Senior Product Manager - Hotel Operations

The Senior Product Manager Hotel Operations is responsible for managing innovative and emerging products within the Hotel Operations Product Team. This role will collaborate with business partners and technical teams to maintain a wellgroomed product backlog of features that includes refined user stories with solid technical solutions that are ready for development.

The Senior Manager will demonstrate management skills and leadership in a highly matrixed environment and must be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders on numerous competing priorities. The candidate will be moderately technical with a proven record of creative solutioning and problem solving.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Required Education and Experience

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education/experience
6 years experience in IT business management operations or related professional area
Experience in Agile/Scrum software development practice
Skilled at converting business needs into technology requirements
Demonstrated ability to assess customer needs creatively approach solutions and decide and influence appropriate courses of action
Excellent communicator both written and spoken. Must be able to explain product vision business objective technical feasibility define requirements and technical implementations
Demonstrated ability to deliver results under challenging conditions particularly when faced with complexity ambiguity and aggressive timelines

Preferred Education and Experience

Proven expertise in software integrations particularly within the API landscape

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Product Owner
Maintain a wellgroomed product backlog of features to include refined user stories with solid technical solutions that are ready for development
Help define new product features and optimizations of existing ones and incorporate them into product roadmaps
Support the definition of guest service product requirements and development of the product roadmap
Provide clear vision and scope documentation use cases workflows and wireframes to support development
Coordinate with support teams for defect resolution

Demonstrating and Applying Discipline Knowledge
Provides technical expertise and support to persons inside and outside of the department
Demonstrates knowledge of jobrelevant issues products systems and processes
Demonstrates knowledge of functionspecific procedures
Keeps uptodate technically and applies new knowledge to job
Knowledge of and understanding of complex algorithms

Additional Responsibilities
Proven ability to lead and work with crossfunctional teams in support of specific business priorities
Ability to solve problems quickly think strategically and drive datadriven decision making
Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and aggressive timelines
Strong interpersonal skills and success in crossfunctional relationshipbuilding at all levels ability to drive consensus through influence and factbased approach
Effective written and oral communications skills with sensitivity to global communication needs
Thrives in a fastpaced entrepreneurial environment
Demonstrates selfconfidence energy and enthusiasm in leading and influencing teams
Proficiency in Office software products and digital collaboration tools

The salary range for this position is $98500 to $157900 annually. In addition to the annual salary the position will be eligible to receive an annual bonus.

Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue 0.04616 PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually.

All locations offer coverage for medical dental vision health care flexible spending account dependent care flexible spending account life insurance disability insurance accident insurance adoption expense reimbursements paid parental leave educational assistance 401(k) plan stock purchase plan discounts at Marriott properties commuter benefits employee assistance plan and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions which may include rules regarding eligibility enrollment waiting period contribution benefit limits election changes benefit exclusions and others.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquartersbased positions are considered hybrid for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda MD will be considered for Remote positions.

The application deadline for this position is 42 days after the date of this posting March 12 2025.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer.We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive peoplefirst culture.We are committed to nondiscrimination onanyprotectedbasis such as disability and veteran status or any other basis covered under applicable law.