Tech Lead, (Integrations) – Groups & Events

IHG Hotels & Resorts is a globally recognized hospitality company that operates a network of over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide. Renowned for delivering True Hospitality for Good, IHG embraces a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and continuous innovation. The company provides its employees with an enriching work environment where flexibility, growth, and wellbeing are prioritized. Employees enjoy an inspiring workplace culture that blends remote and office work to promote balance and productivity, alongside numerous benefits like significant room discounts, recharge and volunteering days, and a comprehensive myWellbeing framework to support health and lifestyle. IHG fosters diversity and equal opportunity, ensuring every colleague can bring their whole selves to work and feel a genuine sense of belonging. With bold ambitions to expand its market leadership, IHG is committed to long-term performance and offering superior experiences for guests and hotel owners alike.

The Tech Lead – Groups & Events (G&E) at IHG plays a pivotal senior technical leadership role within the Groups & Events ecosystem. This position focuses on designing, integrating, and maintaining complex, enterprise-scale technology solutions critical to group sales, booking, and hotel fulfillment workflows. As a strategic partner, the Tech Lead collaborates with Product Managers, Business Analysts, and external vendors to translate intricate business requirements into cohesive technical roadmaps and solutions. The role demands an ability to architect and guide cross-system integrations that span multiple technologies and platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide architecture, security policies, and integration standards.

Day-to-day responsibilities include acting as the primary technical advisor for Groups & Events projects, breaking down complex business problems into clear technical solutions, and overseeing the technical direction across multiple interconnected systems. This role also involves validating design choices for scalability and long-term maintainability, supporting comprehensive system testing strategies, and monitoring live environments to proactively address issues. The Tech Lead serves as a key communicator, providing clear explanations of technical trade-offs and risks to both technical teams and business stakeholders, supporting delivery planning with scope definition and risk mitigation, and driving continuous improvement through tracking and reporting technical KPIs.

To succeed in this role, candidates should have demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives in enterprise environments characterized by integrated systems and vendor partnerships. The ideal candidate will be adept at influencing solution designs, possess strong architectural judgment focused on system stability and performance, and be comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving project scopes. Excellent communication skills and an ownership mindset for end-to-end solution health—from inception through production support—are essential. Experience with software development, system integration, and lifecycle management in multi-platform environments is vital, along with the ability to challenge assumptions and guide teams through design, delivery, and operational excellence.

This role is based in Atlanta, GA, and operates under a hybrid work model requiring three days per week in the office, with travel limited to 10% as necessary. The salary range is $134,000 to $157,000 annually, with eligibility for bonus pay. IHG offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, vision insurance, and a 401K plan among other benefits, supporting a healthy work-life balance and professional growth.