Senior Manager

The Hotel Product Experience & Engagement organization is responsible for how we bring products and technology to our hotel colleagues. The organization owns communications, training and other engagement channels to enable our hotel colleagues to understand how to best use the technology that they use every day. Our focus is ensuring our hotels are ready and prepared for changes to the products they use which may include new product launches, product enhancements and product retirements. The Hotel Experience & Engagement Sr Manager role partners with Product, Product Marketing & Adoption and Support to design and influence our engagement approach to 6,500+ hotels. Your Day to Day Owns the Hotel Product Experience & Engagement Strategy and Plan for specific products, defining enablement approach and channel strategy. Partners with Product Marketing and Adoption to define communications plan for hotel colleague enablement for product launch, product enhancements and product retirements. Owns all hotel engagement points regarding a product launch. Defines engagement measurement strategy to create a metric based approach to inform modifications to the enablement approach. Owns hotel colleague training strategy and often designs training to support on the job education. Partners with the support organization to reduce ticket volume regarding user knowledge for a particular product. May own in-app messaging dependent on product. Leverages AI to increase effectiveness of work, creating efficiencies and productivity. Foster a culture of partnership, transparency, and accountability while operating in a new and evolving organizational model. Partners with Product, Product Marketing & Adoption to understand product roadmap and define Enablement Strategy and Plan. Leverages insight from Business Partnerships & Deployment, Support, Operational and Product partners to influence enablement approach. Owns Enterprise product experience strategy and plan for product launches. Product enablement and engagement strategy, plan and delivery. Pilot and General Availability launch communications and training approach. Product enablement and engagement measurement and modification to approach. Influences Product roadmap timing, relevant to pilot and launch communications and training approach. Deployment strategies aligned to launch plans. Approves All hotel facing assets relevant to product. Authority to delay or elevate launches or launch plans that do not meet hotel readiness standards. What We Need From You Proven experience in product management, project management, product launch, change management or enablement within a digital or technology-driven environment. Experience driving change or adoption at scale. Demonstrated success influencing leaders and navigating a matrixed organization. Strong stakeholder management skills, including comfort navigating ambiguity, resistance and competing priorities. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Data informed decision maker with experience defining success metrics and using insights to drive action. Understanding of the product development lifecycle is a plus. Bachelor's degree required with 6+ years of relevant experience. Travel 10% Location Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in the Atlanta office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business. At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You'll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there's Room for You at IHG. Over recent years, we've transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love. We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That's why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance - working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that's why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate. We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Important information The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. 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