Senior Director, Sustainability & Governance, Select & Premium Brands

 JOB SUMMARY

As Senior Director, Sustainability and Governance, Select and Premium Brands, this individual will function as a brand expert with focus on strategic direction, analyzation of data, project management and continuous improvement of sustainability programming in support of these two brand segments. 

This role will be responsible for adapting and embedding Marriott’s sustainability and CAP efforts into Premium and Select segments initiatives (existing and new), standards, operational execution, and development efforts as well as being a voice for the brand segments at the enterprise table as efforts are identified. The Senior Director will also identify and develop critical sustainable practices across the Premium and Select brand portfolio to assist in positioning our brands as ESG leaders and encourage deeper customer engagement. 

As part of the brand team this role will provide deep discipline expertise, advice, and connectivity to ensure best practice sharing across the Brand organization. The Senior Director will champion cross-brand connectivity by leading and working through key stakeholders and subject matter experts and will partner on sustainability projects, representing the Premium and Select Brand perspective. They will support the short and long-term strategies for the company, collaborating across functions to enhance brand positioning through sustainability awareness and activations relevant to each brand/segment. 

This role will champion sustainability efforts in marketing communications to amplify external messages in an authentic and effective manner, drive internal culture to ensures an ESG-oriented lens on all projects, elevating the importance of this topic across brands and segments, and will spear head efforts to develop, gain alignment and measure ESG-specific success metrics / KPIs to demonstrate performance and improvement over time.

This person is a main conduit to Global Operations concerning all brand agnostic sustainability efforts, representing the Premium and Select Brand Segments, as well to adjacent disciplines (i.e. Global Design), concerning all sustainability efforts, representing the Premium and Select Brand Segments.
Core partners for this role will include Brand teams, Brand Operations, Global Quality, and Sustainability.

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Education and Experience Required 
·   4-year bachelor's degree from an accredited university with a major/focus on Science or Social Science, Business Administration, Hospitality, or related major 
·   10+ years’ experience in the hospitality industry, demonstrating progressive career growth and a pattern of exceptional performance.
·   6+ years of experience in sustainability, hospitality, or business consulting. 
·   Experience managing and defining transformational strategies for business units.
·   Strong analytical skills – demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex data sets from a variety of internal and external sources, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
·   Experience converting business needs into technology requirements and working with technology to manage the execution of projects. 
·   Strong project management and time management skills.
·   Exceptional skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
·   Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, Tableau, and other data platforms.
·   Expertise and proven track record in managing complex, multifunctional initiatives
·   Experience in implementing global strategy in a complex organization
·   Experience in planning, executing, and delivering projects on time and on budget
·   Exceptional communicator, both written and verbal
·   Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time

Education and Experience Preferred
·   Strong knowledge of the competitive landscape and must be able to remain current with industry trends and connected in discipline-related forums
·   Experience guiding insight synthesis and identifying emerging opportunities based on a combination of industry analysis, company analysis, stakeholder and subject matter expert input, and trend evaluation
·   Proven experience introducing and implementing cutting-edge ideas; conception through final delivery
·   Demonstrated Ability to articulate new concepts clearly and in a compelling way
·   Strong communication, influencing and problem-resolution skills
·   Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment within budgets and timelines
·   Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
·   Demonstrated ability to assess stakeholder needs, creatively approach solutions, and decide and influence appropriate courses of action
·   Demonstrated ability to shape data-dr