Director, Program Management - China Cross Border Data Transfer

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Bringing True Hospitality to the world.

We want to welcome you to a world of bringing True Hospitality to everyone. When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family. A welcoming culture of warmth, honesty and a passion for providing True Hospitality.

We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing the individual contribution you make and supporting your ambition to learn and create your own career path. In making a difference to our guests and owners, colleagues and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences, in your own way.

With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, there's countless opportunities at your fingertips.

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Your Day to Day:

Purpose of the Role

The Director, Program Management will lead the planning, financial management and execution of a portfolio of IT projects and programs. Must have experience with business operations in China, including standard business practices, regulatory environment, CyberSecurity Law, Personal Information Protection Law, Data Security Law, Cross Border Data Transfer, etc.

Key Accountabilities

• Directs the Cross Border Data Transfer program and collaborates across the product towers and other technology services functions to report on delivery and quality metrics.

• Create annual business plans, budgets and performance targets to achieve department goals.

• Lead the implementation of program-specific strategic initiatives and ensures alignment with the supported regional strategies.

• Manages the program health, financial management and acts as the conduit across the organization for project or program management related processes.

• Sets program deployment strategies to ensure program standards are maintained and maintains ownership of

• program deployment tools.

• Create/manage process for standard project status reporting;

• Monthly review of portfolio risks/issues

What We Need From You:

Education -

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in IT or Project Management, or an equivalent combination of education and work related experience

Experience -

• 8-10 years in IT, project management, hospitality, or other consumer-facing industry, preferably within a large multi-national company that includes China

• Experience with business operations in China, including standard business practices, regulatory environment, CyberSecurity Law, Personal Information Protection Law, Data Security Law, Cross Border Data Transfer, etc.

• Demonstrated strategic proficiency in program management over large, complex programs

• Experience in engaging cross functional working partnerships in a global organization

• Strong decision making, influencing/consensus building and analytical skills with clear understanding of impact on IHG revenue goals and bottom-line

• Strong leadership, team building, interpersonal and communication skills

What We Offer:

We'll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits - including great room discount and superb training.

Join us and you'll become part of the global IHG family - and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together - we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams, and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.

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At IHG, we've made a promise. As one of the world's leading hotel groups, we're here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected - wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

We need people like you to make a difference and create exceptional experiences every single day. Don't just join a growing team of 370,000 colleagues across 100 countries. Let your passion shine. Innovate and collaborate around the world. Embrace your ambition.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.