[Hiring] Manager, Semantic Layer Engineering @Choice Hotels International

Role Description

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, is looking for a Manager, Semantic Layer Engineering to build and maintain a semantic layer, a single source of truth for business metrics across reporting, operations, and AI.

The Advanced Analytics team at Choice ensures everyone across the company is working from the same trusted numbers, whether those numbers show up in a report, an operational system, or an AI assistant.

As a key member of our Advanced Analytics team, you will:

• Build the governed, machine-readable metric definitions that consolidate logic across dashboards and spreadsheets into one certified foundation.
• Be a hands-on data leader who thinks in metric definitions and holds a high bar for governance and documentation.
• Be energized by turning inconsistent business logic into trusted, code-based standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, analytics engineering, data engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI platform roles.
• Solid, demonstrable SQL skills, with experience in Redshift or other columnar databases.
• Hands-on experience implementing semantic layer or metrics-store tooling.
• Working knowledge of data modeling concepts and semantic layer design principles.
• Demonstrated experience executing data quality frameworks in production.
• Experience with Tableau or comparable BI platforms.
• Strong attention to detail with accountability for the accuracy and governance of enterprise metric definitions.
• Strong communication skills for coordinating across product, analytics, and business teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and priorities.

Requirements

• Build and maintain the enterprise semantic layer as the default source for governed metrics.
• Implement metric definitions as version-controlled, tested, reusable logic.
• Execute performance, reliability, and cost optimization tasks for metric query execution.
• Operate automated test coverage, SLA monitoring, lineage tracking, and incident response processes.
• Review proposed changes to enterprise-certified metric definitions.
• Execute the metric certification lifecycle, administering promotion gates.
• Identify metric inconsistencies and consolidate duplicate and conflicting metric logic.
• Document workflows, build processes, and approval paths for metric proposal, validation, certification, and consumption.
• Maintain accurate records of metric lifecycle status, quality results, and open issues.
• Expose governed metrics and business context to BI platforms and operational systems.
• Maintain governed business context within the supporting data catalog.
• Operate monitoring and alerting workflows for metric quality, freshness, and usage.
• Support prototyping and iteration on integrated data catalog and data fabric capabilities.
• Research emerging semantic layer, metadata, and AI-enablement tooling.
• Directly manage and develop one direct report.
• Execute assigned phases of the semantic layer and governance roadmap.
• Support the expansion of the semantic layer as the trusted default for enterprise reporting and AI.
• Communicate progress, metric quality status, and delivery updates to stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation and ownership records for governed metrics.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance.
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide.

Company Description

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world, with 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories.

We offer a range of high-quality lodging options in various segments and support the entrepreneurial dreams of our franchise owners.