Vice President, Data & AI KERZNER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Reporting to the Chief Digital & Information Officer, the VP Data & AI leads the vision, strategy, and execution of Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence across our brands. This role blends technical leadership with strategic influence, driving innovation that enhances guest experiences, operational excellence & productivity, and personalized services. The primary responsibilities of the role are to create and maintain a comprehensive enterprise data platform, to enable Business Intelligence & Analytics across the organization and to drive AI adoption through developing AI tools and AI agents in close collaboration with business functions and resort operations. Strong communication skills, a cross-functional and collaborative working style, and a passion for elevating operational excellence and guest experiences through Data and AI are essential to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute Kerzner s Data & AI strategy aligned with business and guest-experience goals.

• Lead the architecture, development, and governance of Kerzner s enterprise data platform

• Oversee federated data analytics and BI development functions across the organization and be the decision maker and guardian of our standardised data visualization and analytics tool

• Build and deploy AI tools and AI agents for internal productivity improvements and for customer-facing experiences and test them via POCs with respective teams/resorts

• Drive hands-on development in Python and guide best practices in coding, data engineering, and DevOps.

• Select Data and AI tools and partners in close collaboration with Procurement and Cybersecurity

• Partner with other Digital & IT functions, with Operations, Marketing, and Commercial to identify high-impact AI opportunities.

• Establish data governance standards across the organization.