JOB SUMMARY

Marriott International is the world’s largest travel company with a portfolio of over 9,500 properties across more than 30 leading brands spanning 143 countries and territories.  Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all around the world. It also manages Marriott Bonvoy®, the world’s largest loyalty program with over 260 million members. 

At Marriott, we strive to be the world’s favorite travel company by providing guests unmatched choice in vacation and leisure experiences.  The Development organization advances this mission by expanding Marriott’s offerings across all sectors and geographies.  The addition of hotels is not only one of the principal drivers of Marriott’s earnings growth, but it is also an important element in progressing the product quality, operating standards, distribution power and brand equity of Marriott’s lodging system. For Asia Pacific Excluding China (APEC), our unit growth strategy focuses primarily on the acquisition of management contracts and licensing of our hotel brands to third party owner-operators under franchise agreements. 

The Assistant Manager or Manager, Development Support performs a critical role in supporting the Senior Director, Development Support, the Chief Development Officer, APEC (CDO APEC) and the Development team in the following areas: data analysis and visualization, project administration and reporting, and owner due diligence. Successful candidates will have a strong data mining skillset, the tenacity to find the best solutions, as well as top-notch communication and story-telling skills. The data and records you maintain have direct downstream impact on the rest of the company and contributes to the acceleration of Marriott’s growth in the region. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Harness the power of all data and insights available from within and outside the company to support the APEC Development team, analyzing trends, patterns, and opportunities for accelerating the growth of Marriott’s brands.
• Assist with developing clear insightful data visualizations and reporting dashboards that effectively communicate findings and contribute to impactful storytelling in presentation materials.
• Maintain project data accuracy and proper records on Marriott’s global database (OASIS) throughout the project life cycle, liaising with Development team admins and other relevant disciplines, including Asset Management, Global Design, Operations, and HQ teams. Create internal job aids where necessary.
• Maintain and manage accurate reporting of the company’s property footprint and distribution. 
• Liaise with the rest of the internal deal team (Development, Feasibility, Legal, Finance and Global Design) to manage the monthly Hotel Development Committee agendas and ensure all necessary processes are completed prior to the execution of each deal.
• Manage the third-party owner-due-diligence process, including the request submission and review of results, escalating any major risks and issues to Legal Compliance and APEC CDO as needed and facilitating any discussions needed. 
• Assist the Development team to review each deal’s Owner Due Diligence report, ensuring consistency, risks are summarized accordingly, and records are properly maintained. 
• Work closely with the Hotel Development Marketing team to maintain a shared platform that houses all data and marketing resources for the APEC Development team. 
• Enhance all lead-to-sign workflows via continuous process improvement and identify automation opportunities. 
• Performs other duties as appropriate related to accelerating Marriott’s growth in APEC.

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Education and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 4+ years of professional work experience. Hospitality or real estate asset management industry experience preferred.
• Past work experience in data mining and analytics, Power BI, PMO management, compliance / risk management, or hotel development will be advantageous.

Skills and Competencies

• Organized, attentive to detail and committed to data integrity. Ensures delivery of regular reports on time and without error. 
• Must be data savvy and love crunching numbers. 
• Always curious, a critical thinker and a resourceful problem solver. Able and willing to share one’s opinion and propose ideas to improve practices based on data and have an impact on Marriott’s transaction process.
• Prone to action with a “get it done” attitude and a good sense of timing, importance, and urgency. Able to work in a fast-paced deal environment with multiple priorities, updating stakeholders on progress and expected delivery.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, listening, writing) and presentation skills, and experience clarifying and summarizing complex issues. 
• Excellent inter-personal skills and capability of building lasting internal and external relationships. Able to work in a highly multi-cultural and international team, with a spirit of partnership and collaboration. 
• Mature, professional demeanour, and a strong business acumen. Experience operating independently, demonstrating good judgement both in projects and situations. 
• Enthusiastic, energetic, and positive. A proactive outlook and approach to professional life is essential.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

Marriott International is the world’s largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work,​ begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global​ team, and become the best version of you.