Senior Manager, Change Management And Communications
This role is a key member of the Business Transformation Office (BTO) and the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) Digital + Technology Transformation team. The position is responsible for planning and executing the day-to-day change management and communications activities for the CALA Continent above property and property associates impacted by Marriott's Digital + Technology Transformation (DTT). The primary focus of the Transformation Office over the next few years will be on designing the user experience and delivering DTT. DTT is a multi-year effort to transform Marriott's technology and business process ecosystem, enabling Marriott to deliver on our vision to become the world's favorite travel company.
The Transformation Office was established to enable and accelerate DTT through unique approaches to strategic planning, program management, change management, experience and business process design, continent coordination, and deployment. This role will build upon our existing DTT change management and communications strategies to create and execute the change management and communications plans and related deliverables for on-property associates throughout the program's deployment journey, from Design to Stabilize. This role will partner closely with colleagues throughout the entire DTT Program including (but not limited to) Global Change Management, Communications, Deployment, XD + Business Process Design, Learning, CALA Continent stakeholders and Testing Teams.
Success in this role requires strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail, comfort with ambiguity, a proven ability to manage multiple work efforts at the same time, as well as a willingness to be tested on difficult and time-sensitive requests.
Key responsibilities include :
- DTT Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Execution : Partners with the Senior Director and the global Communications team to develop a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan for CALA and drives the execution of the plan with key stakeholders.
- DTT Change Management Plan + Execution : Partners with the Senior Director and global Change Management to develop the change management plan for impacted associates. Drives engagement of continent subject matter experts during change impact assessments. Partners with global Change Management to execute the plan and related deliverables to drive the required behavior change and shift to desired behavior. Partners closely with the Business Process, Deployment and L+D teams.
- DTT Recognition Plan : Executes the recognition plan for highlighting quick wins along the journey and ultimately the right behavior adoption. The plan may include gamification, celebratory events, competitions, awards, and / or new supporting tools.
- DTT Change Management Measurement + Analytics : Directs the day-to-day change readiness and change adoption activities, including scorecards and appropriate forums. Partners closely with the deployment team to develop reports for key MI leaders on readiness pre-cutover and the progress of adoption and highlighting change challenges after cutover (e.g., fatigue, confusion, lack of alignment, etc.).
Candidate Profile Education and Experience :
4-year degree from an accredited university; master's degree strongly preferred8+ years of relevant professional experience (change management, learning, stakeholder engagement, communications or deployment strongly preferred), demonstrating progressive career growth and pattern of exceptional performance.Experience on-property or above property in the US, Canada or CALA, strongly preferred.Experience with large-scale business transformation, strongly preferred in hospitalityStrong personal leadership, organizational, relationship-building, and negotiation skillsOutstanding formal and informal presentation skillsSelf-starter with self-confidence, enthusiasm, and strong customer service orientationDemonstrated ability to deliver results under difficult conditions, particularly when faced with complexity and ambiguityExperience working in or on behalf of (i.e., consulting) a large-scale, global enterprise strongly preferredExcellent written and oral communication skillsExperience developing clear, concise, and logically written business communications, as well as delivering recommendations effectively to demanding audiencesAbility to gain a clear understanding of an initiative and represent it to various constituencies across the organizationAbility to work effectively in a complex, service-intensive, deadline-driven environmentAbility to work with and influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed organizationAbility to build strong relationships to leverage information and insights across key groupsAbility to inspire confidence in senior management and to be recognized for stakeholder engagement, change management and deployment leadershipAbility to be detailed oriented, while maintaining alignment with broader organization objectivesAbility to juggle multiple projects and many stakeholdersBasic project management skillsAbility to complete deliverables with high quality and up to established standardsProficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint applicationsFluent Spanish speaker requiredCore Work Activities :
DTT Stakeholder Engagement and Communication :Partners with the Senior Director and the Communications team to develop and execute comprehensive stakeholder engagement and communications plans.Manage and maintain communications plan and coordinate communication deliverables through a formal review process while adhering to tight timelines.Executes communications plan working closely with Communications team, Continent, and other discipline teams to meet defined success measures.Prepares timely status updates for leaders and senior executives.DTT Change Management Plan and Execution :Plans and executes the stakeholder and change impact analysis for on-property associates.Partners with the Senior Director and colleagues from the Transformation Office to create and execute a comprehensive change management plan and related deliverables for on-property associates.Partners closely with the Senior Director and Continent Learning teams to create a learning strategy for CALA to maximize change adoption.Executes the change management plan working closely with Continent, Deployment, Learning and other teams to meet defined success measures.Develops and distributes required change and deployment deliverables (e.g., presentations, job aids, communications, etc.).Identifies, proposes solutions for and manages resolution of issues and risks to change management plan.DTT Recognition Program :Executes the Recognition Program plan.Partners with Change Management team to develop an approach and cadence for quick wins along the journey as well as recognizing positive behaviors.Partners with colleagues and the CALA team to create a forum for listening to what's going well and what's not ensuring both celebrations and pain points are addressed.DTT Change Management Measurement and Analytics :Monitors, detects, and manages change readiness and adoption through the change journey for on-property associates.Executes change readiness survey for deployment community; compiles results and applies learnings to change management plans iteratively.Creates a change management scorecard in partnership with deployment and learning to help identify wins and challenges with change adoption.Shares insight and impacts from analytics with senior leaders as well as recommendations to help steer program in the right direction.Management Competencies :
Leadership :Adaptability - Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace.Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.Managing Execution :Building and Contributing to Teams - Participates as a member of a team to move toward the completion of common goals while fostering cohesion and collaboration among team members.Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and / or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and / or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.Planning and Organizing - Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and / or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed.Building Relationships :Coworker Relationships - Interacts with others in a way that builds openness, trust, and confidence in the pursuit of organizational goals and lasting relationships.Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer / stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards.