FLEX Senior Product Manager - Ancillary Revenue Products

Marriott • Bethesda, MD

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager for Ancillary Revenue Products is responsible for the
analysis, planning, and coordination of technology activities for developing
ancillary revenue products at Marriott.
This role will collaborate with
Commerce, Hotel Operations, Digital, Loyalty business partners, a mix of
internal Marriott technology teams, and 3rd party vendors to drive the
successful delivery of technology solutions. This includes enterprise
compliance, security, and technical due diligence projects. In addition, the
role also includes working with multiple different SaaS Vendors that provide
applications for supporting Tours and Activities, SPA, Golf, Table Management
and Digital Dining operations at Marriott Properties.

The Senior Manager will demonstrate management skills and leadership in a highly
matrixed environment. They must be comfortable working with multiple
stakeholders on numerous competing priorities. The candidate will have an
analytical and technical / software engineering background with a proven record
of creative solutioning and problem-solving. In addition, the candidate will
have experience in evaluating SaaS/COTS solutions and developing multi-year
technology product roadmaps.

The Senior Manager will perform the following activities:

Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience in information technology application design or development projects
• Undergraduate degree
• Demonstrated project leadership and management skills, including a demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional project teams and 3rd party vendors to deliver concrete actions and results
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results under challenging conditions, particularly when faced with complexity, ambiguity, and aggressive timelines
• Demonstrated ability to assess customer needs, creatively approach solutions, and decide and influence appropriate courses of action
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native microservices, API development, and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tools (Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Dynatrace), and containerization.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Strong project management skills (PMI certification a plus)
• Strong process management, negotiating, influencing, and problem-resolution skills
• Experience completing information technology cost/resource estimates to implement and support solutions
• Excellent communicator, both written and spoken
• Experience with Agile Development methodology and tools (CSPO or CSM certification a plus)
• Experience in using AI tools for Requirements documentation and Testing

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with hospitality industry applications and processes
• Experience working with 3rd party vendors and service providers
• Familiarity with Golf, SPA operations, technology and or marketing
• Familiarity with Marriott’s existing information architecture, application portfolio, and information management methodology

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and drive the cross-functional execution of key development activities with our 3rd party vendors, internal technology teams, and business partners
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture teams to create Business/ Solution Architecture for new applications and integrations
• Define, document and socialize product requirements - document business and technical use cases, Acceptance Criteria, workflows, and wireframes to support and lead development of new functionality, new solutions through service provider and vendor teams.
• Coordinate and lead Quality Engineering activities and acceptance of system changes between vendors and MI business partners
• Coordinate with support teams for incident resolution, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and prioritize defect fixes, Root Cause remediation in the product backlog.
• Evaluate product improvements and new technical solutions to align with business objectives

Benefits

• All locations offer 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts.
• Full-time positions also 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, and paid parental leave.
• Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.0384 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive minimum of 9 holidays annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level