Senior Manager Lifestyle Food and Beverage (F&B)

Hilton•New York, NY

12h•$90,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role is based at our corporate office in New York City, NY This is your chance to be part of an in-house Brands team of industry experts in the domains of hospitality, brand management, innovation, food and beverage, wellness, owner relations, and more, for all of Hilton's unique brands! As a Senior Manager Lifestyle F&B, you will support the team that leads our brands with the steadfast goal of strengthening and growing the Hilton portfolio. On the Lifestyle team reporting to the Sr. Director of Lifestyle F&B, you will support with F&B project programming and content, brand creative assets, programs collateral, performance analytics (including hotel F&B operational performance), financial performance and project pipelines. HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as: Go Hilton travel program\: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night Hilton Shares\: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program Paid Time Off (PTO) Learn more about the rest of our benefits At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate. Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans. HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique. What your day-to-day will be like: Conduct market research to support the future of F&B at Hilton, including the production of market studies, presentations and communications tools/aides. Contribute to the global rollout of proprietary project tracking (rollout of our reporting tool) and provide project and departmental updates in the Americas. Build relationships with third-party vendors to ensure quality control and timely partner project delivery. Identify and recommend third-party business partners in design, electronic media, and operational brand partnerships. You will report departmental expenditures of such partners and compare the budget input to results achieved. Assist the Director of Brand Food & Beverage Development - Americas with creative development and presentation support. How you will collaborate with others: Ownership, Asset management, Third Party Operators, Management Groups and Branding Companies, and in house Stir Creative collection will be daily interactions. Work streams in collaboration with the following teams\: Brand leaders, Design, Architecture and Design, and Marketing Teams will be working groups for project management work. What projects you will take ownership of: Manage the pipeline of incoming hotels (restaurants and bars) to drive best practices to influence world class food and beverage within our Lifestyle restaurants and bars. Project management of detailed programming for all food and beverage spaces within the hotel pipeline. Third party management to achieve the interest of amazing food and beverage and Ownership interests. Design protocols for programming initiatives for marketing, partnerships, and strategic programming efforts.

Requirements

Five ( 5) years working in the Food and Beverage industry
Three (3) years of project management experience in Food and Beverage program development
One (1) year managing partner and vendor relationships
Up to 50% travel
Willing to work in the New York City office as required

Nice To Haves

BA/BS Bachelor's Degree
Experience with three to five (3-5) openings in either Restaurants, Bars, or Hotels
Creative, design, or strategy-related work experience in Food and Beverage
Proficiency in menu programming and planning
Working knowledge in InDesign, Adobe Suite or AutoCAD

Responsibilities

Conduct market research to support the future of F&B at Hilton, including the production of market studies, presentations and communications tools/aides.
Contribute to the global rollout of proprietary project tracking (rollout of our reporting tool) and provide project and departmental updates in the Americas.
Build relationships with third-party vendors to ensure quality control and timely partner project delivery.
Identify and recommend third-party business partners in design, electronic media, and operational brand partnerships.
Report departmental expenditures of such partners and compare the budget input to results achieved.
Assist the Director of Brand Food & Beverage Development - Americas with creative development and presentation support.
Manage the pipeline of incoming hotels (restaurants and bars) to drive best practices to influence world class food and beverage within our Lifestyle restaurants and bars.
Project management of detailed programming for all food and beverage spaces within the hotel pipeline.
Third party management to achieve the interest of amazing food and beverage and Ownership interests.
Design protocols for programming initiatives for marketing, partnerships, and strategic programming efforts.

Benefits

Go Hilton travel program\: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
Hilton Shares\: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off (PTO)
leadership development opportunities and programs
medical and prescription drug coverage
dental coverage
vision coverage
life insurance
short-and long-term disability insurance
a 401(k) savings plan
20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment
up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents
10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year
up to 5 bereavement days
flexible spending accounts
a health savings account
an employee assistance program
access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”)
a legal services program
an educational assistance program
adoption assistance
a backup childcare program
pre-tax commuter benefit
our travel discount