Regional Openings & Conversions Project Lead

🔥 18 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $120k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Hyatt

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10,000+ employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

✈️ Travel

🛒 Retail

Food & Beverage • Travel • Retail

Hyatt is a global hospitality company that operates a range of hotels, resorts, and vacation properties. Known for its commitment to providing exceptional guest experiences, Hyatt offers various accommodation options, from luxury to more affordable stays. The company also focuses on sustainability and community engagement, ensuring responsible business practices in the hospitality sector.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete project management lifecycle for hotel openings, conversions, managed-to-franchise transitions, and de flags, ensuring operational and commercial readiness from initial execution through hotel opening • Act as the primary point of contact for owners, developers, operators, and internal Hyatt stakeholders throughout the pre-opening period • Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with owners and operators, focusing on repeat business and future growth opportunities • Develop, implement, and communicate comprehensive pre-opening plans, including key milestones, interdependencies, and cross-functional coordination • Deliver on-site training and guidance during opening week • Provide operational guidance to owners and operators during pre-opening and transition phases, ensuring alignment with brand standards and readiness requirements • Monitor project progress and readiness; recommend timelines, opening readiness, and mitigation strategies • Escalate risks or issues requiring senior-level decisions • Apply independent judgment to identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and drive execution within governance frameworks • Manage an average portfolio of approximately 17 active projects and approximately 12 additional projects in design

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive management experience in hotel operations or related disciplines, with a proven track record of successful project delivery • Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with a strong emphasis on owner and operator relationships • Experience directly overseeing and managing owners’ and operators’ expectations at the property level or in a regional or corporate function • Certification in Hospitality or a related field preferred • Professional certification in Project Management preferred • Proficiency in Microsoft Office • Familiarity with Hyatt operational systems and ability to learn new applications quickly • Advanced project management, planning, and execution skills across multiple concurrent initiatives • Strong communication, influence, and stakeholder-management capabilities • Ability to synthesize inputs, identify risks, and translate insights into actionable plans • Self-starter and ability to work remotely • Strong organizational skills and ability to communicate effectively, holding difficult conversations with Owners and Operators, to achieve the desired outcome • High level of organization, time management, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment • Ability to travel regularly to support projects across the Americas, approximately 50%

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally • Flexible work schedule • Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription, and a discount at the on-site fitness center • A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child as well as financial assistance for adoption • Paid Time Off • Medical • Dental • Vision • 401K with company match • Annual incentive plan eligibility