Manager, Global Guest Experience - Holiday Inn

As Manager, Global Guest Experience for Holiday Inn hotels, you will help bring the brand to life across one of the largest and fastest growing portfolios. In this role, you will support the implementation of the brand's strategic plan, drive the delivery of key brand guest experience initiatives, and act as a key connector between cross-functional teams such as food & beverage, operations, procurement, marketing, development, and training. Your efforts will directly influence initiatives at the hotel level while also helping shape the future of the Holiday Inn brand. This is a highly collaborative, high volume and fast-paced role ideal for someone with proven branding, analytical, hospitality, and innovation experience.

• Your day to day
• + Review and analyze performance, market and industry data to support brand initiative, and project storytelling.

+ Determine strategic objectives and develop the corresponding tactical initiatives to achieve those objectives. + Partner with cross-functional teams to execute product initiatives across the brand. + Work with upper management and franchisees to gain support and input into service and product initiatives, and to communicate regarding program successes, issues, changes, etc. + Create and refine scalable tools, resources, processes and guidance to ensure hotel delivery of brand experience.

• What we need from you
• + Bachelor's or master's degree in marketing, Hospitality, or a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

+ 6 to 10 years progressive work-related experience in marketing, brand management, and/or hotel operations. Demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/processes related to the position, including experience working within a franchise organization and specifically working with/influencing franchisees is a plus. + Demonstrated project management experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from conception through implementation. + Demonstrated analytical skills, including data management, and visualization to uncover actionable insights that drive performance and inform/influence key business decisions. + Demonstrated project and stakeholder management skills, with confidence navigating cross-functional and international teams. + Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing information to vendors, senior management, and hotel staff. Ability to influence both franchisees and senior management through storytelling. + Demonstrated knowledge of branding and brand management, including research methodology and design (basic measurement and statistics). + Demonstrated ability to develop consumer understanding based on research and existing trends. + Demonstrated creative problem solving.

• Location
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Atlanta, GA:

Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

• The salary range for this role is $90,000.00 to $95,000.00
• . This role is also eligible for bonus pay (as applicable). We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees. Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
• Important information
• : + The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. + No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law. + If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process, please click here . + IHG does not accept applications, inquiries, or unsolicited CVs/resumes from staffing or recruiting agencies. Please click here for our agency policy. + If you are a resident of or applying to a job opening in the State of Washington, please click here to read about applicable benefits.

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