenAI & agentic solutions - analytics products and workflows that accelerate insight generation, reporting, and business productivity.
As the Director, Applied AI, you will manage a team and collaborate cross functionally with internal stakeholders. You will hire, lead, and develop a team of applied scientist and AI/ML specialist, inclduing managers and senior technical talent. In this role, you'll define the standards for scientific rigor, engineering practices, documentations, and business communication. You'll also build capability across teams through mentoring, technical reviews, and shared standards. You'll partner with senior leaders to communicate priorities, progress, risks, and business impact as well as coordinate with stakeholders across the buisness, product, technology as well as governance teams to support adoption and reliable operations.

Your Day to Day

  1. Applied AI strategy and portfolio leadership
  1. GenAI and agentic solutions
  1. Non-guest predictive modeling and forecasting
  1. MLOps and LLMOps

What We Need From You

Technical and leadership capabilities

Travel - limited 10%

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in the ATLANTA office . This expectation may be adjusted with the changing needs of the business.

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