Senior Manager, Strategy

Role Purpose

The Senior Manager, Strategy serves as a core member of the Office of the Americas CEO, owning and advancing key strategic workstreams that shape IHG's Americas region agenda.

This role works across all business functions (Commercial, Operations, Development, Marketing, Finance, HR, etc.) to translate complex business challenges into clear analytical frameworks, actionable recommendations, and executive-ready communications. It also works to drive recommendations forward to action and results.

The ideal candidate brings the structured problem-solving and synthesis skills developed in a top-tier consulting or in-house strategy environment, paired with a strong bias toward action and tangible outcomes.

This is a strategy role, but one that demands an operator's urgency.

Key Accountabilities

• Own strategic workstreams end-to-end: Take full ownership of high-priority strategic initiatives from problem structuring through execution and measurement, operating independently across all Americas business functions and managing stakeholders at all levels.

• Drive analysis to action: Lead rigorous, hypothesis-driven analyses on complex business questions, with an expectation that recommendations are not just well-supported but are advanced actively, with clear next steps, owners, and timelines.

• Executive communication and storytelling: Develop materials for the Americas CEO and senior leadership, including board-level presentations, strategic briefings, and stakeholder communications, with a consistent emphasis on clarity and executive readiness.

• Competitive and market intelligence: Track performance trends, competitive moves, and market dynamics across the Americas hotel landscape. Translate external signals into timely implications and recommended responses for IHG's strategy.

• Cross-functional strategic coordination: Partner across all Americas functions to align priorities, remove obstacles, and maintain momentum on strategic initiatives. Serve as a connective layer between the CEO's office and the broader organization.

• Strategic planning: Contribute to the Americas annual and long-range planning processes, including initiative prioritization and cross-functional alignment. Ensure the strategic agenda stays visible and progressing throughout the year.

Key Skills & Experiences

Education –

Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree (preferred) in Business, Strategy, Finance or a relevant field of work, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience –

7~10 years progressive work experience in strategy, consultancy, finance, or corporate level experience with exposure to a broad range of strategy issues. Post-degree qualification and previous travel industry experience is highly desirable.

Skills and Knowledge –

Strategic Thinking and Analysis

• Structures ambiguous problems using hypothesis-driven frameworks and translates findings into clear, actionable recommendations

• Synthesizes large volumes of information across competitive, financial, and operational inputs into executive-ready insights

• Develops and stress-tests business cases, scenario plans, and strategic options at the enterprise level

• Tracks market and competitive dynamics and identifies their implications for business strategy

Communication and Influence

• Communicates with clarity and confidence to audiences ranging from working teams to C-suite and board level

• Designs and delivers executive presentations and strategic briefings that drive decision-making

• Exceptional written communication skills, including experience drafting executive memos, strategic briefs, and leadership narratives

• Influences outcomes and advances priorities without direct authority over delivering teams

• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills across a matrixed, cross-functional environment

Execution and Drive

• Moves initiatives from analysis to recommendation to action with urgency and accountability

• Manages multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintaining momentum and stakeholder alignment

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

• Builds trusted relationships across all Americas business functions and at all organizational levels

• Designs and facilitates working sessions and strategic workshops with diverse, cross-functional participants

• Integrates perspectives from functional partners to strengthen strategic output and organizational buy-in

Technical Proficiency

• Advanced research, data gathering, and synthesis techniques

• Financial modeling and business case development

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including scenario analysis, and complex data manipulation

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, with the ability to build executive-ready presentations that communicate strategy visually and concisely

• Project planning, scoping, and control methods

• Risk identification and scenario planning

• Business analysis and process assessment

• Familiarity with hotel industry performance metrics (RevPAR, ADR, NUG, pipeline) preferred

Travel - 10% limited as needed

Location – Atlanta, GA: Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in office. ** ** This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

The salary range for this role is $106,020 to $120,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay. ** ** We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.

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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.

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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. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

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