Senior Manager NALO Project Management

JOB SUMMARY

As a member of the professional staff, contributes specialized knowledge and skills in the NALO Lodging Development Project Management area to support department customers and business objectives. Generally, works under limited supervision, but within established guidelines, designing, developing and managing processes and systems around data collection and analysis to assist in the decision-making process regarding new hotel development and maintenance of Marriott’s hotel pipeline.

This team player will contribute to managing and helping to further improve business processes, planning tools and applications related to bringing hotels into the Marriott System for Lodging Development.  Responsibility will focus on the design, development, testing and user training of business applications and processes to gather and maintain data for new deals and pipeline hotels in support of these processes. 

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Education and Experience 

Required

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Project Management, Paralegal or related major; 2 years’ experience in the guest services, sales and marketing, management operations, or related professional area.

OR

• BA/BS in Business Administration, Information Systems or Project Management, Project Management, Paralegal or related major; 2 years’ experience in the guest services, sales and marketing, management operations, or related professional area.

                   

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES 

Managing Discipline Work, Projects, and Policies 

• Manages the business process and application design of the NALO Development application process for all brands. Partners with related departments in documenting deal attributes and the distribution of key documents. Business systems include OASIS, DocuSign, the On-Line Franchise Application Site and Securimate/Steele. 
• Manages monthly committee process, outcomes and deal tracking.
• Liaison who collaborates and negotiates with Owner & Franchise Services, Global Design, Feasibility Information Resources, and Marriott’s Legal Department with respect to deal data and shared business processes and systems.
• Responsible to review all contract compliance, as well as forecasted construction starts and openings.
• Leads and facilitates presentation of process and application to foster effective use of systems with stakeholders, helping to overcome resistance to technological change.
• Supports the planning and execution of on-going communication around shared business processes and applications, ensuring all stakeholders are appropriately informed.
• Prepares, analyzes and presents standardized reports on an on-going basis using applications.
• Manages and updates key data within applications.
• Provides analytical support and reporting for ad hoc requests from senior management and internal stakeholders.

 

Supporting Operations

• Responds to, solves and makes decisions on more complex/non-routine business requests with limited to moderate risk. 
• Leads the team responsible for development project management. 
• Drives self and team to: 
  • identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of business processes and achieving results against budget within scope of responsibility. 
  • participating in setting department operating plans.
  • providing training and technical guidance to more junior staff, where appropriate, and serving as point-of-contact for problem resolution.
  • recognizing and celebrating team successes.
• Demonstrates an awareness of personal strengths and areas for improvement and acts independently to improve and increase skills and knowledge.
   

The salary range for this position is $114,400 to $164,700 annually. Marriott offers a bonus program, comprehensive health care benefits, 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match, employee stock purchase plan at 15% discount, accrued paid time off (including sick leave where applicable), life insurance, group disability insurance, travel discounts, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, health savings account (except for positions based out of or performed in Hawaii), flexible spending accounts, tuition assistance, pre-tax commuter benefits, other life and work wellness benefits, and may include other incentives such as stock awards and deferred compensation plans. Benefits and incentive compensation may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.  
 
The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Marriott reserves the