Senior Manager, Strategy
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Moves initiatives from analysis to recommendation to action with urgency and accountability
- Manages multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintaining momentum and stakeholder alignment
- 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
- 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
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